adept  

adept is a webbased course system (WBL, WBT ...) written in PHP3 using MySQL as the database. adept is licensed under GPL. As an authour you use the administration tools to write your course directly online. To do this you need some knowledge of HTML (a small guide is available online). You also set up a FAQ, links to other sites and a homepage for the course. Each course also has its own discussiongroup as a communication channel for you and the users. As an user you can register and get a password by email. When you have your password you can log in and choose any number of available courses. You also get access to a small notebook. For each part (module) of the course you can mark it as "ready" so you know where you are when you come back. The system also keeps track on new and changed modules. When you are finished with a course you can answer a small survey. This survey is used by the author to make the course better. Your "score" is also used to calculate the "average rating" for the course.

Hosting Requirements: Linux; PHP
Database: MySQL
Price: Free

   Moodle  

Moodle is a software package for producing internet-based courses and web sites. Features: Site Management, User Management, Course Management, Assignment Module, Choice Module, Forum Module, Journal Module, Quiz Module, Resource Module, Survey Module.

Hosting Requirements: Linux, Apache, PHP
Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL
Price: Free (GPL)

   ClassWeb  

ClassWeb lets instructors easily create and control a class website without learning HTML, FTP or getting a UNIX account.* Instructors just need a standard web browser and a username and password to administer their class sites. Instructors teaching in your building, across campus, or even overseas can all get to their sites, change them, and update materials the same way. The main advantage of ClassWeb is that it offers an easy, low or no training route for faculty to administer a website. And because ClassWeb is open source, administrators and staff programmers have extraordinary control. Once you install and customize ClassWeb for your environment, you can change its component programs and "look" as much or as little as you want. Features(Students): ClassWeb Main Page, List of Links Page, Announcements Page, Discussion Board, Additional Class Materials, Private Directory Access. Features (Instructors): Access to All Student Features, ClassWeb Main Page Edit, List of Links Page Edit, Announcements Page Edit, Discussion Board Edit, File Upload Utility, View Class Roster of Students, Email to Class Roster, Grant Administrative Access to Others, Generate Multiple Choice Quizzes On-Line, List Files and Directories in ClassWeb Site and more.

Hosting Requirements: Apache 1.3.14+; Perl 5.6+; PHP 4.0.4+
Database: MySQL 3.23.31+
Price: Free

   Claroline classroom online  

Claroline is a free GPL software package working with PHP/MySQL. It is a course-based educational tool allowing the teacher to create, administer and add to his/her courses through the web. Features: Course description, File Manager, Agenda, Announcements, Links, Exercises, Forums, Users management, Groups, Assignments, Statistics, Help.

Hosting Requirements: Windows, Unix/Linux, Mac OS X; Apache; PHP
Database: MySQL
Price: Free (GPL)

   SchoolMation  

SchoolMation Version 2.0 is an easy-to-use web-based education management solution that is designed to foster communication between students, parents, teachers and administrators. SchoolMation, used daily by schools in over 60 countries, employs appropriate technology to help advance education and learning practices in the new millennium.

Hosting Requirements: Unix, Windows
Price: AUD $420

   Covidia platform  

The Covidia platform is a web-based learning management system, designed to improve the administration of traditional and distance-based educational programs.

Hosting Requirements: Linux; Apache; PHP
Database: MySQL
Price: Free

   Interact  

Interact is an Online Learning and Collaboration platform. It is a free alternative to the likes of WebCT and Blackboard. It is an open source cms, lms designed with the intention of making it easy for students and lecturers to interact online, based around constructivist and vygotskian views of teaching and learning. The key advantage of Interact is the ability to structure a course the way you want it, rather than being stuck with a predefined separation of content and interaction.

Hosting Requirements: Linux, Windows, MacOSX
Price: Free (GPL)

   Digital Scribe  

The Digital Scribe is a free, intuitive system designed help teachers put student work and homework assignments online.

Hosting Requirements: Linux; PHP
Database: MySQL
Price: Free (GPL)

   phpEssayEditin  

A full featured, complete automated, high quality Essay,Resume and any kind of documents Editing System. phpEssayEditing is a DocumentFlow solution for educational, government, public organizations offering chargable or free-of-charge document editing services (revision and critique).

Hosting Requirements: PHP 3+
Price: $599.95

   PHPLibrary  

PHP Library is an easy to use Library System for storing Students, Items and Loans. With a fully functional admin control panel you can make loans with ease. It can also generate barcodes for Items and Students. It requires MySQL database backend. The script is has a wide range of options you can change as well as a good documentation.

Hosting Requirements: Apache 1.3.24+; PHP 4.06
Database: MySQL 3.23.49+