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FenixEdu, a open source academic and learning management system

40 points by arturventura 13y ago

MWil 13y ago
Loving the LMS-centric material today! Also, I like the subtle pdf color-change. I'm reading the paper at the moment https://ciist.ist.utl.pt/projectos/Fenix.pdf https://ciist.ist.utl.pt/projectos/Fenix.pdf
- arturventura 13y ago
  If you want to start the system, take a look at this one http://fenixedu.org/dev/fenixedu-bible.pdf http://fenixedu.org/dev/fenixedu-bible.pdf . We finished it last week, its just draft, but might be also interesting, particularly if you want to test the system.
dmckeon 13y ago
With the "...edu.org" domain, I hope you are prepared for confusion with phoenix.edu
- eksith 13y ago
  Someone who can't spell "phoenix" is rather ill prepared for college, don't you think? Also, it's more likely that they'll put the term into a search engine first, which will get the correct page for the school. The school itself advertises frequently with the correct spelling.
Pxl_Buzzard 13y ago
I can't tell from the site, but how mature is this lms? I recently toyed around with Canvas[1] and found it to be really stable and feature-rich without that messy feeling that Blackboard or Moodle give you. What were the motivations to develop this system instead of enhancing or forking another lms? [1] https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms
- arturventura 13y ago
  FenixEdu has been in use for the last 10 years, and in continuous development over that time, so I would say it its mature. It didn't started as a LMS, actually started as a Academic Management System. We needed a system to control all the academic administrative operations. Later we developed the LMS system connected with the AMS. Right now we are on the process of replacing our old LMS with a new one. We have very cool ideas that we are developing right now (timeline based view for the students, tools for interactive presentations, transparent support for MOOCs, etc.)
  - faizshah 13y ago
    Would you mind highlighting the differences between FenixEdu and Canvas?
    - arturventura 13y ago
      I've never tried Canvas, but from what I could gather it seems it is just a LMS. FenixEdu is a combination between a Academic Management System and a LMS. It has course pages, but also manages the diploma emission, teacher credits, room management, scheduling, Erasmus, etc. all the other backoffice stuff a school has to handle.
bledii 13y ago
Looks very promising, a bit complex maybe. It is much more than a LMS,it is a student information system, the two cannot be compared.
cliveowen 13y ago
This is an amazing project and I'm really impressed by the overall quality both in the documentation and the web design. It looks very promising, in an ideal world this would be implemented in every institution.

40 points by arturventura 13y ago

MWil 13y ago

Loving the LMS-centric material today! Also, I like the subtle pdf color-change. I'm reading the paper at the moment https://ciist.ist.utl.pt/projectos/Fenix.pdf https://ciist.ist.utl.pt/projectos/Fenix.pdf

arturventura 13y ago
If you want to start the system, take a look at this one http://fenixedu.org/dev/fenixedu-bible.pdf http://fenixedu.org/dev/fenixedu-bible.pdf . We finished it last week, its just draft, but might be also interesting, particularly if you want to test the system.

dmckeon 13y ago

With the "...edu.org" domain, I hope you are prepared for confusion with phoenix.edu

eksith 13y ago
Someone who can't spell "phoenix" is rather ill prepared for college, don't you think? Also, it's more likely that they'll put the term into a search engine first, which will get the correct page for the school. The school itself advertises frequently with the correct spelling.

Pxl_Buzzard 13y ago

I can't tell from the site, but how mature is this lms? I recently toyed around with Canvas[1] and found it to be really stable and feature-rich without that messy feeling that Blackboard or Moodle give you. What were the motivations to develop this system instead of enhancing or forking another lms? [1] https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms

arturventura 13y ago
FenixEdu has been in use for the last 10 years, and in continuous development over that time, so I would say it its mature. It didn't started as a LMS, actually started as a Academic Management System. We needed a system to control all the academic administrative operations. Later we developed the LMS system connected with the AMS. Right now we are on the process of replacing our old LMS with a new one. We have very cool ideas that we are developing right now (timeline based view for the students, tools for interactive presentations, transparent support for MOOCs, etc.)
- faizshah 13y ago
  Would you mind highlighting the differences between FenixEdu and Canvas?
  - arturventura 13y ago
    I've never tried Canvas, but from what I could gather it seems it is just a LMS. FenixEdu is a combination between a Academic Management System and a LMS. It has course pages, but also manages the diploma emission, teacher credits, room management, scheduling, Erasmus, etc. all the other backoffice stuff a school has to handle.

bledii 13y ago

Looks very promising, a bit complex maybe. It is much more than a LMS,it is a student information system, the two cannot be compared.

cliveowen 13y ago

This is an amazing project and I'm really impressed by the overall quality both in the documentation and the web design. It looks very promising, in an ideal world this would be implemented in every institution.