International ILIAS Blog
Keyword: ILIAS 6.0
Keywords: Extending ILIAS, ILIAS 6.0
Not only since our conversation with Javiera Atenas and her keynote at the ILIAS conference in Lucerne we know that data needs to be "tamed". Thus, in e-learning it is important to clarify which data we want to collect at all and how we deal with this data in the long run.
ILIAS 6 now supports the e-learning standard xAPI for the first time. This standard facilitates the integration of external learning activities into your LMS. The focus is on the logging of user activities. However, xAPI is not known for data economy. This is because all learner data is to be collected on a central server - regardless of whether it is needed or not. The data collection therefore quickly becomes very extensive. The standard does not provide for the data to be deleted at a later date.
If you want to observe learners over a long period of time and collect learning status data from a variety of devices and applications, xAPI offers many interesting possibilities. Organizations who want to minimise problematic data accumulation, on the other hand, are unsure whether and how they should use xAPI. Fortunately ILIAS 6 offers an elegant solution for them. It allows you to use the many possibilities of xAPI without losing control of your data.
Keywords: ILIAS 6.0, Release
Moving away from the 'website look' and towards that of an app: ILIAS 6 sees big changes in ILIAS's look and navigation. Hiding in the background, however, you'll still find the tried and trusted open source LMS and all the possibilities it opens up.
Keywords: Development, ILIAS 6.0, ILIAS 7, ILIAS conference
The developers and various pretesting teams are working intensively on the new version of ILIAS – ILIAS 6. The DevConf in Dresden, has now also given us the opportunity to peer a little further into the future and have a first look at ILIAS 7, for which the topic 'Client-side ILIAS' will play a central role. New developments should lead to (among other things) an offline mode for SCORM and ILIAS learning modules as well as for the Test&Assessment. Another item on the agenda is the overhaul of the Page Editor. While some new elements will already be present in the background of ILIAS 6, the big changes to the Editor will take affect in the next ILIAS version.
Keywords: Crowdfunding, ILIAS 6.0
While the release of ILIAS 5.4 is still fresh, we are already working on the next version of our LMS. ILIAS 6.0 will introduce major improvements, focusing on three main areas:
Keywords: ILIAS 6.0, Security, Technical Board, Test&Assessment
Many ILIAS users want to access their LMS from their smartphones. As ILIAS is responsive, it can easily be used on smaller screens. But there are limits to mobile usage. For this reason, the topic "mobile ILIAS" continues to be discussed regularly. One approach that was developed within the ILIAS community is the Pegasus app: Its users get logged in automatically to their ILIAS platform and they can access documents offline. They can also work with position-based augmented reality scenarios. We spoke to technical board member Timon Amstutz about the app and the upcoming ILIAS developments.