International ILIAS Blog

32,000 user accounts and countless courses, from training programmes to compulsory training. Can a single platform cope with all that? At the SV SparkassenVersicherung[1] the solution is called 'LEOS' and is based on ILIAS. To find out more, we spoke to Tobias Höfler from the SV Academy.

Three days before the official release of ILIAS 10, The PHBern (Bern University of Teacher Education) updated their learning platform, core functions and plugins, to ILIAS 10. How was that possible? We were certainly curious and therefore decided to ask Kirstin Niggeler, the service manager for ILIAS at PHBern, directly.

The 44th ILIAS Development Conference gave the international ILIAS community it's first opportunity to gather together for a major event in the venerable university town of Marburg. Almost 90 members of the community met on the 10th and 11th of September 2025 to find out about the latest ILIAS development trends. The conference got off to a dignified start, being opened by the vice president of the university, Prof. Dr. Yvonne Zimmermann, followed by the awarding of the ILIAS Community Award 2025 to Fabian Schmid.

Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) relies on a combination of Stud.IP and ILIAS to organise digital teaching and learning processes. Cornelis Kater is part of the e-learning team (ZQS/elsa) and not only has many years of experience, but also a clear vision for open, future-proof educational platforms. In this interview, he explains how the systems at LUH complement each other, what developments are currently underway - and also takes a look at the political framework conditions surrounding open source at universities.

ILIAS... but even quicker, safer and more attractive – is that even possible?
Yes! It is possible, because ILIAS 10 has landed! A host of new features and code improvements will be sure to set our users' hearts a flutter! So let's have a look at them together and get ready to fall in love with ILIAS 10!