SWAD

Spec sheet

Purpose

SWAD is a free educational platform for supporting face-to-face and blended teaching, with social networking features.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Intended users

Teachers, students, and administrative staff at educational institutions can use OpenSWAD; SWAD-UGR is also available to University of Granada members.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

API

The OpenSWAD site provides a SWAD API page with API documentation.Read 12 Oct 2026 · openswad.org

Mobile apps

The UGR site links to Android SWADroid and iOS iSWAD apps.Read 12 Oct 2026 · swad.ugr.es

Privacy

For SWAD-UGR, the University of Granada is the data controller, and the stated purposes include managing academic online participation, follow-up, tutoring, and assessment.Read 12 Oct 2026 · swad.ugr.es

Support

The UGR site lists [email protected] for questions and problems.Read 12 Oct 2026 · swad.ugr.es

Access and eligibility

The guide says educational institution teachers, students and administrative staff worldwide can use OpenSWAD; University of Granada community members can also use SWAD-UGR.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Account access limit

Course enrolment requests are reviewed by a teacher or administrator before users are enrolled.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Analytics

The platform includes system utilization figures, course indicators, surveys and course and global access statistics.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

API access

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · github.com

API and plugins

SWAD documents a SOAP web service API for external plugins and lists SWADroid for Android as the currently available plugin.Read 12 Oct 2026 · openswad.org

Assessment

Assessment tools include assignments, projects, exam calls, questions, self-assessment tests, exams, games and rubrics.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Communication

Communication features include announcements, course notices, discussion forums, internal messaging and email to students.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Course information

Course pages can include teaching guides, schedules, bibliographies, syllabi, FAQs, links and assessment information.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Course spaces

Teachers can use course workspaces to host materials and manage and communicate with students.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Course tools

It provides course information, document storage, student and teacher records, forums, assignments, interactive self-assessment tests, and individual grade consultation.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Files

Users can manage course documents, private and shared files, submitted assignments, marks and a personal virtual drive.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

History

The user guide says SWAD has been developed and used at the University of Granada since 1999 and offered free to other educational institutions through OpenSWAD since 2012.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Institution hierarchy

A single SWAD platform can contain one or more institutions organized through countries, institutions, centers, degrees, courses and groups.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Languages

The user guide says SWAD is available in nine languages.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Mobile

The official guide says some main features are available in an Android application and that an iOS app is planned for the future.Read 12 Oct 2026 · github.com

Mobile app

YesRead 21 Sep 2026 · github.com

Self-hosting

SWAD provides source code download and an installation procedure for installing the software.Read 12 Oct 2026 · openswad.org

Plans and prices

Every SWAD plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Learning Management Systems#53 of 1118.1