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ELGG features include: Blogging, Social networking, File repositories for individuals and communities, Podcast support, Full access controls, Supports tagging, User profiles, Full RSS support, RSS aggregator, Create communities, Collaborative community blogs, Create 'friends' networks, Import content, Publish to blog, Multilingual, Branding/customisation
ELGG features include: Blogging, Social networking, File repositories for individuals and communities, Podcast support, Full access controls, Supports tagging, User profiles, Full RSS support, RSS aggregator, Create communities, Collaborative community blogs, Create 'friends' networks, Import content, Publish to blog, Multilingual, Branding/customisation


The developer-community is growing. A lot of additional plugins (modules) are available in the [http://elgg.org/plugins/ elgg-plugin-repository]:
The elgg-developer-community is growing. A lot of additional plugins (modules) are available in the [http://elgg.org/plugins/ elgg-plugin-repository]:
some examples:
some examples:
* MediaWiki-Integration
* MediaWiki-Integration
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De development of an OpenID-Login is comming.
De development of an OpenID-Login is comming.
'''e-Portfolio'''
By using the combination of all these features users are able to build up dynamic, plat-form-crossing e-Portfolios.


== References and links ==
== References and links ==

Revision as of 15:50, 29 May 2007

Draft

ELGG is a social software system that has gained quite a lot of attention in the educational community. Elgg is an open source social networking platform developed for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) which encompasses weblogging, file storage, RSS aggregation, personal profiles, FOAF functionality and more.

In education it could be used for e-learning 2.0 scenarios and personal learning environments.

Features

ELGG Roadmap

(There is also a bigger picture, but it seems to be corrupted)

ELGG features include: Blogging, Social networking, File repositories for individuals and communities, Podcast support, Full access controls, Supports tagging, User profiles, Full RSS support, RSS aggregator, Create communities, Collaborative community blogs, Create 'friends' networks, Import content, Publish to blog, Multilingual, Branding/customisation

The elgg-developer-community is growing. A lot of additional plugins (modules) are available in the elgg-plugin-repository: some examples:

  • MediaWiki-Integration
  • Presentations
  • Blog-Categories
  • Messages
  • Activity-overview
  • Ajax-Drag-and-Drop for widgets

....

De development of an OpenID-Login is comming.

e-Portfolio By using the combination of all these features users are able to build up dynamic, plat-form-crossing e-Portfolios.

References and links

  • O'Hear, Steve (2006). Elgg - social network software for education, Read/Write web, HTML
  • This video gives a short introduction to some of the basic features.