Claroline is an Open Source licensed (GPL) collaborative elearning platform or Learning Management System. It allows organizations like universities, schools, companies, associations, to create and administer courses and collaboration spaces through the web. Adjustable to various training contexts, the platform is customizable and offers a flexible and custom-made working environment. It is used in more than 80 countries and is available in more than 30 languages.

Claroline is based on free technologies like PHP and MySQL and uses the current standards like SCORM and IMS/QTI for the exchange of contents. It is compatible with Linux, Mac and Windows environments.
The Claroline platform is organized around the concept of spaces related to a course or a pedagogical activity and comes with the following applications…

Manage documents and links

1. Publishing documents and files accessible to the users
2. Creating directories and sub-directories to gather files
3. Creating hyperlinks and building your own HTML pages
4. Create online exercises
5. Elaborating different types of questions 
6. Tracking the results of the users
7.  Creating complete sequences of learning activities
8. Putting together modules that consist of documents, exercises or imported SCORM contents
9. Filling exercises and following a learning activity
10. Coordinate group work
11. Produce assignments and wiki
12.  Public discussion space divisible into topics (asynchronous conversation)
13. Online discussion tool (synchronous conversation)
14. Agenda and announcements
15. Tracking the tools use
16. Supervising the progression of the users

Claroline’s USP is that it has been developed following teachers' pedagogical experience and needs. It offers intuitive and clear spaces administration interface.