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The ILIAS Society
Learn – take part - profit
The ILIAS Society (ILIAS open source e-Learning e.V.) is the home of ILIAS and the heart of the ILIAS community. The members ensure the sustainability of ILIAS and have a say in its further development. The society is a non-profit association and works to ensure the independence and transparency of the software's development – so that also in the future it remains a modern, flexible and license-fee free learning management system for your e-learning scenarios.
Millions of users – one society
ILIAS has been online since 1998. What started as a small university project has become an internationally-acknowledged software solution.
Around the world there are thousands of active ILIAS installations with millions of users. This sort of success is only possible if the software's development is professionally coordinated. This is the role filled since 2009 by the ILIAS Society, which ensures and coordinates the sustainable and transparent development of ILIAS and fulfils the following functions:
- Strategic development of ILIAS
- Coordination of the software development
- Process design and quality control
- Organisation of community events such as developers' conferences and the annual ILIAS Conference
- Maintaining the public image of ILIAS
- Release management, test management, bug tracking, coordination of documentation and online help.
The society makes it possible for private individuals, institutions, businesses and service providers to get involved with ILIAS and secure its further development. All contributions and income flows into the society's work and into further improving the software.
Become part of a strong network. Become a member!
Three steps to becoming a member
Becoming a member is easy!
1 Select the correct membership for you
2 Fill out and sign a membership application.
3 Send the application form by mail, fax or e-mail to our office.
Do something for ILIAS
Annual membership fee and contributions
The prices of membership fees for the ILIAS Society are decided upon by the members at the annual general meeting. All contributions and income is used solely for the society's work. The society can supply relevant confirmation of this, as required by German law.
| Annual membership fee Private Member: | 70 € |
| Annual membership fee Institutional Member: | 4.000 € |
| Annual membership fee Service Provider: | 10.000 € |
Reduced fees for schools, small non-profit organisations and one-person businesses are available upon application.
If you'd like to support ILIAS with a donation, simply contact our team by e-mail:
Network and memberships
ILIAS open source e-learning e.V. is committed to the dissemination of open source software and aims to contribute to the further development of international e-learning standards. For this reason, the ILIAS Society is involved in the following organisations:
- IMS Global Learning Consortium: This is where important e-learning standards such as LTI, QTI and Open Badges 2.0 are created. The ILIAS Society has been involved as a voting member since 2022.
- Open Source Business Alliance - Bundesverband für digitale Souveränität e.V.: Is committed to sustainably anchoring the central importance of open source software and open standards for a digitally sovereign society in the public consciousness.
- Open Source LMS: Wants to strengthen and promote the use and further development of open and free educational platforms. Co-initiated by the ILIAS Society, the joint declaration now has well over 100 signatories.