Learning management systems (LMS)
WHAT IS A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM?
A Learning Management System (or LMS) can be defined as a software package that provides opportunities for management and delivery of study materials and resources to students. Most LMS are web-based in order to provide “anytime, anywhere” access to learning content.
IMPLEMENTATIONS
eFront is an open source web-based software that offers tools for content creation, test building, assignments managing, reporting, internal messaging, forum, chat, surveys and calendars. This software offers very good usability, and is easy to use, both for the teacher and the students. eFront can run on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Fedena is a free open source web-based software especially developed for schools. Fedena offers tools for making courses and batches, user management, human resources, making school calendars, student attendance, finance, making timetables, providing student information, making examinations, event management, multiple dashboards, employee login, student admission, teacher login, news management and parent login. It also exists a lot of add-on modules for vide conference, online examination and so on. They are planning on making an online marketplace for easier selling of the add-ons.
ILIAS is an open source web-based software that was one of the first LMS used at universities. It offers tools for collaboration, communication, evaluation and assessments. ILIAS can run on any server that supports PHP and MySQL. ILIAS provides flexible learning working online with a lot of integrated tools like online-courses, create learning content, assessments, run serveys, communication and cooperation.
Alternatives
Easy to unse, web based (free) Free source e-learning software platform