| One of the most signification innovations in the field of | | | | online learning application which enables scores of |
| science and technology in the present century has | | | | educational institutions to register and administer their |
| been computers and the inception of the internet has | | | | various courses online. Claroline is prominently used in |
| further facilitated its importance in human life. In fact | | | | over 80 countries in the world and is available in about |
| today any individual would have no qualms in admitting | | | | 30 languages and the entire application is designed in a |
| that computers today comprise on the most crucial | | | | way to help the tutors specifically in designing the |
| sections of their lives and that with growing | | | | course and thus it allows efficient course management. |
| technological development, human civilization is | | | | Some its functions include development of paths for |
| increasingly becoming dependent on the functioning of | | | | learning, publishing documents and information in PDF, |
| technological tools for their sustenance. Since recent | | | | text, HTML or video format, creation of student |
| times, education had been primarily associated with the | | | | groups, creating exercises and assessment patterns |
| traditional mode pf imparting knowledge in a classroom | | | | for the students and grading them on the basis of their |
| consisting of a handful of students. However, | | | | performances, writing of collaborative documents with |
| technological discoveries and innovations have | | | | the aid of wiki, announcements and posting of notices |
| currently altered the picture and today online learning is | | | | through email, conceiving the course description and |
| a prevalent activity with some of the major and | | | | assigning projects for the students to be submitted |
| prominent educational institutions providing online | | | | online. |
| access to many of their flagship courses and thus | | | | One of the significant advantages of Claroline is that it |
| encouraging the practice of online education. It is to be | | | | is possible to download it for free using any web |
| noted that like normal educational courses, the | | | | browser of one's choice. The technological formats like |
| conclusion of online courses also ensure securing of | | | | MySQL and PHP are used in its composition and it is |
| online degrees. In case of online education, it is to be | | | | possible to use Claroline in accordance with the |
| remembered that there are required certain software | | | | prevalent operating systems like Windows, Mac OS |
| applications which provide the basic course | | | | and Linux. It was only recently in 2007 that the |
| management softwares to aid the interaction between | | | | Claroline Consortium was formed by certain prominent |
| the tutors and the students. Claroline is an open source | | | | universities in order to facilitate its development. |