The forum is a written and asynchronous discussion tool. Where email allows one-to-one dialogue, forums allow public or semi-public (group) dialogue.

Technically speaking, the users need only their browser to use Chamilo forums.

To organise forums, click on 'Forum Administration'. Discussions are organised in sets and subsets as following:

Category > Forum > Topic > Answers

To structure your users discussions, it is necessary to organise categories and forums beforehand, leaving the creation of topics and answers to them. By default, the Chamilo forum only contains the category 'Public', a sample forum and a sample topic.

The first thing you should do is deleting the sample topic and modify the first forum name. Then, you can create, in the 'public' category, other forums, by by themes, to fit your learning scenario requirements.

Don't mix Categories and forums, and don't forget that an empty category (without forums) does not appear on the student view.

The description of a forum can be the list of its members, the definition of a goal, a task, a theme...

Group forums should not be created through Forum tool but through Groups tool. There you will be allowed to decide whether your group forums are private or public.

Pedagogically advanced use

Some teachers / trainers use the forum to post corrections. One student/trainee publishes a paper. The teacher corrects it using the edit button (yellow pencil) then the WYSYWIG editor to correct it (use colors and underline to show errors and corrections for instance) and the other students/trainees benefit of this correction."; $langHDropbox = "راهنماییدر مورد قسمتمبادلۀ مدارک"; $langDropboxContent = "قسمت مبادلۀ مدارک، تبادل فایل های آموزشی بین دو کاربر را امکان پذیر می سازد. انواع مختلف فایل قابل قبول است
Word, Excel, PDF etc.

The dropbox is a Content Management Tool dedicated to peer-to-peer data exchange.Any file type is accepted : Word, Excel, PDF etc. It will manage versions in the sens that it will avoid destruction of a document by a document having the same name.

The dropbox shows the files that were sent to you (the received folder) and the files that you sent to other members of this course (the sent folder).

If the list of received or sent files gets too long, you can delete all or some files from the list. The file itself is not removed as long as the other party can see it.

To send a document to more than one person, you need to use CTRL+clic in the multiple select box. The multiple select box is the form field showing the list of members.

"; $langHHome = "راهنماییدر مورد صفحۀآغازین"; $langHomeContent = "صفحۀ آغازین درس در بر دارندۀ پیوندهایی به سوی ابزارهای مختلف آموزشی ست. می توانید ابزارهایی را که از نظر شما در آموزش درس مورد نظرتان استفاده ای ندارند از نگاه دانشجویان پنهان کنید. ابزارهای پنهان شده را می توان دوباره آشکار کرد. برای دانستن موقعیت مکانی خود در محیط آموزشی می توانید از اطلاعات سمت چپ بالای صفحه استفاده کنید. در قسمت سمت راست بالای صفحه نیز علائمی وجود دارند که می توانند برای نقل مکان در محیط آموزشی مورد استفاده قرار گیرند. برای افزایش پویایی محیط آموزشی خود می توانید به طور مداوم صفحۀ آغازین درستان را با اضافه نمودن مطالب مختلف همچون آخرین اخبار در مورد درس، آخرین مهلت انجام فعالیت علمی خاصی و ... تغییر دهید. برای انجام این عمل می بایست روی مداد زرد رنگ فشار دهید. با استفاده از قسمت تنظیمات درس می توان نحوۀ دسترسی به درس را تنظیم نمود. به عنوان مثال با انتخاب گزینۀ �دسترسی خصوصی� و گزینۀ �ثبت نام� تنها افرادی می توانند به درس دسترسی پیدا کنند که شما آنها را در فهرست کاربران ثبت نام کرده اید . خط سیر آموزشی را می توان یکی از مهمترین ابزارهای آموزشی در نظر گرفت. خط سیر آموزشی ، تنظیم زنجیره ای از صفحات مختلف و حتی ابزارهای مختلف آموزشی را امکان پذیر می سازد. این زنجیره در واقع روند آموزشی دانشجویان یا به عبارتی خط سیر آموزشی آنان را در طول دورۀ آموزشی مشخص می کند. با ورود به قسمت خط سیر آموزشی می توانید به آفرینش خطوط سیر آموزشی مختلف بپردازید. در این قسمت در کنار نام هر خط سیر آموزشی که شما ایجاد خواهید کرد، علامت چشمی نمایان خواهد شد.با فشار دادن روی علامت چشم، پیوندی بر روی صفحۀ آغازین درس به سمت خط سیر مربوطه ایجاد خواهد شد. محیط آموزشی برای استاد و دانشجو به طرق مختلفی جلوه می کند. برای مشاهدۀ محیط آموزشی از دید دانشجویان می توانید بر روی �دید دانشجو� در قسمت سمت راست بالای صفحه فشار دهید

