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| | title = '''OLAT'''
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| | logo = [[Image:OLAT_logo.png|120px]]
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| | developer = University of Zurich
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| | released = {{Start date|2002|05|07}} (1.6)<ref name="OLAT16OS1">{{cite web |url=http://www.olat-zentrum.unizh.ch/news.php?mode=all |title=OLAT Zentrum News |publisher=University of Zurich |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20020615051123/http://www.olat-zentrum.unizh.ch/news.php?mode=all |archivedate=15 June 2002 |quote=07.05.2002: OLAT ist OpenSource! OLAT kann neu unter einer OpenSource-Lizenz heruntergeladen werden. |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref>
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| | programming language = Java
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| | operating system = Cross-platform
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| | language = Multi-lingual
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| | genre = Learning management software
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| | license = Apache 2.0 Open Source License
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| | website = [http://www.olat.org/ OLAT.org]
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| '''OLAT''' is free web-based open-source learning management software developed by the University of Zurich.
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| ==Product history==
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| OLAT began as an information technology project at the University of Zurich. The project goal was to develop and implement a web-based learning environment for a tutorial associated with a computer science lecture during the winter semester of 1999/2000.<ref name="OLATArchiveHist">{{cite web |url=http://www.olat-zentrum.unizh.ch/projekt.php?status=4 |title=The Project OLAT |publisher=University of Zurich |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20020422204931/http://www.olat-zentrum.unizh.ch/projekt.php?status=4 |archivedate=22 April 2002 |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref> The OLAT project went on to win the MeDiDa-Prix 2000 award, splitting the 1,000,000 Austrian Schilling prize with the "Living What We Teach" program based out of University of Stuttgart.<ref name="OLATArchiveMeDiDa00">{{cite web |url=http://iwi.uibk.ac.at/index_gewinner.html |title=MeDiDaPrix 2000 - Preisträger |publisher=University of Innsbruck |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/200012041600/http://iwi.uibk.ac.at/index_gewinner.html |archivedate=03 March 2001 |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref> Buoyed by their success, the OLAT project carried on in earnest, with private internal updates to the software and a new OLAT-specific service center going into action on June 5, 2001.<ref name="OLAT16OS2">{{cite web |url=http://www.olat-zentrum.unizh.ch/news.php?mode=all |title=OLAT Zentrum News |publisher=University of Zurich |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20020615051123/http://www.olat-zentrum.unizh.ch/news.php?mode=all |archivedate=15 June 2002 |quote=05.06.2001: Eröffnung OLAT-Zentrum Das neue OLAT-Zentrum wurde geöffnet. Es entsteht ein Servicecenter für den Einsatz von OLAT an der Uni Zürich |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref> The software was eventually made open-source and available for download — beginning with version 1.6 — on May 7, 2002.<ref name="OLAT16OS1" />
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| On July 23, 2004, a completely revamped, component-based version 3.0 of the software was released, programmed with the Java language.<ref name="OLATArchive30">{{cite web |url=http://www.olat.org/ |title=OLAT - Online Learning And Training: eLearning made easy |publisher=University of Zurich |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20040725090416/http://www.olat.org/ |archivedate=25 July 2004 |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref> In late 2006, version 5.0 was released, featuring wiki support, a calendar, and a full text search feature.<ref name="OLATArchive50">{{cite web |url=http://www.olat.org/public/index/history.html |title=Short overview of the history of OLAT |publisher=University of Zurich |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070108201126/http://www.olat.org/public/index/history.html |archivedate=08 January 2007 |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref>
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| With the release of version 7.1 in early 2011, the development model for OLAT reportedly became much more closed, with much of the development process occurring "behind closed doors."<ref name="OpenOLATLetter">{{cite web |url=http://www.openolat.org/open_letter.html |title=An open letter to the OLAT community |author=Gnägi, Florian |publisher=frentix GmbH |date=08 December 2011 |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref> This led to OLAT co-founder Florian Gnägi and his business frentix GmbH to pull out of the OLAT development process in late-2011 and fork the project as [[OpenOLAT]].<ref name="OpenOLATLetter" />
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| ==Features==
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| The main features of OLAT include<ref name="OEFeats">{{cite web |url=http://www.olat.org/explore |title=Open Elms - Feature List |publisher=e-Learning WMB |accessdate=04 January 2013}}</ref>:
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| * discussion forum tools
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| * wiki tools
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| * calendar tools
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| * blog tools
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| * e-mail and chat support
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| * user-based security
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| * user groups
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| * static or dynamic content creation
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| * configurable layouts
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| * testing and scoring
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| * user portfolios
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| * notifications
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| * CP and SCORM compliance
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| ==Hardware/software requirements==
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| Installation requirements for Open Elms include:
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| * [[Apache Tomcat|Tomcat]] 6.x or greater
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| * Java SDK 1.6 or greater
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| * [[MySQL]] 5.x or greater
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| Consult the [http://www.olat.org/images/olat/downloads/manuals/OLAT_Installation_Guide-7.2.pdf installation guide] (PDF) for more information.
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| ==Videos, screenshots, and other media==
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| * Videos for OLAT can be found on [http://www.youtube.com/user/olatlms YouTube], though sadly they are in German.
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| * Screenshots of OLAT can be found on [http://webscripts.softpedia.com/scriptScreenshots/OLAT-Screenshots-65461.html Softpedia].
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| * A demo of OLAT is available via [http://demo.olat.org/demo/dmz/ the OLAT site].
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| * Documentation for OLAT can be found [http://www.olat.org/documentation here].
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| ==Entities using OLAT==
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| ==Further reading==
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| ==External links==
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| * [https://www.openhub.net/p/olat OLAT on Open Hub]
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| * [http://hg.olat.org/repos OLAT Mercurial repository]
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| * [http://www.openolat.org/ OpenOLAT]
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Education software (open source)]]
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