LMS (learning management system)

I've been having a conversation via email with a bunch of higher EDU drupal developers which I'm sick of just talking about so let's make it happen: A Drupal in Higher Education Consortium. The goal of this isn't some kind of bloated, formal relationship but instead a series of lightweight tools across different websites (this one included) in order to help each other through problems we face.

I would like to use Drupal to create a website that is a LMS. Students would create an account, log in, and purchase access to online tutorials (flash video). Once purchased, the tutorials would be available for viewing at anytime by the student on his or her login page. They could not download the video but could watch it anytime.

There would also be a forum for each of the modules so students could ask questions. Does this sound like something that would be good for Drupal? Any advice as where to start?

ELMS Alpha 3 Distribution was released today. I also shot a bunch of tutorial videos, cleaned up the issue queue on d.o., added some new known issues, and put the platform out there. If you liked what you saw in alpha 2, alpha 3 will hopefully blow you away. If you didn't like what you saw, alpha 3 will hopefully blow you away too ;)!

Download -- http://drupal.psu.edu/content/130
Tutorial Videos and Installation Guide -- https://elms.psu.edu/node/798
ELMS issue queue -- http://drupal.org/project/issues/elms
ELMS Home -- https://elms.psu.edu/

I'm updating a Flash based front end so that it will work with the Quiz module (6.x - 4.0) that works with the Quiz, Services, AMFPHP, and custom modules.

I'm struggling with some of the queries within my custom module that pull the questions and answers from the Quiz tables. I'm trying to make sure I've got the latest VID for each Question and Answer.

Here is the query:

SELECT quiz_node_relationship.parent_nid,
quiz_multichoice_answers.answer,
quiz_multichoice_answers.question_nid,
MAX(quiz_multichoice_answers.question_vid) AS MAX_question_vid,

Certify is a new module for awarding and generating PDF certificates to students based on a set of criterias. Currently supports quizzes from the quiz module and book pages from the book module.

The module require Quiz v4+, Book and pdftk installed on the web server.

It does not have a release yet (it's still rough around the edges and not recommended for production), but has working code in CVS. So feel free to try it out, file issues or submit patches. :)

Is anyone already doing this in Drupal?
What services, tool, modules, other resources are you using?
Might you be interested in a Drupal Learning Project?

I had an amazing trip to Cambodia in January of 2010 working with Teachers Across Borders (http://teachersacrossborders.org.au) and considering solutions for professional development for in-service teachers.

We hope to eventually find a way to build a Drupal installation profile to support blended learning and cataloging of learning materials, particularly focusing on lesson plans and classroom materials across multiple languages.

As a part of the Curriculum and Training Group, we have a work group exploring possible solutions for mapping Drupal production roles / job functions to competencies and to learning content. The objective may ultimately be to build a new module that will allow for the easy collection of topics and sub-topics across all curriculum and learning content, as well as a mechanism for managing and distributing such records. (Curriculum and Training Group: http://groups.drupal.org/curriculum-and-training)

Test Yourself is a Quiz add-on making quiz-taking more pleasant! It is a lot faster and it should look better than the default quiz theme.

The Alpha 1 version is only compatible with multichoice questions, and does not support all quiz features, but it is still useful and make self tests look and perform well.