The course home page shows a series of tools : an introduction text, a course description, a Documents manager etc. This page is modular : you can hide / show any tool in one clic. Hidden tools can be reactivated at any time.

Navigation

To browse your course, you have 2 navigation tools. One on top left is a tree showing where you are and how deep you are in the course. On top right, you can access to a tool through its icon in one clic. Whether you select your course code on left (always UPPER CASE) or the house icon on the right, you will reach the home page of your course.

Best practice

To motivate your students, it is important that your course area is a dynamic area. This will indicate that there is 'somebody behind the screen'. A quick way to give this feeling is to edit the Introduction text (clic on yellow pencil) at least evey week to tell latest news, forthcoming deadlines and so on.

To build your course, it might proove relevant to follow these steps:

  1. In Course Settings, check Course Acces : Private and Subscription : Denied. This way, nobody can enter your course area during building process,
  2. Show all the tools clicking on the grey link below the ones situated at the bottom of the page,
  3. Use the tools you need to 'fill' your area with content, events, guidelines, tests etc.,
  4. Hide all tools : your home page is empty in Student view,
  5. Use the Path tool to structure the way students will visit it and learn with it. This way, you use the other tools, but you don't show them at first sight.
  6. Click on the eye icon besides the path you created : this path will then show on your home page,
  7. The preparation of your course area is over. Your home page shows an introdution text followed by one link only and this link drives students through the course. Clic on Student view (top right) to see things from a student point of view.
"; $langHOnline = "راهنماییدر مورد همایشبه طور زنده"; $langOnlineContent = " سیستمهمایش زندۀدوکئوس به شمااجازه می دهدگه به راحتی بابیش از پانصدنفر گردهم آیید،به آنها درسدهید، یا آنهارا از موضوعیمطلع سازید


Introduction

Dokeos online conferencing system allows you to teach, inform or gather together up to 500 people in a simple and quick way.

Student / participant


To attend a conference you need:

1. Loudspeakers (or headset) connected to your PC

\"speakers\"

2. Winamp Media player

\"Winamp\"

Mac : use Quicktime
Linux : use XMMS

� 3. Acrobat PDF reader or Word or PowerPoint, depending on the format of the teacher's slides

\"acrobat


Teacher / lecturer


To give a lecture, you need :

1. A microphone headset

\"Headset\"
We advise you to use a Logitech USB one for a better audio broadcasting quality.

2. Winamp

\"Winamp\"

3. SHOUTcast DSP Plug-In for Winamp 2.x

\"Shoutcast\"

Follow instructions on www.shoutcast.com on how to install and configure Shoutcast Winamp DSP Plug-In.


How to give a conference?

Create a Chamilo course > Enter it > Show then enter Conference tool > Edit (pencil icon on top left) the settings > upload your slides (PDF, PowerPoint or whatever) > type an introduction text > type the URL of your live streaming according to the information you got from your technical admin.
\"conference
Don't forget to give a clear meeting date, time and other guidelines to your participants beforehand.

Tip : 10 minutes before conference time, type a short message in the chat to inform participants that you are here and to help people who might have audio trouble.


Streaming Server

To give an online live streaming conference, you need a streaming server and probably a technical admin to help you use it. This guy will give you the URL you need to type in the live streaming form field once you edit your conference settings.

