CLAROLINE LMS in the Lower Secondary Education

This paper focuses on the application of Claroline courses and learning management system in lower Secondary Education. First part is briefly describing Claroline, its history and features. Next part elaborates related workflows for teachers using Claroline.Workflows from techer’s view guides form User account creation, thru creating new course (using main page, course description, storing and sharing documents and links, evaluating excerises and assignements). These workflows were implemented in as the pilot project at the Elementary School Narnia in Banska Bystrica on the courses Geography 6, Geography 5, and Information Technology (5th and 6th grade) in the second school term of 2011/2012. Final third part of the paper evulating experiences and opinions of pupils regarding usability of the Claroline LMS. Data was collected in survey (questionary in electronic form). The elearning environment was gradually accepted by pupils (and later also by their parents).