Distance education is becoming popular in a modern society. People of all ages and of different professions have an opportunity to learn from a distance. The emergence of distance learning entailed the need for the development and implementation of distance learning technologies. Like all new technologies, distance learning has certain advantages and disadvantages.

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This work reports on the use of virtual tools as means of learning process activation, on the example of the automated information system Platonus. A good result can be achieved by combining the classical learning with modern computer technology. By creating a virtual learning environment and using distance learning tools one can obtain a significant result while facilitating the development of students’ intellectual faculties. One of the effective ways to form students’ knowledge and skills is to carry out distance learning. By carrying out practical lessons by using the automated information system Platonus, one can set various goals facilitating the extension of frontiers of knowledge, significant enrichment, and diversification of learning.