
The E-Learning Management System (ELMS) is a package built in Drupal that allows you to create and manage an online courses from a simple user interface.
Built on top of the Drupal Content Management Framework, ELMS provides carefully crafted functionality that simplifies course creation, management, and distribution. Unlike other tools, it has been developed by instructional designers, for instructionally focused course content authoring. Many projects have come out of the ELMS Initiative since 2008 both for education as well as the Drupal community including ELMS, ELMS Media, Ulmus, the Open Studio and over 50 modules and themes. One of the main goals of ELMS is to allow educators to leverage the power of Drupal without the learning curve. Download it today!
ELMS puts the focus on course content, not generic course spaces.
Export any course space to a static HTML package or XML for back up.
Student-centric, open assignment submission for critique, feedback and collaboration.
Developed based on learning design best practices established by Penn State instructional designers.
Scalable and sustainable thanks to the massive Drupal open source community.
Highlight terms in content and it will automatically find them throughout the course while creating a large vocab list.
Separate system integrated to help maintain copyright, accessibility, and ease of use.
Leveraging Drupal best practices for a platform that's powered large scale websites like The White House.
Drupal based without all the difficulty of learning Drupal.
Use Drupal's powerful theme layer to make each course match its topic matter

The E-Learning Management System (ELMS) is a Drupal package that allows you to create and manage an online course infrastructure from a simple interface.
Built on top of the Drupal Content Management Framework, ELMS provides carefully crafted functionality that simplifies course creation, management, and distribution. Unlike other tools, it has been developed by instructional designers, for instructionally focused course content authoring. Many projects have come out of the ELMS Initiative since 2008 both for education as well as the Drupal community including ELMS, ELMS Media, Ulmus, the Open Studio and over 50 modules and themes. One of the main goals of ELMS is to allow educators to leverage the power of Drupal without the learning curve. Download it today!
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ELMS puts the focus on course content, not generic course spaces.
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Export any course space to a static HTML package or XML for back up.
![]()
Student-centric, open assignment submission for critique, feedback and collaboration.
![]()
Developed based on learning design best practices established by Penn State instructional designers.
![]()
Scalable and sustainable thanks to the massive Drupal open source community.
![]()
Highlight terms in content and it will automatically find them throughout the course while creating a large vocab list.
![]()
Separate system integrated to help maintain copyright, accessibility, and ease of use.
![]()
Leveraging Drupal best practices for a platform that's powered large scale websites like The White House
![]()
Drupal based without all the difficulty of learning Drupal.
![]()
Use Drupal's powerful theme layer to make each course match its topic matter.