Comparativo entre Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Quesitos analisados pelo EduTech da Suíça:

1. Aspectos gerais
1. Capacidade multilíngüe
2. Ambiente do estudantes
1. Facilidade de uso
2. Cumprimento a padrões de tecnologia Web
3. Ambiente funcional
3. Didática e tutoria
1. Facilidade de uso
2. Comunicação
3. Gerenciamento de estudantes
4. Monitoramento de atividades
4. Desenvolvimento de cursos
1. Facilidade de uso
2. Ambiente de desenvolvimento flexível
3. Suporte ao desenvolvimento
4. Compatibilidade com ferramentas de autoria Web
5. Avaliações
6. Suporte a padrões do ensino online
7. Aparência adaptável
5. Sistema e administração
1. Gerencimento do sistema
2. Administração
Tabela comparativa de LMS disponíveis no Brasil
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc
OpenACS Martin Dougiamas
consortium: and open-source
http://dotlrn.org/ community:
Started at MIT, now a http://www.moodle.o
non-profit rg
consortium with Martin Dougiamas is
members at a the originator, lead
number of developer, project
universities and manager and release
companies around manager of Moodle,
the world. Members present on
pay a fee to moodle.org since
participate in the 2002. Moodle.com
OpenACS was launched in
consortium, but 2003 to offer
anybody who fulfills commercial service
the requirements by Moodle Partners
can become certified (Swiss Moodle
and contribute. Partner: mediagonal
Last major AG, Fribourg).
evaluation update: Last major
September 2005 evaluation update:
About product August 2005
Based on OpenACS About product
(an open source Available since 2002,
toolkit), dotLRN Moodle is provided
consists of a set of freely under the GNU
components that are Public License. It was
certified by the developed based on
dotLRN consortium a pedagogical
to be dotLRN philosophy (social
compliant. constructivist).
Moodle can be
installed on any web
About producer
server with a php
Started at MIT, now a
interpreter and fully
non-profit
supports using
consortium with
mySQL or
members at a
postgreSQL
number of
databases.
universities and
companies around
the world. Members About producer
pay a fee to Martin Dougiamas is
participate in the the originator, lead
OpenACS developer, project
consortium, but manager and release
anybody who fulfills manager of Moodle,
the requirements present on
can become certified moodle.org since
and contribute. 2002. Moodle.com
Características was launched in
2003 to offer
dos Produtos Strengths
commercial service
Strong on
by Moodle Partners
collaboration and
(Swiss Moodle
community learning
Partner: mediagonal
through a number of
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc
Aspectos Gerais
The Moodle interface
is available in many
languages, including
French, Italian and
German. Users can
choose their
Capacidade preferred language
multilingüe English, German, for the navigation
French, Spanish is interface. Moodle
Two aspects : availble. An editor also offers the
1. The interface that allows easy possibility to create
language can be addition of other multilingual content
changed by the languages is for resources that
authors and/or the provided. Only are edited within
students. certain modules are Moodle (text, html).
2. One course can be available in Italian. It takes a bit more
offered in different The German version effort when editing,
translations (this has some strange but is not too
feature is not translations. complicated to
available in many accomplish. (For any
platforms!). multilingual text, one
enters the text in
both languages,
separating them out
with special
markers.)

Ambiente do estudante

Facilidade de
uso
dotLRN is easy to
The students can use use. Students can
the environment like use dotLRN mostly in
common web pages: the same way as
page URLs can be common web pages
bookmarked, copied but should not trust
Generally very easy
and pasted to email the common browser
to use and navigate.
messages and used functions to always
by fellow students. work properly. Page
Other common reload and
browser functions bookmarking do not
are supported: print always work
current page, save correctly.
page on local disk,
find word in current
page.
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc

Segue padrões
aceitos de
tecnologia Web No apparent
problems on
The platform is Yes, commonly used Windows Firefox
compatible with browsers are 1.0.4.0, Windows
common browsers supported. Internet Explorer
(Netscape, Explorer, 6.0.2 or Macintosh
Firefox, Mozilla) on Safari 1.3
common operating
systems: Windows,
Macintosh, Linux.
(Linux not tested).

