Fact sheet: ILIAS

Description

ILIAS stands for ‘Integrated Learning, Information and Work Cooperation System’ and is an open-source learning platform for web-based learning. It enables the creation of internet-based teaching and learning materials, supports collaboration and communication between students and teachers, and facilitates online tests and examinations. At TU Hamburg, ILIAS is accessible via an interface in Stud.IP and supplements it with didactic structures for complete courses and digital tests.

Use in teaching

• Set learning tasks With ILIAS, you can create exercises, quizzes and homework assignments with extensive question pools and have them evaluated automatically.
• Create interactive learning elements ILIAS offers native learning modules and supports H5P content, which you can use to integrate interactive teaching materials directly into your course.
• Encourage discussion Integrated forums and blogs allow you to encourage and facilitate asynchronous discussions among students.
• Track learning progress ILIAS allows you to systematically track your students' learning progress through tests, assignments and learning progress reports.
• Encourage reflection Reflection tasks, blogs and self-tests help students reflect on their own learning process.
• Implement portfolio work ILIAS offers an integrated portfolio function that allows students to collect, document and present their learning outcomes.
• Provide self-tests You can create self-assessment tasks with automatic evaluation that give students direct feedback on their level of knowledge.
• Organise group work ILIAS supports group rooms and collaboration tools that can be used to organise group work in a structured manner.
• Share and document knowledge Students and teachers can build and document knowledge together via wikis, glossaries and learning modules.
• Share materials (internal/external) The course structure in ILIAS allows you to provide scripts, exercises, literature lists and other materials specifically for courses.
• Provide videos (internal/external) ILIAS allows you to integrate and provide videos within learning modules and course rooms.

Stephanie Wichmann from the ZLL will be happy to advise you on the didactic use of the tool.

Technical requirements

ILIAS is web-based and runs in a browser – an internet connection is essential. No software needs to be installed. At TUHH, ILIAS is only accessible to teachers and students via the interface in Stud.IP. Access via personal TU login (Kerberos).

Further links

• TUHH Data Centre: Information about ILIAS at the TU Hamburg (DE)
• ILIAS user documentation
• Official ILIAS website

Costs

ILIAS is open-source software and is available free of charge. At TU Hamburg, ILIAS is operated centrally by the data centre – there are no costs for teachers and students.

Data protection

GDPR-compliant RZ-Support RZ-Hosting Open Source

A service provided by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (ZLL) at TU Hamburg.