\"chamilo
chamilo streaming


Do it yourself : install, configure and admin Shoutcast or Apple Darwin.

Or contact Chamilo. We can help you organise your conference, asssist your lecturer and rent you a low cost streaming slot on our servers : http://www.chamilo.org/hosting.php


"; $langHClar = "راهنماییدر مورد دوکئوس"; $langHDoc = "راهنماییدر مورد قسمتمدارک آموزشی"; $langDocContent = "قسمت �مدارک آموزشی� کلیۀ فایل های مربوط به درس را در بر می گیرد و ذخیره سازی، طبقه بندی و ارسال انواع فایل های درسی به محیط آموزشی را امکان پذیر می سازد. در این قسمت می توانید فایل های آموزشی خود را از روی رایانۀ خود به فضای درس بفرستید و در آنجا طبقه بندی و ذخیره سازی نمایید

The Documents tool is similar to the FileManager of your desktop computer.

You can create simple web pages ('Create a document') or upload files of any type (HTML, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Acrobat, Flash, Quicktime, etc.). Your only concern must be that your users have the corresponding software to read them. Some file types can contain viruses, it is your responsibilty not to upload virus contaminated files, unless your portal admin has installed a server side anti=virus software. It is, anyway, a worthwhile precaution to check documents with antivirus software before uploading them.

The documents are presented in alphabetical order.

Tip : If you want to present them in a different order, numerate them: 01, 02, 03... Or use the Learning Path to present a sophisticated Table of Contents. Note that once your documents are uploaded, you may decide to hide the documents area and show only one page on Home page (Add link on home page orange tool) or a Learning Path containing some documents from your Documents area.

You can :

Create a document

Select Create a document > Give it a title (no spaces, no accents) > type your text > Use the buttons of the Wysiwyg (What You See Is What You Get) editor to structure information, create tables, styles etc. To create web pages, you will need to get familiar with 3 concepts : Links, Images and Tables. Note that web pages offer less layout possibilities than Ms-Word pages. Note too that instead of creating a document in the editor, you can also cut and paste existing content from a web page or a Word document. This is an easy and quick way to migrate content onto your Chamilo course.

Upload a document

Rename a document (a directory)

Delete a document (or a directory)

Make a document (or directory) invisible to users

Add or modify a comment to a document (or a directory)

To delete a comment, click on , delete the old comment in the field and click .


You can organise your content through filing. For this:

Create a directory

Move a document (or directory)

Create a Learning Path

This learning path will look like a Table of Contents and can be used as a Table of Contents, but it will offer you much more. See Learning Path."; $langHUser = "راهنماییدر مورد قسمتکاربران"; $langHExercise = "راهنماییدر مورد قسمتآزمونها"; $langHPath = "راهنماییدر مورد خط سیرآموزشی"; $langHDescription = "راهنماییدر مورد توضیحاتدرس"; $langHLinks = "راهنماییدر مورد قسمتپیوندها"; $langHMycourses = "راهنماییدر مورد صفحۀآغازین درس"; $langHAgenda = "راهنماییدر مورد تقویمآموزشی"; $langHAnnouncements = "راهنماییدر مورد اطلاعیهها"; $langHChat = "راهنماییدر مورد قسمتگفتگو"; $langHWork = "راهنماییدر مورد قسمت تحویلفعالیتهایدرسی"; $langHTracking = "راهنماییدر مورد قسمتپرونده هایتحصیلی"; $langUserContent = "

افزودنکاربر

قسمتکاربران فهرستی از افراد ثبتنام شده در درسرا ارائه میدهد. استادیا مسئول هر درسمی تواند در اینقسمت به ثبت نامکاریران بپردازد.البتهدر صورتیکهاستاد یا مسئولمربوطه بخواهد،می تواند ازطریق قسمت �تنظیماتدرس� اجازۀثبت نام در درسرا به خود دانشجویانواگذار کند

Adding users

You can subscribe existing students one by one to your course, by clicking on the link 'Subscribe users to this course'. Usually however it's better to open your course for registration and let the students register themselves.

