E-Learning Relevant Applications of the University of Hildesheim

The University of Hildesheim owns many different software systems for teaching. So far,
no one has attempted to cover all systems and create an architectural description of e-learning at the University of Hildesheim. This report describes the applications relevant to education. These include software developed by the university, third-party tools provided by the university, cloud tools closely associated with the university, and tools provided by the university under contract. Implemented functionalities are explored,
and functional specifcations are described, including information about technical and operational requirements. Here, the software is primarily teaching tools. However, the report does not include software and development environments in which students are taught but rather tools that apply to teaching. The variety of tools in different courses makes it impossible to cover all the applications that are used by work groups or individuals.
The main goal of this investigation is to capture the university's e-learning state and describe the architecture - mainly to ease the development of applications for developers.
Further objectives are to identify new ideas and summarize current goals.
We conducted surveys of the teaching staff to determine the current status. Transcripts of interviews, tables provided by interviewed persons, and websites were used as references to prepare this document. We hope that future investigations will provide updates on current information and add information in this context.