CLAROLINE.NET Let’s build knowledge together Consortium Claroline 2007 CLAROLINE eLearning and eWorking Open Source platform
CLAROLINE.NETLet’s build knowledge together
Consortium Claroline 2007
CLAROLINE
eLearning and eWorking
Open Source platform
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Origins and actual situation
► Created in 2001 at the UCL, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
► Developed by the University Institute of Pedagogy and Multimedia from the UCL, and the CERDECAM (Research Center of the ECAM, Belgium)
► Supported by the Région wallonne in Belgium
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Claroline Consortium
► International non-profit association► Created on May 23, 2007 at the annual conference of
Claroline users in Vigo, Spain► Objectives : federating the users’ community and
organizing the platform promotion and development► Five founder institutions :
• Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium• Haute Ecole Léonard de Vinci, Belgium• Universidade de Vigo, Spain• Université du Québec à Rimouski, Canada• Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile
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Claroline specificities
►Simplicity• Intuitive handling• No specific technical
skills required
►Stability and security• Used by hundreds of
institutions worldwide
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Claroline in figures
• More than 800 referenced platforms around the world
• 84 countries• 35 languages available
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Profiles
►User►Space manager►Administrator►And personalized profiles
Specific using rights for each profile
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Main functionalities►For users and teachers
• Agenda• Shared documents• Online exercices• Assignments• Learning path• Forum• Chat• Wiki• …
►For administrator
• Registrations management
• Courses management
• Platform management
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Platform homepage
► Courses categories
► User name and password
► Self-registration► Presentation of
the platform
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User homepage
► Course list► Last events and announcements
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Homepage : course space
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Course description
►Define various aspects of the course
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Agenda & Announcements
► Add an event in a course
► Add an event in the user calendar
► Send an e-mail to several students
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Documents and links
► Download and share documents
► Create directories, links and html pages
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WYSIWYG Editor
► Create html pages
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Exercises
►Create online exercises• Multiple choise
• Matching
• Fill in blanks
• True / false
►Fill in the exercises
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Learning path
► Create sequences of learning activities
► Organize exercises and documents
► Compatibility with the standard SCORM
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Assignments
►Write assignments and submit them online
► Publication area for the students
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Forum
►Exchange of information (asynchronous) between:• Students• Teacher and students
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Groups
►Create groups of students
►Own space and tools for each group
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Users
►List of students registered to the course►Course manager:
• Registrations (users, users list, classes)• Definition of the headings
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Chat
►Online conversation (sychronous)
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Wiki►Collaborative writing
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Statistics3 levels :
►Students activity
►Courses►Platform
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Administration…
►…of the users►…of the courses►…of the platform
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