Illias

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1 Type of application / System Requirements
2 Purpose
3 What it does
4 How can it be used for creation of OERs
5 How can it be used for consumption of OERs
6 How can it be used for reuse of OERs
7 License support
8 Standards / Compatibility
9 HOW TO USE IT
10 Links / examples / Who is using it
11 Sandbox
12 Comments / Discussion

Type of application / System Requirements

ILIAS is a so-called Learning Management System running as a server application.
In order to run ILIAS, your server must have the following packages installed:
- Apache, MySQL, PHP, zlib, IJG JPEG, libpng, GD, ImageMagick, Info-ZIP Zip, Info-ZIP Unzip, libxml2, libxslt, libexpat, Sablotron
To find out which versions of these packages are needed, please check out http://www.ilias.de/ios/source-e.html

Purpose

ILIAS is a powerful web-based learning management system that allows users to create, edit and publish learning and teaching material in an integrated system with their normal web browsers. Tools for cooperative working and communication are included as well.

ILIAS is available as open source software under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Universities, educational institutions, private and public companies, and every interested person may use the system free of charge and contribute to its further development.

The current version of ILIAS offers the following features:

Personal desktop for each user with information about last visited courses, new mail or forum entries
Learning environment with personal annotations, test, glossary, print function, search engine and download
Flexible course management system supporting learning objectives and learning plans
Communication features like mail system, forums and chat
Group system for collaborative work and organizing users
Integrated authoring environment to create learning modules online
Several system languages like Albanian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Serbian, Ukrainian

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What it does

ILIAS is probably one of the most flexible Learning Management Systems on the market. With its internal permission management a range of learning scenarios can be realized. Hierarchical institutions have the possibility to map their organizational structure to the system but it can also be used as an open learning materials repository where every user may contribute content to the site.

Moreover, ILIAS supports the following learning objects: course, group, forum, learning modules (proprietary, HTML and SCORM/AICC formats), glossary, web resources, files, exercise, test and survey.

Due to its complexity and multitude of features, it's not easy to learn to use it but once you have become an experienced user it will offer you great flexibility to realize a wide range of learning experiences.

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How can it be used for creation of OERs

ILIAS is capable of creating several types of learning materials. However, most of these so-called learning objects can only be used and displayed with ILIAS itself. For instance, if you use the built-in survey tool you may transfer your survey between different ILIAS installations but it is not possible to transfer it to other Learning Management Systems or to use it on a desktop computer.

Actually, only two types of ILIAS learning objects enable the creation of OERs:

Learning modules ILIAS: It is possible to export learning modules in HTML format so that they can be displayed on any computer.
Glossary: Like learning modules, glossaries can be exported in HTML format as well.

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How can it be used for consumption of OERs

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How can it be used for reuse of OERs

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License support

For each learning object you may specify additional copyright metadata so it is possible though laborious to add an Open Content license.
There is no built-in support for adding Open Content licenses to content in an easy way.

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