Social e-learning solution
Social e-learning suite is a solution that integrates the following tools:
- Content Management System: Create portals to display information to users, including a project manager STORM.
- Databases and information repositories: Storage and display information structured
- Social network: Allows the construction of social networks, groups, microblogging, etc..
- e-learning: Allows to create online courses.
Although each subsystem is implemented through an independent software platform using free software, we integrated and improved, both in appearance, and management and user access, and also on the features available:
- Centralized management through the high portal
- Centralized Authentication for all tools (CAS) using Single Sign On: Single sign on the system.
- Unification of templates for visual presentation.
- Integration between tools with specific modules.
Visual integration gives unity to the platform, allows users to integrate a centralized access to the platform and the integration of modules allows the functionalities interrelate between tools.
Specifications:
technology used
The suite integrates adapted versions of the following tools:
- Content Management System: Drupal
- Course Manager: Moodle
- Social Networking Software: Elgg.
- Server authentication and Single Sign On: CAS.
- LDAP Directory Server, Open LDAP
- Database engine: MySQL
- Web Servers: Apache, JBoss.
Description:
Content Manager System
The content manager is used Drupal. Drupal is a content management system relatively simple, scalable and modular with a lot of fans in the world of free software. Other features include modular structure, consistency across the system, the quality of your code and security. It has also placed special emphasis on respect for the standards and web accessibility and usability.
The incorporation of Drupal in the suite can offer all the features and power manager for publishing portals training.
e-learning platform
The manager of e-learning is used moodle. Moodle is a manager of e-learning modular and scalable great popularity in the world of free software.
The incorporation of moodle in the suite can offer all the features and power manager to manage the training courses.
Social Networkbr />
The suite includes a social network using Elgg. With this tool you can create groups of interest based on the courses, do microblogging, create articles (type blog), twitter microblogging record, embed videos, share information between users, and so on.
Centralized Authentication and Single Sign On (SSO)
The system of centralized authentication and Single Sign On allows to centrally manage users that have a single login and password for all applications.The part of Single Sign On allows the user to make only a single authentication and from it makes use of the services or tools suite.
The addition of CAS & LDAP service in the suite can avoid the complexity of the procedures associated with the installation, configuration management and management services for users.
Drupal Integration> Moodle
In the suite, to provide unity to the whole system, implemented a plug-in content manager that allows to show the courses of the training platform in the portal. In addition, if the user is authenticated, the user can view their courses on the portal and access them from the home page
Moodle Integration> Social Network
The suite includes a set of modules that allow Moodle and Elgg that from a course, a teacher can create a social network where students can participate. From the moodle course, students can enter directly the social network group.
