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## What is SWAD / OpenSWAD?
SWAD (Social Workspace At a Distance) is an educational [free](https://openswad.org/source/) platform for [blended learning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blended_learning) and teaching management which includes social networking features. The SWAD platform has been developed and [used at the University of Granada (UGR)](https://swad.ugr.es/) since 1999, and since 2012 is offered free of charge to other educational institutions through the [OpenSWAD.org](https://openswad.org/) portal.
SWAD (Social Workspace At a Distance) is a [free](https://openswad.org/source/) educational platform that can be used to support face-to-face or blended teaching and includes social networking features.
SWAD integrates in a web tool diverse functions to support learning, teaching and data management of students and teachers. It includes access to information about the courses (teaching guide, schedules, bibliography, ...), storage of documents (notes, presentations, problems, lab...), lists and record cards of students and teachers, social network, discussion forums, assignments, self-assessment of the student through interactive tests and individual consultation of grades. Some of its main features are also available as an [Android application](https://openswad.org/swadroid/) and will be available in a future [app for iOS](https://twitter.com/iswad_ugr).
SWAD offers teachers a space to host the materials of their face-to-face or blended-learning courses and to manage and communicate with their students. If you are a teacher you can [create workspaces for your courses](DEGREE.Courses.en). If you are a student, it is possible that your teachers have already created the courses on the platform and in that case, either you have already enrolled in them or you have to [apply](USERS.SignUp.en).
Among other features, SWAD includes access to information about the courses (teaching guide, schedules, bibliography, ...), storage of documents (notes, presentations, problems, lab...), lists and record cards of students and teachers, social network, discussion forums, assignments, self-assessment of the student through interactive tests and individual consultation of grades. Some of its main features are also available as an [Android application](https://openswad.org/swadroid/) and will be available in a future [app for iOS](https://twitter.com/iswad_ugr).
The SWAD platform has been developed and [used at the University of Granada (Spain)](https://swad.ugr.es/) since 1999, and since 2012 is offered free of charge to other educational institutions through the [OpenSWAD.org](https://openswad.org/) portal.
## How to start