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Open Assessment Technologies

OAT, the Home of TAO

What is TAO?

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TAO is an Open Source e-Testing platform that empowers you to build, deliver, and share innovative and engaging assessments online – in any language or subject matter.

TAO ("Computer-Based Testing" or Testing Assisté par Ordinateur in French), was created by the University of Luxembourg and is now maintained primarily by Open Assessment Technologies (OAT).

TAO is the first commercial-grade Open Source assessment development software on the market. It is QTI and LTI standards-based, and operates under audit-proof transparency. Developers can access the source code for their own test-creating or administering purposes, opening the user to a wide range of potential customizations. Complete ownership of test design has never been this easy; without the restrictions and high costs of proprietary testing, all assessments can easily be displayed with the educational institution's signature details. Furthermore, TAO is fully compatible with just about all of your favorite commercial add-ons.

Installation

For a detailed documentation of the installation process please visit our Administrator Guide:

Other TAO Resources

Quickstart

Clone repository

git clone https://github.com/oat-sa/package-tao.git

Install via composer missing library and extensions.

composer install

Add rw to www-data

sudo chown -R www-data package-tao

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  1. package-tao package-tao Public

    Composer packages to build TAO product

    PHP 137 79

  2. extension-tao-testqti extension-tao-testqti Public

    Extension to create QTI tests into TAO

    PHP 9 11

  3. tao-core tao-core Public

    main extension of TAO

    PHP 64 37

  4. extension-tao-itemqti extension-tao-itemqti Public

    extension to create QTI items for TAO

    JavaScript 7 14

  5. generis generis Public

    PHP 10 10

  6. qti-sdk qti-sdk Public

    A QTI (Question & Test Interoperability) Software Development Kit for PHP

    PHP 85 32

Repositories

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  • read-aloud-client-fe Public

    Vendor agnostic text to speech client

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    JavaScript 0 0 0 9 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • expr-eval Public Forked from silentmatt/expr-eval

    Mathematical expression evaluator in JavaScript

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    JavaScript 4 MIT 300 0 2 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • conventional-changelog-tao Public

    TAO Preset for conventional changelog

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    JavaScript 1 GPL-2.0 0 0 1 Updated Sep 25, 2026
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    PHP 1 GPL-2.0 0 0 1 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • extension-tao-item Public

    extension to manage items for TAO

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    HTML 5 GPL-2.0 4 1 7 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • tao-community Public

    TAO platform community edition

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    Shell 10 5 3 6 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • extension-tao-testcenter Public

    Test center management extension

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    PHP 3 GPL-2.0 3 0 2 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • extension-tao-testtaker Public

    extension to manage test takers for TAO

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    PHP 6 GPL-2.0 4 1 2 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • extension-tao-itemqti Public

    extension to create QTI items for TAO

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    JavaScript 7 GPL-2.0 14 4 9 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • extension-tao-theming-platform Public

    An extension focusing on themes for the TAO Platform.

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    PHP 2 GPL-2.0 3 0 0 Updated Sep 25, 2026