SWAD
The facts below are what the maker publishes about SWAD, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From SWAD's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| SWAD / OpenSWAD | Free | Free educational platform; available to educational institutions; self-hosting instructions and source code provided |
The facts
Each one read from SWAD's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access and eligibility
- The guide says educational institution teachers, students and administrative staff worldwide can use OpenSWAD; University of Granada community members can also use SWAD-UGR.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Account access limit
- Course enrolment requests are reviewed by a teacher or administrator before users are enrolled.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- The platform includes system utilization figures, course indicators, surveys and course and global access statistics.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API
- The OpenSWAD site provides a SWAD API page with API documentation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- API and plugins
- SWAD documents a SOAP web service API for external plugins and lists SWADroid for Android as the currently available plugin.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Assessment
- Assessment tools include assignments, projects, exam calls, questions, self-assessment tests, exams, games and rubrics.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Communication
- Communication features include announcements, course notices, discussion forums, internal messaging and email to students.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Course information
- Course pages can include teaching guides, schedules, bibliographies, syllabi, FAQs, links and assessment information.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Course spaces
- Teachers can use course workspaces to host materials and manage and communicate with students.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Course tools
- It provides course information, document storage, student and teacher records, forums, assignments, interactive self-assessment tests, and individual grade consultation.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Files
- Users can manage course documents, private and shared files, submitted assignments, marks and a personal virtual drive.checked 12 Oct 2026
- History
- The user guide says SWAD has been developed and used at the University of Granada since 1999 and offered free to other educational institutions through OpenSWAD since 2012.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Institution hierarchy
- A single SWAD platform can contain one or more institutions organized through countries, institutions, centers, degrees, courses and groups.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Teachers, students, and administrative staff at educational institutions can use OpenSWAD; SWAD-UGR is also available to University of Granada members.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The user guide says SWAD is available in nine languages.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Mobile
- The official guide says some main features are available in an Android application and that an iOS app is planned for the future.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- For SWAD-UGR, the University of Granada is the data controller, and the stated purposes include managing academic online participation, follow-up, tutoring, and assessment.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SWAD is a free educational platform for supporting face-to-face and blended teaching, with social networking features.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Self-hosting
- SWAD provides source code download and an installation procedure for installing the software.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The UGR site lists [email protected] for questions and problems.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Mobile apps
- The UGR site links to Android SWADroid and iOS iSWAD apps.checked 12 Oct 2026
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