Description

Description has no computer related function. It does not give rights on the system. It just indicates to Humans, who is who. You can modify it by clicking on the pencil, then typing whatever you want: professor, assistant, student, visitor, expert...

Admin rights

Admin rights, on the other hand, correspond to the technical authorisation to modify the content and organisation of this course area. You can only choose between giving all the admin rights and giving none of them.

To allow an assistant, for instance, to co-admin the area, you need to be sure he/she is already registered, then click on the pencil, then check 'Teacher', then 'Ok'.

Co-teachers

To mention in the header of the area the name of a co-teacher (co�chairmen, etc.), use the tool 'Course settings'. This modification does not register your co-teacher as a user of the course. The field 'Teachers' is completely independant of the Users list.

Tracking and Personal Home Pages

In addition to showing the users list and modifying their rights, the Users tool also shows individual tracking and allows the teacher define headings for personal home pages to be filled-in by students.

"; $langGroupContent = "اینقسمت ایجاد ومدیریت گروههایآموزشی مختلفرا امکان پذیرمی سازد. گروههایایجاد شده درابتدا خالیهستند و آنهارا باید پر نمود.گروههارا می توان بهصورت خودکار(تصادفی)یا به صورتغیر خود کار (بااضافه کردن تکبه تک نام دانشجویانبه گروههایمختلف) انجامداد. اجازۀثبت نام در گروهارا همچنین میتوان از طریققسمت تنظیماتگروه به دانشجویانواگذار نمود

Introduction

This tool allows to create and manage workgroups. At creation (Create groups), groups are empty. There are many ways to fill them:

These three ways can be combined. You can, for instance, ask users to self-register first. Then discover that some of them didn't register and decide to fill groups automatically (random) in order to complete them. You can also edit each group to compose membership user by user after or before self-registration and/or automatical filling.

Groups filling, whether automatical or manual, works only if there are already users registered in the area. Users list is visible in Users tool.


Create groups

To create new groups, click on 'Create new group(s)' and determine number of groups to create.


Group settings

You can determine Group settings globally (for all groups). Users are allowed to self-register in groups:

You create empty groups, users self-register. If you have defined a maximum number, full groups do not accept new members. This method is good for teachers who do not know the users list when creating groups.

Tools:

Every group possesses either a forum (private or public) or a Documents area (a shared file manager) or (in most cases) both.


Manual editing

Once groups are created (Create groups), you see at the bottom of the page, a list of groups with a series of informations and functions


"; $langExerciseContent = ": قسمتآزمونها، آفرینشانواع مختلفآزمونها راامکان پذیر میسازد


The tests tool allows you to create tests that will contains as many questions as you like.

There are various types of answers available for the creation of your questions :

A test gathers a certain number of questions.


Test creation

In order to create a test, click on the link \"New test\".

Type the test name, as well as an optional description of it.

You can add an audio or a video file, for listening comprehension etc. It is up to you to choose these files as light as possible so that they download easily through the web. Prefer .mp3 files to .wav file for instance, because of a better compression and then smaller file size.

You can also choose between 2 test types :

and tell if you want questions to be randomly sorted at the time of test running.

Then, save your test. You will go to to the question administration.


Adding a question

You can now add a question into the test previously created. The description is optional, as well as the picture that you have the possibility to link to your question.


Multiple choice

In order to create a MAQ / MCQ :


Fill in the blanks

This allows you to create a text with gaps. The aim is to let the user find words that you have removed from the text.

To remove a word from the text, and so to create a blank, put this word between brackets [like this].

Once the text has been typed and blanks defined, you can add a comment that will be seen by the student when it replies to the question.

Save your text, and you will enter the next step that will allow you to give a weighting to each blank. For example, if the question worths 10 points and you have 5 blanks, you can give a weighting of 2 points to each blank.


Matching

This answer type can be chosen so as to create a question where the user will have to connect elements from an unit U1 with elements from an unit U2.

It can also be used to ask the user to sort elements in a certain order.

First define the options among which the user will be able to choose the good answer. Then, define the questions which will have to be linked to one of the options previously defined. Finally, connect via the drop-down menu elements from the first unit with those of the second one.

