What is haiku LMS?

haiku LMS is a lesson-centric learning management system built to bring the advantages of the web to your classes.  We have built haiku LMS around the idea that your content should be your focus.  We believe that haiku LMS is the most elegant way to extend your teaching onto the web, bar none.

For a list of features, visit our Feature Overview.

The Company & Community

HAIKU Learning Systems was born in early 2006 as a tech startup located in Goshen, Indiana, that designs learning software that is content-centric. 

The message, not the medium, is what we are about.

We launched version 1.0 of haiku LMS in December 2006 and version 2.0 in June 2007.  We are planning to launch version 3.0 (our embedded content version) in Summer 2008.

What we believe

Simplicity

We believe in a lightweight and streamlined software application that follows our rule of the essential 80%. We believe that trying to provide a feature set that serves everyone ends up producing a complicated and bloated software experience.  We choose our features with an eye to the essential.

We believe haiku LMS should be training-free.  Users familiar with web interfaces should be able to pick up haiku LMS and be using it in minutes.  Our goal is to make it possible for teachers to maintain a vibrant classroom website for under 10 minutes of work/week.

Harmony

We believe in working closely with teachers to create an environment that enhances the classroom and the teaching-learning experience. 
We believe that the best way to serve the education community is to listen closely to what teachers need and to respond accordingly.  We do this through close partnerships with our users.

Community

We believe that the Internet provides a means of efficient, affordable (in many cases free!) information exchange between teachers, parents and students.  We want to help that happen through quality software.

We believe that the use of haiku LMS should free for basic users.  More advanced and sophisticated users pay a minimal fee that pays our bills. 
haiku LMS would not be possible if it wasn't for the many volunteers helping haiku grow and evolve. 

How we do it

• We offer a hosted, on-demand service because we believe that many can benefit from the use of off-site services.  This is because:
  
  • It lessens the load on often overburdened tech staff
  • It allows many districts to pool resources, thus reducing costs
  • It allows for instant distribution of new features based on the suggestions of our users.