Two decades in open-source higher education
For more than 20 years, Longsight has built, run, and integrated open-source learning management systems. We used what we learned to build QFlowLearn for assessment and CredTrail for digital badging.
Our institutional guides cover open assessment and digital credentials .
Open assessment
qflowlearn.com
QTI 3 authoring, validation, preview, export, and delivery for up to 100,000 concurrent students.
Digital credentials
credtrail.org
Issue, sign, verify, and export Open Badges 3.0 credentials.
Since 2004, Longsight has worked with more than 100 colleges and universities on open-source learning systems, education standards, hosting, integrations, and support.
Both products have to work with the LMS, campus identity, rosters, accessibility requirements, security reviews, and procurement. Years of running education software taught us how to plan for those requirements.
Longsight can host and support both products. Institutions can inspect QFlowLearn's authoring code and CredTrail's credential code and data models.
Assessment infrastructure
QFlowLearn.com
Open-source QTI 3 authoring with a separate delivery service.
QFlowLearn imports, edits, validates, previews, packages, and exports QTI 3 assessments. A separate delivery service supports small classes and events with up to 100,000 concurrent students.
Credential infrastructure
CredTrail.org
Open-source digital badging that institutions can inspect and control.
CredTrail issues Open Badges 3.0 credentials, signs them as verifiable credentials, publishes stable verification routes, and supports portable exports and learner wallets.
The experience behind the products
Since 2004, Longsight has worked with more than 100 colleges and universities. That work taught us to plan for portability, integrations, campus review, and long-term support.
Open-source LMS operations
Longsight has built, hosted, upgraded, integrated, and supported learning systems for colleges and universities.
Education standards
We work with QTI, LTI, OneRoster, SCORM, and Open Badges, along with validation, migrations, identity, and data exchange.
Institutional review
Institutions also need evidence for privacy, procurement, and data-retention reviews before they approve a system.
Long-term control
We account for durable data, inspectable code, hosted or campus-run options where available, and ongoing support.
Engineering notes
We write about the standards, portability requirements, and campus operations behind both products.
QFlow gives institutions one workflow to import, edit, validate, preview, and export QTI assessment content.
Read the engineering note
Digital credentials need an institution-controlled service that preserves issuer identity, proof, status, and portability after a course ends.
Read the engineering noteAssessment and digital credentials
We can help you evaluate standards, integrate with your LMS, prepare for campus review, and choose a hosting and support model.
