About LePo

LePo is a Web-based LMS (Learning Management System) that is developing with the aim of supporting the following three activities.

1. learner centered active learnings
2. instructional scaffoldings
3. data and function interoperation

Getting Started [For Dev & Test Environment]

1. prepare the environment with Ruby 2 and Rails 5

2. clone or download lepo code

3. install ImageMagick

4. bundle install --without production

5. rails db:migrate

6. check some constants in config/initializers/constants.rb

7. set some credentials as credentials.yml.enc, if necessary 　　(Not necessary for default settings)

8. rails s -b 127.0.0.1

9. access the top page ( localhost:3000 ) with web browser and follow the shown instruction.

(For the initial configuration, signin with system admin account is limited for IP address 127.0.0.1.)

For Production Environment

• set some credentials as credentials.yml.enc (Necessary to set at least for secret_key_base)

• recommended environments: Nginx, Unicorn and MariaDB (MySQL)

Remarks

• LePo is in alpha version status. In the near future, there may be a big code change.
• We assume use LePo in Japanese now, but English language pack is also under development.
• Using LePo with relative url root (subdirectory) is not supported.