OpenOlat Documentation
The official manual for the OpenOlat learning management system, the open source LMS by frentix GmbH. It documents the current release OpenOlat 21.0. 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 21.0 is here. See what changed for learners, authors, coaches and administrators.
- Separation of learning and coaching into two areas
- Room management, automation and to-dos in the Course Planner
- AI: essay questions with AI grading, formative AI feedback, Word and Markdown import
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 am learning
Log in, find your course, and see what you have achieved.
I am teaching
Build a course, control who gets in, run a test and assess the results.
I administrate
Configure the platform, manage accounts and assign roles.
eLearning Journal
With the rating "Very good", the renowned eLearning Journal has once again extensively tested the open source learning platform OpenOlat. The new features of Release 20 were examined and evaluated in detail. The large range of functions of the learning platform was especially emphasized.