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Digital Learning Environment

Classroom teaching carried out at the Philipps-Universität is extended in virtual space by various digital offerings, which form the digital learning environment. It particularly includes the central learning platform ILIAS, which combines important organizational, communicative, collaborative and didactic functions as well as versatile e-learning tools in a consistent digital learning environment.

This environment is enhanced by the ILIAS app Pegasus for mobile access and the connection to the iCM system MARVIN in order to simplify the organization of teaching. Additionally, ILIAS provides virtual classrooms with the web-based video conferencing system Adobe Connect.

When it comes to the self-organization of students and teachers, ILIAS also allows for the independent creation and administration of groups to organize self-learning phases and to provide further support for teaching administration processes. A separate workspace enables the collaboration with external cooperation partners.

Your benefit

• Consistent, digital learning environment with many tools and functions to support classroom teaching
• Extensive course and group management
• Diverse communication and cooperation possibilities
• Integrated authoring tools for the creation of learning content
• Simplified teaching organization through an interface to MARVIN
• Mobile access via tablet or smartphone
• No limitation to a specific didactic learning model, flexibly adaptable to your own needs

Target group and requirements

Lecturers, students, staff, guests

• Central user account (Uni Account)
• Current web browser
• A modern device with Android or iOS is required to use the mobile app

For external persons who, for sufficient reasons, should participate in internal ILIAS courses, separate ILIAS accounts for external course participants can be applied for.

Instructions

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen ILIAS FAQ: Quick help for the most frequent questions

  Find frequently asked questions and answers in the FAQ collection.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen ILIAS Support Portal

  An extensive collection of instructions, video tutorials and sample tools can be found directly within the central learning platform.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Social networks, free cloud applications and external learning platforms

  Like the members of other universities, teaching staff, researchers and students of the Philipps University of Marburg are confronted with a multitude of apparently freely available communication and cooperation platforms. Implicitly, however, the use of social networks (e.g. Facebook), free cloud applications (e.g. Google Drive) or public learning platforms (e.g. iTunes U) takes place under conditions which, if they are unfavorable, can lead to an increased workload or even legal problems.
  
  It is explicitly recommended to refrain from using external e-learning offerings unless it is indispensable for the design of a specific teaching-learning arrangement and no corresponding service is or can be provided at the Philipps University.

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Support and Help

  If you have any questions about application possibilities and usage or need advice, please contact ilias@uni-marburg.de or the Helpdesk at 06421-28-28282 (Mon-Fri 8-18 hrs).

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Related Services

  • Learning contents
  • Teaching-learning scenarios
  • E-Exams
  • Marvin

• Inhalt ausklappen Inhalt einklappen Worth knowing

  ILIAS
  The learning platform ILIAS is a free and open source software for web-based teaching, learning and working. The name ILIAS stands for the abbreviation for Integrated Learning, Information and Work Cooperation System. ILIAS has been used at the Philipps University since the summer semester 2003. Initially operated in version 2, various updates of the learning platform were performed. Since the winter semester 2019/20 it has been at version 5.3. The conceptual and strategic development is carried out by ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V., in which the Philipps-Universität as a member is actively involved in the development process along with many other schools, universities and further institutions.

  k-MED
  The learning platform k-MED is an ILIAS-based web application for life sciences. It is a cooperatively offered by both the University of Gießen and Marburg. The platform as such is operated by the University Computer Center in Gießen, but is available to students and lecturers of both university locations.

  Interface to the Campus Management System MARVIN
  In the winter semester 2018/19, ILIAS was connected to the campus management system MARVIN via interface. Both systems serve different, clearly defined tasks and purposes. A replacement of one of the systems is explicitly not intended. The connection was realized via a middleware especially developed by the experienced ILIAS developer Databay AG and the implementation of an e-learning community server.

  Protection of personal data
  For ILIAS a data protection concept according to §4 of the statutes for the protection of personal data in the multimedia use of e-learning methods was agreed upon.

  IT development and support
  All systems associated with the digital learning environment are constantly developed, both conceptually and at the server, software and interface level. It is also supplemented with new functions and tools. Should you wish for certain developments or have identified any errors, please do not hesitate to contact us.