Notice : Several elements from the first unit can point to the same element in the second unit.

Give a weighting to each correct matching, and save your answer.


Test modification

In order to modify a test, the principle is the same as for the creation. Just click on the picture beside the test to modify, and follow instructions above.


Test deleting

In order to delete a test, click on the picture beside the test to delete it.


Test enabling

So as for a test to be used, you have to enable it by clicking on the picture beside the test name.


Running the test

You can test your exercise by clicking on its name in the tests list.


Random questions

At the time of test creation / modification, you can tell if you want questions to be drawn in a random order among all questions of the test.

By enabling this option, questions will be drawn in a different order every time users will run the test.

If you have got a big number of questions, you can also choose to randomly draw only X questions among all questions available in that exercise.


Questions pool

When you delete a test, its questions are not removed from the database, and they can be reused into a new test, via the questions pool.

The questions pool also allows to reuse the same question into several tests.

By default, all the questions of your course are hidden. You can show the questions related to a test, by chosing this one in the drop-down menu \"Filter\".

Orphan questions are questions that don not belong to any test.

Adding a question
HotPotatoes Tests

You can import HotPotatoes tests into Chamilo portal, to this Tests tool. Results of these tests are stored the same way as Chamilo tests. You can explore the results in User Tracking. In case of single tests, we recommend to use html or htm format, if your test contains pictures, a zip file upload is the most convenient way.

Note : You can add HotPotatoes Tests as a step in the Learning Path, as well.

Method of the import
Useful link
"; $langPathContent = "خطسیر آموزشی رامی توان یکی ازمهمترین ابزارهایآموزشی در نظرگرفت . خطسیر آموزشیتنظیم زنجیرهای از صفحاتمختلف و حتیابزارهای مختلفآموزشی را امکانپذیر می سازد.این زنجیرهدر واقع روندآموزشی دانشجویان(یا بهعبارتی خط سیرآموزشی آنان)را در طولدورۀ آموزشیمشخص می کند.هر خط سیرآموزشی را میتوان به فصولمختلف تقسیمکرد. هرفصل به نوبۀ خودمی تواند بخشهایمختلفی را دربر گیرد

The Learning Path tool has two functions :

What is a Learning Path ?

A Learning Path is a sequence of learning steps included in modules. It can be content-based (looking like a table of contents) or activities-based, looking like an agenda or a programme of what you need to do in order to understand and practice a certain knowledge or know-how.

In addition to being structured, a learning path can also be sequenced. This means that some steps will constitute pre-requisites for others ('you cannot go to step 2 before step1'). Your sequence can be suggestive (you show steps one after the other) or imperative (you add pre-requisites so that people are forced to follow the sequence).

How to create our own Learning Path ?

The first step is to arrive to Learning Path Builder section. In the Learning Path screen, there is a link to it. There you can create many paths by clicking onto Add a new learning path. But they are empty, till you add modules and steps to them.
If you make a path visible, it will appear as a new tool on the homepage of the course. This way their access is easier.

What are the steps for these paths ? (What are the items that can be added?)

All Chamilo tools, activities and contents that you consider to be useful and connected to your imagined path can be added :

Other features of Learning Path

Students can be asked to follow (read) your path in a given order, as you can set prerequisities in the path. This means that for example students cannot go to Quiz 2 till they have read Document 1. All items have a status : completed or incomplete, so the progress of students is clearly available.

If you alter the original title of a step, the new title will appear in the path, but the original title will not be deleted. So if you want test8.doc to appear as 'Final Exam' in the path, you do not have to rename the file, you can use the new title in the path. It is also useful to give new titles to links as they are too long.

When finished, do not forget to check the student view, where the table of contents appears on the left and the path steps usually appear on the right, one by one.


What is a Scorm or IMS format Learning path and how to upload (import) it?

The learning path tool allows you to upload SCORM and IMS compliant course contents.

SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) is a public standard followed by major e-Learning actors like NETg, Macromedia, Microsoft, Skillsoft, etc. and acting at three levels:

How to create a SCORM compliant learning path?

