 Dokeos is an elearning delivery system with course management web application and collaboration tool. It is free software released under the GNU /GPL. It is also OSI certified and can be used as a content management system for educational purposes. Dokeos is written in PHP and uses MySQL as a database and is SCORM compliant making it pretty user-friendly.
The development of Dokeos is an international project to which several universities, schools, and other organizations and individuals contribute. Its development methodology takes elements from extreme programming, usability theory, and collaborative open source development, specifically it being very, very open.
The Dokeos software is said to be a complete suite including not only a learning management system and a learner’s administration dashboard, but also an easy-to-use authoring system and a simple videoconferencing interface. Dokeos comes with the following features…
- Ms-PowerPoint® to Learning Path conversion
- Integrated Live Conferencing
- Templates and styles for rapid online authoring
- Search engine
- question types: hotspots and open answers
- Reporting dashboard with export to Ms-Excel
- Surveys
- Educational blogs
- Learning Path: import and export of SCORM, IMS and AICC
- Documents tool
- Tests tool
- Forum
- Agenda/ calendar
- Announcements
- Dropbox
- Chat module
- Tracking
The main USP of Dokeos is that it is very user-friendly and flexible system with an easy to use interface. It can be a tool for good learning, so that users have minimal notice of the tools and maximum attention for the content.
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