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LAMS for Beginners

About LAMS
What is LAMS? What is LAMS, and what does it do?
Why would I use LAMS? Some of the benefits of using LAMS.
What's NEW in LAMS 2? What new features are available in the new version?
Who else is using LAMS? Where is LAMS being used? Read some case studies and reports.
Where can I try out LAMS? You can register for a free account on the LAMS 2 Demonstration Server here.
Where can I download LAMS? This is where you can download and install LAMS on your own server.
The LAMS Community - Share your LAMS Sequences! The LAMS community is a Global community for LAMS Teachers and Learners, sharing LAMS sequences from around the world.
LAMS Integrations LAMS can be installed as part of another LMS. Click here to find out how.
For Learners and Students who are New to LAMS...
Check out the LAMS 2 Learner's Guide for information on navigating and learning within LAMS.
For Teachers and Instructors who are New to LAMS...
Learn how to Create sequences using the Authoring Environment. Learn how to View Learners' Progress in the Monitoring Environment

Documentation in Other Languages

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LAMS Tutorials


		Animated Tutorials If you're new to LAMS, these animations will get you up to speed.

Click here to view information about the LAMS Activities.

These links will take you to written documentation about using the Standard LAMS activities to their full potential.
Click the Icon or Text to jump to the appropriate section.

Chat Activity	Forum Activity
Multiple Choice Activity	Noticeboard Activity
Notebook Activity	Question and Answer Activity
Share Resources Activity	Submit Files Activity
Survey Activity	Voting Activity
Scribe Activity	Tasklist Activity
Data Collection	Spreadsheet
Google Maps	DimDim Conference

Here you can learn about how to use the the Sequence Management Tools:

Sequence Gates, (Stop Points)	Branching Tool
Grouping Tool	Optional Activities and Sequences

There are also instructions for using Combined "Split-Screen" Activities in LAMS:

Forum and Scribe Combined Activity	Forum and Share Resources Combined Activity	Chat and Scribe Combined Activity

Looking for Techical Documentation?...

See the LAMS Technical and Development Wiki

System Administrators Guide

System Administrator's Guide
Click here for guides to LAMS Installation and Configuration.


		Using LAMS On Mobile Devices Click for information on LAMS in phones and ultra-mobile devices.

Installation and Configuration
Using the Windows Installerand Backup up and Restoring LAMS on Windows Using the Unix and Linux Installer and Backup up and Restoring LAMS on Unix, Linux and Macintosh Building LAMS manually Installing MySQL on Windows for LAMS Moving MySQL to another Server Installing Wildfire for LAMS Install the Media Player plugin for LAMS Configuring Multiple LAMS Instances on One Machine Changing Server Ports for LAMS Production Server Settings LAMS Configuration LAMS/LMS Integration Setup Updating the translations using a Language Pack Supporting Math formulae in LAMS
General Administration
Reporting Problems and Creating DEBUG Logs Add a Google Maps API Key Troubleshooting Import Users

LAMS Licensing

LAMS 2 is licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Latest News

Friday, September 26, 2008

Dimdim Conference Tutorial

Last changed Sep 26, 2008 11:32 by Jeremy Page

A new activity for LAMS is currently in the works - Using the dimdim conference system, the Dimdim activity allows authors to create real-time collaborative web conferences from within a LAMS sequence.

For the moment, there's an animation showing how the Dimdim application works. Technical and User Documentation is coming soon.
Click here to view the animation.

Posted at Sep 26, 2008 by

Jeremy Page |

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Friday, September 12, 2008

Google Gadgets

Last changed Sep 12, 2008 12:00 by Jeremy Page
Labels: winks

We've just created an animation demonstrating how Authors can include Google Gadgets (external link) as part of LAMS Sequences.

Click here to view the animation

There are also some demonstration sequences which have been added to LAMS Central for viewing.

Posted at Sep 12, 2008 by

Jeremy Page |

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

IATEFL Poland Overview of LAMS

Christophyer Alexander from The University of Nicosia, Cyprus has published an article on LAMS in Teaching English with Technology: A Journal for Teachers of English (ISSN 1642-1027, Vol. 8, Issue 3, July 2008).

Click here to read an abstract.

Posted at Jul 30, 2008 by

Jeremy Page |

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LAMS Documentation Licensing

LAMS Documentation by LAMS Foundation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at wiki.lamsfoundation.org.