I’m diving into open-source LMS options for a new project and could use some advice. I’m looking for something flexible, cost-effective, and with a solid community for support. Key features I need are customization, scalability, user-friendliness, good integrations, and a range of features like gamification and analytics.
I’ve looked at Moodle, Canvas, and Chamilo. Any thoughts or recommendations?
For your open-source LMS project, Moodle is a solid choice with extensive customization, gamification, and analytics features, but it can be complex. Canvas, also open-source, offers a modern, user-friendly interface with good scalability and integrations, though it’s slightly less customizable. Chamilo is user-friendly and cost-effective with strong customization and scalability, plus gamification and analytics, but its community might be smaller. Evaluating each based on your specific needs and testing them out should help you find the best fit for your project.
As an instructor who has used both Moodle and Canvas, I much prefer Canvas. It is so much easier for me, a non-technical user to build my classes in Canvas. It has been quite a while since I used Moodle though so I don’t know if it has improved.