The most natural way is to use the Chamilo Learning Path Builder. However, you may want to create complete Scorm compliant websites locally on your own computer before uploading it onto your chamilo platform. In this case, we recommend the use of a sophisticated tool like Lectora� or Reload�

Useful links

Note :

The Learning Path section lists all the self-built Learning Paths and all uploaded Scorm format Learning Paths, as well.

"; $langDescriptionContent = "توضیحاتدرس همانطورکه از نامش پیداستبه مسئول یااستاد درس اجازهمی دهد تا توضیحاتیدر مورد موضوعدرس، اهداف درس،زمان بندی درسو غیره به دانشجویانارائه کند

This tool will help you describe your course in a synthetic way and from the outside. It may help your future students get a clear view on what they can expect from this course. It is also an opportunity for you to rethink your course scenario.

Items are given here as proposals. If you want to create a course description with your own items, use only the 'Other' item and decide for its title.

To fill the course description, select Create and edit with forms > Scrolldown menu and select the item of your choice > fill the form > Validate. You can always edit or delete the content of every item by clicking on the pencil or red cross icons.

"; $langLinksContent = "این قسمت ایجاد منبعی طبقه بندی شده از پیوندهای مختلف به سمت صفحات موجود در شبکۀ جهانی که به نوعی مرتبط با موضوع درس هستند را امکان پذیر می سازد

The Links tool allows you to create a library of resources for your students. Especially resoucrs that you have not created yourself.

When the list grows, it might proove relevant to organise it into categories to help your students find the right information at the right place. You can edit every link to re-assign it into a new category (you need to create this category first).

The Description field can be used to give pre-information on the target web pages but also to describe what you expect the student to do with the link. If, for instance, you point to a website on Aristotle, the description field may ask the student to study the difference between synthesis and analysis."; $langMycoursesContent = "این صفحه اولین صفحه ای ست که کاربران پس از وارد کردن نام کاربری و رمزعبور خود به آن راه می یابند. در این صفحه می توانید فهرستی از دروس موجود در فضای آموزشی خود را ببینید. این صفحه آفرینش دروس جدید را نیز امکان پذیر می سازد. وجود یا عدم وجود امکان آفرینش دروس جدید البته به تنظیمات امنیتی محیط آموزشی شما نیز بستگی دارد. در قسمت بالای صفحه با فشار دادن روی �مشخصات من� می توانید نام کاربری و رمز عبور خود را تغییر دهید، عکس خود را به محیط آموزشی بفرستید به اطلاعاتی در مورد اتصال خود به محیط آموزشی دست یابید. با فشار دادن روی �تقویم من� می توانید تمامی رویدادهای آموزشی که نام شما در آنها ثبت شده است را مشاهده نمایید. در کادر سمت راست صفحه همچنین می توانید با فشار دادن روی �تغییر فهرست دروس من� در دروس جدیدی که مسئولین آنها اجازۀ ثبت نام به صورت فردی را به کاربران واگذار نموده اند ثبت نام کنید؛ همین قسمت ابطال ثبت نام در دروس را نیز ممکن می سازد

Once logged in into the platform, you are in your personal startpage.

In the main area (center) you see \"My course list\", a list of all your courses. Depending on your user rights you can also have the possibility to create new courses (via the right hand menu).

In the top banner you see

Edit my course list, in the right hand menu, allows you to enroll in new courses as far as the tacher or the organisation has left these courses open to enrollment. This link lets you unregister from courses too.

The links Support Forum and Documentation that point to the main Chamilo website, where you can ask technical or pedagogical questions, find more information. To enter a course (main area of your startpage), click on its name. Your profile can vary from one course to the other. It is possible that you are teacher in one course and student in another.

"; $langAgendaContent = "درقسمت �تقویمآموزشی» می توانفهرستی زمانبندی شده ازرویدادهای مختلفآموزشی به دانشجویانارائه داد.علاوهبر این با افزودنمدارک یا فعالیتهایعلمی مختلف بهیک تاریخ خاصمی توان از اینابزار به عنوانیک برنامۀ آموزشیاستفاده کرد

The agenda appears both in each course area and as a synthetic tool for the student ('My agenda' in top banner).

