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Solutions for Schools
Schools today also profit from the possibilities that a learning management system (LMS) can open up for them when it comes to supporting their teaching. ILIAS and the ILIAS Society have been supporting this development for many years now.
More and more schools are discovering the advantages of having ILIAS to supplement and expand their teaching.
The Elly-Heuss-Knapp School in Neumünster (Germany) for example, uses ILIAS as an integral part of their vocational training course to become a certified care assistant. The traditional 'work placement report' part of the vocational training has been replaced with the Exercise Tool – during their work placement, students receive prompt feedback on the tasks they are given to carry out, enabling them to practice and improve on these tasks whilst still at the work placement (rather than receiving feedback later, when they are no longer immersed in the working environment).
Mischa Bolten from Gymnasium Hohenbaden (Germany) is very happy about the possibility of online exams. At regular intervals, exams from the natural sciences are mapped in ILIAS: "It makes work easier," says Bolten happily. "And the statistical analysis makes it easy to recognise learning gaps and necessary repetitions." The effort to transfer the concept to ILIAS via the school conference has paid off. The exam questions can now be used by all teachers via question pools.
Data protection
In contrast to Facebook and co, ILIAS is advertisement-free and can easily be used so that it is fully conform with European data protection laws.
Interaction
ILIAS is already successfully used by many schools that have organised themselves into the Special Interest Group ILIAS@Schule. They support each other by sharing the experiences and by jointly working on the conception of new features.
Affordable
The use of ILIAS is and will remain free of charge. Since 2018, becoming a member of the community has also been especially affordable for schools. Become a member of the ILIAS Society for the reduced fee of €450 and profit from the strong network that makes ILIAS unique in the LMS market.
Facilitating everyday school life – with the open-source LMS ILIAS
Mischa Bolten, head of the STEM department at Gymnasium Hohenbaden, is enthusiastic about the system's possibilities. There is a separate group for parents in HoBa-ILIAS for each class. Information can be sent via ILIAS e-mail in compliance with data protection regulations.
He also quickly realises how much he enjoys the ILIAS calendar: "When I offer a practice session, the end date automatically appears in my calendar on all my end devices - it's super helpful to be reminded of your own deadlines." Today, all of the school's appointments are managed in ILIAS. Thanks to external calendar subscriptions, pupils, parents, teachers and staff have access to all the dates that are important to them at all times.
ILIAS features that are important for schools
The requirements made of a learning management system vary greatly depending on the what it is being used for. With ILIAS you have a tried and trusted system, with all important features already integrated. You can, however, decide to limit or even completely deactivate the features of your choice, depending on your actual requirements. ILIAS makes everything possible, without overwhelming you. Among our most popular features for school use:
Course management
One tool, many possibilities: Design flexible courses, specify set times or offer learning-objective-oriented courses. Include a whole variety of different materials, tools and tests.Communication tools
On-screen chats, forums, blogs, who-is-online?, mail and more: Using ILIAS's built-in tools, you enable effective communication between your students, teachers and your platform's technical administration.