itslearning vs Ralph

itslearning is a cloud-based learning management platform for teaching, learning and course management. Teachers can build course roadmaps and share or reuse them across an organisation. Assessment tools include assignments, self-marking tests and quizzes, online annotation, learning objectives and a gradebook. Groups can receive messages, automated notifications and scheduled or live announcements. The platform can use Google and Microsoft Office 365 apps to build, assign and grade work, and supports integrations with student information systems and other applications on a case-by-case basis. itslearning says it holds LTI Advantage Complete certification. The service is available on web, Android and iOS, with API access and SSO. Its mobile apps provide authenticated access to the full browser version for features not yet available in the apps. The maker says the cloud service has 99.98% availability and full technical support. Pricing is on request; yearly licensing is based on user count, requirements, licenses and optional services. itslearning was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Bergen, Norway.

Ralph is an open-source learning analytics toolbox delivered as an LRS HTTP API server, command-line interface, and library. It runs through an API, on Linux, or as a self-hosted deployment. Ralph follows xAPI specification 1.0.3, but xAPI 2.0 is not supported. Its LRS stores data in Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or ClickHouse. The library documents connections to OVH Log Data Platform, OpenStack Swift, Amazon S3, filesystems, other LRS systems, and WebSockets. The API server supports HTTP Basic authentication and OpenID Connect over OAuth 2.0, either separately or together. Statement access can be restricted by authority, and user scopes can limit endpoints or functions; both controls are off by default. Received xAPI statements can be forwarded to other LRS servers with configurable retries and timeouts. Sentry monitors the LRS server and CLI. The CLI converts selected OpenEdX events to xAPI statements. Ralph is distributed as a Python package and Docker image under the MIT License.