In the course, the agenda appears as a list of events. You can attach documents or activities to a date so that the agenda becomes a chronological programme for your learning activities.

In addition to being present in the agenda, the new events are indicated to the student when he/she logs in the next time. The system tells what has been added in the Agenda (and in the Announcements) since his/her last visit : icons appear on the portal home page besides the courses where events and announcements hve been added.

If you want to go further in the logic of structuring learning activities one after the other, we suggest that you use preferably the Learning Path that offers the same principles with more advanced features. The Learning Path can be considered as a synthesis of a Table of Contens tool + an Agenda + sequencing (imposed order) and tracking.

"; $langAnnouncementsContent = "بااستفاده از اینقسمت می تواناز طریق رایانامه(ایمیل)با تمامیدانشجویان یابرخی از آنانارتباط بر قرارنمود

The Announcements tool allows you to send an email to all your students or to some of them or to some groups. It can proove efficient to drive students back to your website if they do not visit it very often.

To send a message to some users and/or some groups, select 'Messages to selected users' then use CTRL+C to select more than one in the left hand menu, click on the right arrow to move them then type your message in the field below.

"; $langChatContent = "بااستفاده از قسمتگفتگو می توانبه صورت کتبیبا دانشجویانبه گفتگوی زندهپرداخت

The Chat tool allows you to discuss live with your students.

This chat is not similar to usual ones, like MSN� or Yahoo Messenger� because it is web based. The disadvantage is that it refreshes only after 10 seconds and not immediately. The advantage is that it is integrated in your course,it archives your discussions into the Documents tool and it doesn't require from your students any plugin to download.

If users send their pictures in 'My e-portfolio' (top banner), then this picture will appear in the discussion to help identify who is speaking.

Only the teacher is allowed to delete the discussion when he/she finds it relevant.

Pedagogical relevance

Adding a chat to your course is not necessarily a good idea. However, if this participates to your scenario, the chat can help. You can imagine, for instance, to hide the chat always except at a certain time when you have a dedicated meeting with your students to answer their questions live. It is less a 'free' dicsussion tool this way, but you give students a guarantee that they will benefit from this live meeting.

."; $langWorkContent = "این قسمت ارسال فایل های مربوط به فعالیت های درسی دانشجویان به سمت فضای آموزشی درس را امکان پذیر می سازد. شما می توانید بر حسب برنامۀ درسی خود تعیین کنید که فایل های ارسال شده توسط هر دانشجو برای دانشجویان دیگر قابل رؤیت باشد یا اینکه این فایل ها تنها برای شما (استاد یا مسئول درس) قابل رؤیت باشند

The student publications tool is a very simple one. It allows your students to upload any document in the course area.

Depending on your course scenario, you can set all files to be visible to all students by default, or only visible for you. Making all files visible is useful when for instance you want to ask students to give their opinion on each other's papers or let them learn to publish texts to the world. Keep files invisible if e.g. you ask the same question to everybody and want to avoid cheating.

This tool has an Introduction text area to allow you to write a question, detailed guidelines, a reminder of a deadline or anything else you may find relevant.

"; $langTrackingContent = "این قسمت اطلاعات مربوط به فعالیتهای علمی و پیشرفت تحصیلی هر دانشجو را ذخیره می کند. به عنوان مثال با مراجعه به این قسمت می توان از تعداد دفعات ، تاریخ و مدت اتصال هر دانشجو به محیط آموزشی مجازی ، فایل هایی که هر دانشجو ارسال داشته است، مدت زمانی که هر دانشجو در هر بخش از یک درس گذرانده است و غیره اطلاع یافت

The tracking helps you follow your students : did they connect to the sytem, when, how many times? How much do they get in tests? Did they already upload their Paper? When? If you use Scorm courses, you can evn know how much time a student spent on a module or chapter. The trackinggives information at 2 levels: