OLAT key features
General
* 100% Java, only tomcat and a relational database management system required (has been successfully tested with MySQL, Postgres and HSQL)
* Pure HTML based GUI
* Web 2.0 GUI with very fast response time (Currently beta)
* "No frames" solution
* Extension mechanism for developers to extend OLAT for custom needs
* Unlimited number of user accounts, courses and groups
* Multilingual (for now in German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Greek, Polish and Czech)
* Fully UTF-8 based
* Dialect support in internationalisation
* Right based security - more flexible than role based security
* Virtual file system to access all accessible file resources over a single mount point
* Full integration of the Shibboleth authentication and authorization protocol (used by SWITCH AAI in Switzerland)
* Personalized portal style user home
* File sharing disk space for each user (via HTTP or WebDAV)
* Integrated full text search for many different content formats
* Integrated iCal based calendar for private, group or course use
OLAT Course system and learning resource repository
* Swift creation of courses with the OLAT course editor
* Integrate whatever content (nested frames, mathML, SVG) via iframe
* Any pedagogical concept supported - no concept forced
* Course structure easily configurable with course elements like:
o Structure
o IMS Content Packaging
o SCORM content (SCORM 1.2 RTE full support)
o Local content (via file upload or WebDAV, integrated WYSIWYG content editor)
o External content (image database, web application)
o IMS QTI test, self-test and questionnaire
o Task (selection of multiple tasks, drop-in-box, manual scoring)
o Manual scoring
o Enrollment in groups
o Discussion forum, exportable to RTF
o File dialog (discussion forum per uploaded file)
o Chat
o File share folder
o Contact form
o Wiki
* Course export and import
* Course archiving system to download test results and the like
* Course audit infrastructure to track different file record changes, user behaviour and access statistics.
* Course preview and simulation
* Bulk changes for courses with huge amount of users
* Ability a customize the style of courses
* Digital repository to share learning resources with other authors
* Publish resources to users
* Organization of resources via catalog
Groups, Assessment and Communication
* Advanced group management, associating a given group to learning areas
* Advanced enrolment system (self enrolment in groups, management of available seats)
* Self-organized learning / collaborative work via project groups: every user can create a group and work together with peers.
* Instant Messaging and awareness integration. The Jabber Instant Messaging System is fully integrated into OLAT. See which users / Buddies are online, chat with anyone who is online.
* Automated alerts about changes using e-mail notification. Subscriptions are implemented for forum- specific, folders-specific notification and test results.
* Personalized RSS news feed
Testing system
* Testing system with different question types (Multiple Choice, Single Choice, kPrim, Fill-in-the-blank), fully based on IMS QTI v1.2 (see the OLAT QTI conformance statement).
* Automatic or manual score calculation in course
* Personalized task management
* Questionnaire/Survey system, fully based on IMS QTI v1.2.1.
Doku / Help
* Integrated context sensitive help system and comprehensive manual
* Documentation for developers
* And did we already mention it? There are no fees, OLAT is free of charge - source code included :-)
For a more detailed description of the features OLAT offers please refer to the documentation section.
Do you like to see OLAT in use? Have a look at the running OLAT installations at known installations.
General
* 100% Java, only tomcat and a relational database management system required (has been successfully tested with MySQL, Postgres and HSQL)
* Pure HTML based GUI
* Web 2.0 GUI with very fast response time (Currently beta)
* "No frames" solution
* Extension mechanism for developers to extend OLAT for custom needs
* Unlimited number of user accounts, courses and groups
* Multilingual (for now in German, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Greek, Polish and Czech)
* Fully UTF-8 based
* Dialect support in internationalisation
* Right based security - more flexible than role based security
* Virtual file system to access all accessible file resources over a single mount point
* Full integration of the Shibboleth authentication and authorization protocol (used by SWITCH AAI in Switzerland)
* Personalized portal style user home
* File sharing disk space for each user (via HTTP or WebDAV)
* Integrated full text search for many different content formats
* Integrated iCal based calendar for private, group or course use
OLAT Course system and learning resource repository
* Swift creation of courses with the OLAT course editor
* Integrate whatever content (nested frames, mathML, SVG) via iframe
* Any pedagogical concept supported - no concept forced
* Course structure easily configurable with course elements like:
o Structure
o IMS Content Packaging
o SCORM content (SCORM 1.2 RTE full support)
o Local content (via file upload or WebDAV, integrated WYSIWYG content editor)
o External content (image database, web application)
o IMS QTI test, self-test and questionnaire
o Task (selection of multiple tasks, drop-in-box, manual scoring)
o Manual scoring
o Enrollment in groups
o Discussion forum, exportable to RTF
o File dialog (discussion forum per uploaded file)
o Chat
o File share folder
o Contact form
o Wiki
* Course export and import
* Course archiving system to download test results and the like
* Course audit infrastructure to track different file record changes, user behaviour and access statistics.
* Course preview and simulation
* Bulk changes for courses with huge amount of users
* Ability a customize the style of courses
* Digital repository to share learning resources with other authors
* Publish resources to users
* Organization of resources via catalog
Groups, Assessment and Communication
* Advanced group management, associating a given group to learning areas
* Advanced enrolment system (self enrolment in groups, management of available seats)
* Self-organized learning / collaborative work via project groups: every user can create a group and work together with peers.
* Instant Messaging and awareness integration. The Jabber Instant Messaging System is fully integrated into OLAT. See which users / Buddies are online, chat with anyone who is online.
* Automated alerts about changes using e-mail notification. Subscriptions are implemented for forum- specific, folders-specific notification and test results.
* Personalized RSS news feed
Testing system
* Testing system with different question types (Multiple Choice, Single Choice, kPrim, Fill-in-the-blank), fully based on IMS QTI v1.2 (see the OLAT QTI conformance statement).
* Automatic or manual score calculation in course
* Personalized task management
* Questionnaire/Survey system, fully based on IMS QTI v1.2.1.
Doku / Help
* Integrated context sensitive help system and comprehensive manual
* Documentation for developers
* And did we already mention it? There are no fees, OLAT is free of charge - source code included :-)
For a more detailed description of the features OLAT offers please refer to the documentation section.
Do you like to see OLAT in use? Have a look at the running OLAT installations at known installations.