Navigation is mostly
straight forward.
Many tools that are Student can easily
especially useful for set language and
collaboration are visibility of elements.
provided: RSS feeds, Breadcrumbs are not
email and SMS always intuitive,
notification, survey, since links to a
polling, blog, FAQ, IM resource have a path
chat and that shows the type
Ambiente synchronization of of activity instead of
funcional calendar events with the part of the
Microsoft Outlook course the resource
calendars. Context is located in.
sensitive help is only (For example,
implemented in Moodle shows
some of the Main Course >
modules, the Forums > A Specific
assessment tool has Forum instead of
few exercise types. Main Course > Topic
6 > A Specific
Forum)

Didática e tutoria
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc

Facilidade de
uso The user interface
for students is quite
Tutors are typically easy to learn and
advanced students, understand quickly.
teaching assistants It is less easy for
or – more rarely – The different options
teachers, although a
professors. They available for creating
number of tools such
might have attended and managing a
as news, FAQ,
an introductory, course are mostly
groups, forum and
didactically focused very straight
the calendar do help
course on online forward. What is not
to rapidly set up a
tutoring. They don't described well in the
course. Some
have much time to Teacher's Manual
functions, however,
get used to a has to be learned at
are difficult to find
platform, but they the moodle.org
and not always
still should be able to forums, or gleaned
where you would
quickly handle its from the examples
expect to find them.
basic tutoring tools: provided with the
The student tracking
communications, Demo course.
and the number of
announcements, exercise generators
students provided in the
subscriptions, group assessment are
management, quite limited.
tracking data
evaluation and quiz
results evaluation.
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc
Forums are a
mainstay of Moodle.
There are 3 different
types of forums:
The platform clearly
standard open
has been developed
forum, one topic per
Comunicação with community
user forums and
learning in mind.
The platform focuses single-topic forum
Many communication
on asynchronous (like news). Groups
tools (news, RSS
communications, can be formed, yet
feeds, IM chat,
mainly threaded determine only the
subscription to alert
discussion forums. visibility for a course
mails, etc.) have
The system also or an activity
current functions
features (whether or not one
allowing individual
asynchronous group can view
and groups to work
teamworking tools another group's
comfortably
with document work). Document
together. A mailing
exchange facilities. It upload and
system is not
furthermore allows download is possible.
integrated (bulk mail
the tutor to define in A wiki could be used
is provided). A
a flexible way for collaborative
flexible rights
collaborative work on a text (as
management system
working tasks and long as the editing
allows students to
groups. were timed well
create their own
enough to make sure
groups and forums.
group members
didn't write over
eachother's
contributions).

A teacher can enroll

students that are
already in the
Gerenciamento system in their
de estudantes course.
Administrators can
The platform allows use file upload to
Yes, there are
complementary enroll students in
several ways to
ways to enroll courses and in
enroll students:
students: enrollment groups. Self
interface to IMS
by tutor with web- enrollment by
Enterprise, load
interface, upload of students is possible.
students from an
student lists, by the LDAP directory, lists
administrator (and in CSV format. The new meta-
less importantly, self course feature allows
enrollment). The easier enrollment of
same holds for the the same students in
definition of working several different
groups. courses.
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc

Monitoramento
de atividades
The platform Logs and activity
generates useful reports offer
reports about the Tracking and possibilities that are
activity of students reporting is rather easily accessible.
in the course, the limited, but some The course can be
quizzes and the feedback is monitored rather
communication provided. closely, if desired, or
tools. The purpose of just checked
the reports is to give occasionally.
the tutor a
didactically relevant
feeling of what
happens in a course.

Desenvolvimento de cursos
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc

Facilidade de
uso
Authors are experts
of the course
domain. They usually
are highly motivated,
experienced web
users, but only have
basic web authoring dotLRN provides
skills. On one hand, very many functions Moodle offers 3
the platform should and tools, but does models of course
enable the authors not really help guide structure that are
to efficiently develop the teachers and quickly recognized:
a course structure developers with by week, by topic or
along with its structuring tools and social. Adapting one
content, and on the wizards. It's 'hidden' or the other model is
other hand support curriculum favors not complicated. The
them in being cooperative learning weekly and topical
compliant with over text reading structures resemble
technical, didactical and can be set up the syllabus
and usability quickly to approach; the social
standards; in other accompany a face to model is more like a
words, it should face course. Creating seminar, as it is
prevent them from a more complete based solely on
making severe learning discussion as the
errors. environment main structuring
requires several element.
training workshops.
The platform offers a
generic default
course organization
and navigation
scheme. It is
therefore easy to
develop content out-
of-the-box in an
efficient way.
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc
Adding functionality
Ambiente de to Moodle is possible
and encouraged.
desenvolvimento Links to external,
flexível. Yes, server side dynamically
scripting (PHP, ASP, generated pages
Experienced power- ColdFusion and also work within Moodle.
authors can go exchange with SOAP A formal API doesn't
beyond default and XML RPC), seem to be
functionalities. They connecting to complete; rather, the
can program databases. An API is Developer's Manual
dynamic pages available: provides a template
(using server-side http://demo.cognovis for activity modules,
scripting), connect .de:8030/api-doc/ with instructions in a
them to databases readme file. A
and access platform resource named
functions with a Core API exists, but
documented API. is not yet complete.

