Re: [PHP] Looking for open source Learning Management System suggestions
Bastien Koert
> Yes, there is Moodle.
>
> However, upon installing it, I found the admin UI to be extremely
> gaudy, counter-intuitive, and requires it's own learning system just
> to get it right (ha ha)
>
> Does anyone know of any other options out there?
>
> Obviously, open source is best, I'd even take some reasonably priced
> options though that allow for some extensibility.
>
> There should be the following capabilities:
>
> - Learning tracks - groups of courses/modules
> - Modules or courses - pages of content, videos, whatever, with or
> without quizzes and related test-like activities
> - Reporting / metrics - scores for individuals, groups
> - User authentication (obviously) - bonus if external authentication
> or some way to hook into external user auth
> - Not extremely hard to theme or customize the look
> - Users should be able to resume where they left off in courses
> - Mobile support (or some way it can be themed or made very usable for
> mobile devices, mainly iDevices)
> - Questions and answers can be randomized, allow for $x retakes,
> explain why their answer is wrong (or at least a reference to a URL)
> - Questions can be multiple choice, single choice, short answer, etc.
>
> It should be easy for an end user to take tests and move through
> courses, the course could just be a test - it doesn't necessarily need
> to be pages of content and such. It should be easy for "teachers" or
> course editors to be able to modify content and test questions and
> such. I develop web apps for a living (and have taken hundreds of
> online tests), and Moodle took me a few trial and errors before I
> figured out how to associate an answer to a question and then a
> question to a module, etc. - it also has so many options, it's hard to
> predict how your course will actually come out in the end.
>
> I'm open to suggestions about decently developed/supported modules for
> systems like Drupal as well.
>
> Thanks!
>
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Our company built one on top of wordpress. You can easily build most
of it with stock plugins and it has UIs for idevices...worth
considering
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Michael Shadle
Michael Shadle
On Aug 31, 2010, at 7:53 PM, Bastien Koert <php...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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> Our company built one on top of wordpress. You can easily build most
> of it with stock plugins and it has UIs for idevices...worth
> considering
Yeah - obviously anything can be built and a lot of things can be extended... But were on a tight deadline for the first pass and would like something a little more out of the box (ideally)
Richard S. Crawford
However, I'd be remiss if I did not recommend Moodle (http://www.moodle.org)
as an open-source learning management system. The learning curve is a bit
steep, especially if you're going to mess around in the code, but it's
powerful and flexible.
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