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==Product history==
==Product history==


Open Elms started out as proprietary software created by British software development company e-Learning WMB. Work on the software began sometime before 2005 and was given away freely with e-learning courses developed for other clients.<ref name="OEAbout">{{cite web |url=http://www.openelms.org/aboutus/default.htm |title=About 'Open Elms' |publisher=e-Learning WMB |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="OE51" /> Sometime in late-2006 the company decided to release the software under the open-source model.<ref name="OEAbout" /> A SourceForge project was started on April 13, 2007<ref name="OESF">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/openelms/ |title=Open Elms - LMS/CMS for Business |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=04 January 13}}</ref>, and its assumed the first public open-source release of Open Elms came with version 5.1 of the software.<ref name="OE51" /> Since then the software has been available both via SourceForge and by registering on the company's website.
Open Elms started out as proprietary software created by British software development company e-Learning WMB. Work on the software began sometime before 2005 and was given away freely with e-learning courses developed for other clients.<ref name="OEAbout">{{cite web |url=http://www.openelms.org/aboutus/default.htm |title=About 'Open Elms' |publisher=e-Learning WMB |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="OE51" /> Sometime in late 2006 the company decided to release the software under the open-source model.<ref name="OEAbout" /> A SourceForge project was started on April 13, 2007<ref name="OESF">{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/openelms/ |title=Open Elms - LMS/CMS for Business |publisher=SourceForge |accessdate=04 January 13}}</ref>, and its assumed the first public open-source release of Open Elms came with version 5.1 of the software.<ref name="OE51" /> Since then the software has been available both via SourceForge and by registering on the company's website.


==Features==
==Features==

Revision as of 17:07, 3 October 2013

Open Elms
Open Elms logo.png
Developer(s) e-Learning WMB
Initial release April 13, 2007 (2007-04-13) (5.1)[1]
Stable release

7.1.1  (July 27, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-27))

[±]
Preview release none [±]
Written in ASP
Operating system Cross-platform
Available in English
Type Learning management software
License(s) GNU General Public License
Website OpenElms.org

Open Elms is free web-based open-source learning management software.

Product history

Open Elms started out as proprietary software created by British software development company e-Learning WMB. Work on the software began sometime before 2005 and was given away freely with e-learning courses developed for other clients.[2][1] Sometime in late 2006 the company decided to release the software under the open-source model.[2] A SourceForge project was started on April 13, 2007[3], and its assumed the first public open-source release of Open Elms came with version 5.1 of the software.[1] Since then the software has been available both via SourceForge and by registering on the company's website.

Features

The main features of Open Elms include[4]:

  • course creation tools
  • progress tracking
  • testing and scoring
  • reporting
  • configurable interface
  • e-mail integration
  • SCORM compliance
  • data import and export
  • user-based security
  • 3D virtual training room
  • document management
  • audit trail

Hardware/software requirements

Installation requirements for Open Elms include:

  • IIS version 5.0 or greater
  • SQL Server 7.0 or greater
  • Flash-enabled Internet Explorer browser

Consult the manual (PDF) for more information.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Entities using Open Elms

Further reading

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Open Elms - FREE Open Source Learning Management System – e-LMS" (PDF). e-learning WMB. January 2011. p. 78. http://www.openelms.org/downloads/manual.pdf. Retrieved 04 January 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "About 'Open Elms'". e-Learning WMB. http://www.openelms.org/aboutus/default.htm. Retrieved 04 January 2013. 
  3. "Open Elms - LMS/CMS for Business". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/openelms/. Retrieved 04 January 13. 
  4. "Open Elms - Feature List". e-Learning WMB. http://www.openelms.org/AboutUs/feature_list.htm. Retrieved 04 January 2013.