OpenOlat Documentation
The official manual for the OpenOlat learning management system, the open source LMS by frentix GmbH. It documents the current release OpenOlat 21.1. Search it, browse it, or ask Sophia.
What do you want to know?
Or ask Sophia, the OpenOlat assistant. She answers in your own words and cites the manual.
For example: How do I create a learning path course? How do participants book a course in the catalog? How do I set up a certificate for my course?
OpenOlat 21.1 is here. See what changed for learners, authors, coaches and administrators.
- Booking forms in the Course Planner
- New Info page with PDF flyer and QR code
- Recording of Teams online meetings and personal AI settings
Step-by-step guides for real tasks: build your first course, prepare an exam, publish an offer in the catalog.
Everything OpenOlat does, explained page by page: courses, tests, groups, roles and platform configuration.
Quick start
I create
Build a course, control who gets in and create a test.
I teach
Accompany participants, assess them and issue evidence.
I learn
Log in, find your own course and see your achievements.
I administrate
Configure the platform, manage accounts and assign roles.
eLearning Journal
Five times "VERY GOOD" from the eLearning Journal (2025, 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2015) confirm the continuous quality and development of OpenOlat. The reviews especially emphasized the large range of functions of the open source learning platform, and they did so consistently over a decade.