Open Source LMS

September 9, 2015

The Open Source LMS: Are Its Hidden Costs Worth Making?

Open source software is like wielding a two handed broadsword: It’s a magnificent weapon if you can master it. But without the skill, chances are high you’ll look like a dangerous fool waving a big piece of metal, possibly decapitating yourself. And you’d rather not. The same goes for an open source LMS.

by Gilles Mattelin (Hiring)

May 26, 2015

11 Moodle Plugins For A Corporate Moodle

Almost a year and a half ago, our little internal training team introduced our colleagues to the new corporate learning management system (LMS). The LMS is a modified Moodle installation. At the time it was version 2.4, and we have since upgraded to 2.8. Typically, K-12 and higher ed institutions use Moodle as an online platform for learning. With a little tweaking, the software can work well in the corporate world, too.

by Heather MacCorkle Edick

April 22, 2015

Teaching The Teachers: Designing A Moodle MOOC To Support Educators With Their Skills

Teaching with Moodle: An Introduction is a structured course delivered using the latest Moodle release. The emphasis of this Moodle MOOC is on engagement and collaboration. Participants will interact with one another in the various course activities such as forums, and work together in a customised environment that supports innovative teaching and learning.

by Mary Cooch

November 19, 2014

Online Grading to Make Teaching Life Easier

Moodle, the world’s leading open source learning platform, introduces the latest grading tools to meet pedagogical goals. Traditionally, grading has been handled by educators in their own evenings and weekends, hand marking papers to collate and review to track student progress and scoring. E-Learning has not only relieved educators of  this time consuming task, but given them well aimed tools for particular pedagogical scenarios. Moodle is designed and implemented for teachers by teachers, and the recent advancements with the gradebook tool are evidence of that. Grading is easy to do on all devices, with a scrollable grader report optimized for all browsers and screen sizes.

by Samantha Gartner

November 18, 2014

Giving Moodle a Makeover Part 2

This article will build on my previous one and explain how to incorporate the standard Moodle activities into an e-Learning presentation, thereby bypassing the Moodle navigation and having complete control over your course navigation design.

by Celeste Mulder

October 22, 2014

Is Claroline Connect The First Real LMS?

Blogging, tagging, liking, sharing on Facebook, tweeting – social networking is second nature for today’s students. Over the last 10 years the web has steadily evolved, as have its educational applications. Claroline Connect is the first real Learning Management System, dedicated to the learning process rather than the teaching process. Opensource, responsive design and full mobile (with offline option), Claroline Connect is a real step ahead and not one more “2.0 look-alike LMS”.

by Pascal Balancier

October 6, 2014

Giving Moodle a Makeover

Let’s admit it, Moodle is not the prettiest of the bunch, plus the navigation can really turn into a client deterring labyrinth. In this article I will give some insight into how we took this ugly duckling and transformed it into a beautiful (and easy to navigate) swan by making a few simple changes.

by Celeste Mulder

August 23, 2014

Mad At Moodle? 5 Tips for Moodle Novices

So, your school, college, company decided they need eLearning on Moodle, and you were put in charge. How difficult can that be? Or, maybe you found yourself in a job role where working with Moodle is your first introduction to eLearning, and you are struggling with the user-unfriendliness of this popular LMS? If you find yourself creating courses in Moodle, here are the key five pointers to keep in mind.

by Garima Gupta

August 4, 2014

Reality check - Open Source LMS: a costly affair

A fair number of people who seek out an open source LMS have a major misconception that it is free. Over 60% people want to choose an open source LMS while looking for a solution to manage their learning cycle is because they have no license fee and is supported by a large; very large community. Yes it is an open source and it is free! But dig further and you will find out that free does not mean you have no costs. Dig a little further and you may actually find that you could spend more on your open source LMS than a proprietary LMS. Let us explain how…

by Anand Timothy

November 1, 2013

Opigno: New Open Source eLearning Platform Based On Drupal

Connect-i introduces a new open source e-learning platform based on Drupal, called Opigno. Opigno addresses both professionals and individuals wishing to have a quality and optimized LMS.

by Mohamed Souidi

August 9, 2013

Why Organizations Choose Αn Open Source Learning Management System

Open Source Learning Management Systems have become extremely popular in recent years.  So, why should an organization choose an open source Learning Management System as opposed to a homegrown or proprietary LMS? Kineo recently distributed a survey to organizations which reveals the reasons why they chose open source.

by Steve Lowenthal

August 6, 2013

Challenges Of Moodle UX And How To Address Them

There is no denying the fact that Moodle is a great learning management system. However, like with any other product, there are some pitfalls that can be found with Moodle as well. Would you be interested to know how can you address the Moodle UX challenges?

by Jason Silberman