Suporte ao The Moodle

desenvolvimento community is large
and active. The main
Documentation is developer is quite
Well documented
available. The present in the
developers
platform producer forums at
community site for
runs a website that moodle.org.
the core system
includes a Documentation is
OpenACS:
“developers corner” pretty good, though
http://openacs.org/d
with discussion not complete.
oc/. The dotLRN
forums and rich Documentation
subgroup is much
information (guides, includes a Student
less well
tutorials, Manual, a Teacher
documented.
references). The Manual and a
producer promptly Developer Manual,
answers support though they are not
requests and bug always up to date.
reports.
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc

Compatibilidade
com ferramentas HTML pages or other
de autoria Web files can be uploaded
from within Moodle
The platform is only, or linked from
compatible with Moodle and
standard web displayed either in a
authoring tools like Yes to all
pop-up window or in
GoLive or a frame. WebDAV is
Dreamweaver. not yet
Content can be implemented. Style
up-/downloaded via sheets are used
FTP or WebDAV for throughout.
collaborative
authoring or with
similar methods.

Many quiz types are

available from within
Moodle. You can
create questions
with the built-in quiz
editor. Questions can
Not many different
be read from a text
test types, mainly
file, in several
Avaliações multiple choice
different formats
questions and
(including questions
surveys.
created from WebCT
and Blackboard),
plus a module for
importing
HotPotatoes Quizzes
is available.
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc

Suporte para
padrões de
ensino online Moodle includes a
Among the many module for uploading
upcoming standards SCORM packages
for e-learning, the (.zip files) that
IMS and SCORM simplifies the
standards suite are upload/unzip
apparently widely SCORM as well as process. The
accepted in higher IMS CP is supported uploaded scorm's
education circles. (single pages of structure is
The most important imported SCORM displayed next to the
parts are packages can be content, which is
IMS/SCORM-CP, edited inside opened in an iframe.
SCORM-RTI and IMS- dotLRN). IMS-QTI is The version 1.5
QTI. With data used to exchange release notes state
standards, assessments. that the SCORM
implementations module is now fully
should support conformant with the
import and export. SCORM 1.2 standard.
Also important is Quizzes can be
IEEE-LOM or IMS- exported to IMS QTI
metadata support. 2.0.
The main purpose of
using standards is
reusability and
interoperability.
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc

Aparência
adaptável
For the
It should be possible teacher/developer The overall look and
to customize the adapting the layout feel can be changed
general appearance of the interface is using what Moodle
of the course limited to changing calls themes. Logos
platform: it would some colors, turning can be added, and
provide a default on or off some tools style sheets modified
layout that could be and moving links up to make minor
adapted by each or down. Logos and changes easily.
institution and/or style sheets can be Individual courses
each course, if only be changed at can have their own
desired. the server level by themes that differ
specialists. At the from the entry page
server level, or from site level
In the simplest case, multiple, differently theme. Styles can be
it could use branded institutions changed at the
cascading are possible. The course element level
stylesheets to "ETP" tool (Edit this also, as these use
achieve this: a global page) is hard to find, style sheets too.
default stylesheet yet allows the Users can also
can be partially experienced choose their
overridden by an developer to more preferred theme if
institutional adapt the general the site has been
stylesheet which can appearance of the configured to allow
itself be partially courses' main pages it.
overridden by a more completely.
course-specific
stylesheet.

Sistema & Administração

Installation is not
A large installation difficult. Moodle can
can use one apparently be used
Gerenciamento database computer for large institutions
do sistema (PostgreSQL, Oracle) (40,000 students).
with two web servers The latest version
for loadbalancing. offers an https login
page.
Quesito dotLRN 2.2 Moodle 1.5.2 AulaNet WebAula WebEnsino IntraLearn Teleduc
One installation of
dotLRN cannot serve
several institutions.
Since OpenACS is
prepared for this,
very little is needed
to improve dotLRN in
that direction. One server - multiple
Authentication institutions is not a
modes: Unix default option.
Pluggable However, it can be
Authentication done without too
Administração Modules allowing much work.
(PAM RADIUS, Moodle has been
Kerberos, IMAP, POP, shibbolized for use
AFS, etc.) and LDAP. with Switch AAI
The external login.
authentication
infrastructure is
modular so that
additional
authentication
drivers can be easily
added.

Bibliografia
• Evaluation of Open Source Learning Management Systems – 2005. Site Web em http://www.edutech.ch/lms/ev3/index.php. Acesso em 5 dez. 2005.