What is in OpenOlat
OpenOlat is large. This page is the map: 19 subject areas in five groups, each with one sentence on what it covers and a link to the manual page where it starts. Use it to see the whole product at a glance, and to find the chapter that answers your question.
The areas come from the OpenOlat concept map, the terminology reference behind the manual and the application. They describe the product by subject, not by menu, so one area can span several places in the interface.
Select a group in the map to see its subject areas, and an area to see what it covers. The cards below follow the selection. The way back sits in the top left corner of the map.
Teaching and courses
What you build, and what learners work through.
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The course with its course elements, its configuration and its lifecycle from preparation to the trash.
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What sits in the authoring area: courses, tests, videos, blogs, podcasts, glossaries and forms.
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The Content Editor with its content elements, and the Media Center where the media sit across courses.
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The planning layer above the courses: which educational product exists, how it is structured and when it runs.
Assessment and evidence
How a performance is recorded, graded and proven.
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How an exam is built, run, corrected and analysed, and where the questions come from.
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Everything where learners submit, revise or practise something, and the workflow the coaches go through.
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Everything that records a performance, assesses it, turns it into a grade and releases it.
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What comes out at the end: evidence of achievement, certificate, certification program and badge.
Collaboration and people
Where people work together, and who looks after whom.
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Groups and the tools people work with inside them: forum, wiki, chat, calendar, projects and notifications.
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The cross-course entry point for everyone who coaches learners: people, courses, groups, events and reports.
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Classroom operation: when something takes place, who was present and how an absence is handled.
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How learners document their learning in a binder, reflect on it and share it for feedback.
Platform and administration
The frame everything else runs in.
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Who uses the platform, in which role, in which organisation, and where the areas are that people work in.
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46 roles in eight scopes, and the rights an administration can grant to a role.
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Catalogue, booking and payment
From the catalogue entry via the offer and the booking to price, invoice and credit points.
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How feedback is collected, analysed and turned into measures, and the form elements all of that rests on.
Integrations and AI
What OpenOlat connects to, and what the AI takes off your hands.
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Third-party systems and open standards: LTI 1.3, BigBlueButton, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, OnlyOffice, SharePoint and Opencast.
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The AI module and the AI features in the question bank, the Media Center, the Content Editor and the taxonomy.
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Selectus
The module for appointment procedures. Selectus is a separate frentix product and has no manual page yet.