Do you offer open-source digital badging software?
Yes. CredTrail is open-source software for issuing and verifying digital badges. Longsight can host it, or an institution can run it.
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Open-source education software from Longsight.
Longsight builds software for higher education. Our work covers learning systems, security reviews, accessibility, open-source governance, and technical standards.
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Which product fits your work?
Start with the problem you need to solve. Each answer links to the relevant product.
Do you offer QTI 3 authoring software?
Yes. QFlowLearn imports, edits, validates, previews, packages, and exports QTI 3 assessments. Longsight also provides a separate delivery service.
See product detailsCan you connect instructor-built learning apps to an LMS?
AppBoundary provides LTI launch, roster context, grade return, and operational controls for instructor-built learning apps.
See product detailsDo you provide accessibility remediation?
Soonward helps public higher-education teams fix accessibility problems in documents, pages, workflows, and shared platform patterns.
See product detailsAre you developing academic integrity software?
Yes. Winnowr is an academic integrity project focused on plagiarism detection and reviewable evidence. It is still in development.
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01 Credential infrastructure Credentials and badging
CredTrail
CredTrail.org
Open-source software for issuing and verifying digital badges.
CredTrail lets institutions issue and verify digital badges. Longsight can host it, or an institution can run it and inspect the source code.
Open-source core Hosted or self-run Public verification Wallet support
02 Assessment infrastructure Assessment authoring and delivery
QFlowLearn
QFlowLearn.com
Open-source QTI 3 authoring with a separate delivery service.
QFlowLearn imports, edits, validates, previews, packages, and exports QTI 3 assessments. Longsight provides a separate closed-source delivery service for large test events.
QTI 3.0 authoring Validation Portable item banks High-scale delivery path
In development
Three more products for higher education.
03 AI learning app infrastructure
AppBoundary
AppBoundary.com
Connect instructor-built learning apps to the LMS.
AppBoundary provides LTI launch, roster context, grade return, and operational controls for instructor-built learning apps. It gives institutions one place to review the apps’ LMS, privacy, and security integrations.
LTI reference path Security posture Instructor-led apps LMS launch and return
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Soonward
Soonward.com
Practical remediation for public higher education.
Soonward helps public higher-education teams fix accessibility problems in documents, pages, workflows, and shared platform patterns after an audit.
Remediation operations Higher-ed workflows Accessibility expertise RFP-ready services
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Winnowr
Winnowr.com
Academic integrity software with reviewable evidence.
Winnowr is an academic integrity project focused on plagiarism detection and reviewable evidence. It builds on Longsight’s work on VeriCite and is still in development.
Plagiarism detection Reviewable evidence Institution control In development
Discuss Winnowr Inspectable code and data
Institutions can inspect the code and data models used for credentials, assessment content, accessibility results, and academic integrity reviews.
Hosting and support
Longsight can host and support these products. Products with a self-hosted option also include a path for institutions to run them.
Standards-based integrations
The products use standards such as Open Badges, QTI, and LTI where those standards apply.
Higher-education experience
Works with existing campus systems.
Longsight has worked on gradebooks, assessments, rubrics, SCORM, LTI, accessibility, migrations, and LMS support. These products account for the systems and review processes already used on campus.
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