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  41. <h1>About Chamilo</h1>
  42. <p>Chamilo is an e-learning and course management web application, a free software under the GNU/GPLv3+ license.
  43. It's translated into more 30 languages, SCORM 1.2 compatible, light and flexible.</p>
  44. <p>Chamilo supports many different kinds of learning and collaboration activities.
  45. Teachers/trainers can create, manage and publish their courses through the web.
  46. Students/trainees can follow courses, read content or participate actively
  47. through groups, forums, chat.
  48. Administrators provide support to trainers and trainee</p>
  49. <p>Technically, Chamilo is a web application written in PHP that stores data in a MySQL database.
  50. Users access it using a web browser.
  51. The first stable version of Chamilo, 1.8.6.2 Salto, was based on the Dokeos(TM) 1.8.6.1 code and is
  52. meant to be the next software step for institutions currently using Dokeos.
  53. </p>
  54. <p>If you would like to know more or help develop this software, please visit<br />
  55. our homepage at <a href="http://www.chamilo.org">https://chamilo.org</a></p>
  56. <h1>SCORM</h1>
  57. Chamilo imports and manages SCORM 1.2 contents.<br />
  58. For more information on SCORM normalisation, see http://www.adlnet.org<br />
  59. Chamilo does not implement the full set of SCORM 1.2 specifications, as many are not mandatory.
  60. Check our website for more details.<br />
  61. <h1>License</h1>
  62. <p>Chamilo is distributed under the GNU General Public license (GNU/GPLv3+).<br />
  63. Read the <a href="license.html">GNU General Public license (GPL)</a> .</p>
  64. <h1>Portability</h1>
  65. <p>Chamilo is an AMP software. This means it should work on any platform running Apache<br />
  66. + MySQL + PHP. It is then supposed to work on the following Operating Systems :</p>
  67. <ul>
  68. <li> Linux</li>
  69. <li> Windows (98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP, VISTA)</li>
  70. <li> Unix</li>
  71. <li> Mac OS X</li>
  72. </ul>
  73. <p>It has been tested on </p>
  74. <ul>
  75. <li> Fedora, Mandrake, Red Hat Enterprise Server, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian</li>
  76. <li> Windows XP, Windows 2000</li>
  77. <li> Mac OS X 10.3</li>
  78. </ul>
  79. We officially recommend Debian and Ubuntu operating systems for their security, packaging system, community and
  80. availability to the public.<br />
  81. <p>E-mail functions remain silent on systems where there is no mail sending software
  82. (Sendmail, Postfix, Exim4, Hamster...), which is the case by default on a Windows machine.</p>
  83. <h1>Interoperability</h1>
  84. <p>Chamilo imports SCORM 1.2 compliant learning contents. It imports "On the shelve"
  85. contents from many companies : NETg, Skillsoft, Explio, Microsoft, Macromedia, etc.</p>
  86. <p>Admin interface imports users through CSV and XML. You can create a CSV file
  87. from a list of users in MS-Excel. OpenOffice can export to both CSV and XML
  88. formats.<br />
  89. Many database management systems, like Oracle, SAP, Access, SQL-Server, LDAP, etc
  90. export to CSV and/or XML.</p>
  91. <p>Chamilo includes a LDAP module that allows admin to disable database
  92. authentication and replace it by connecting to a LDAP directory.</p>
  93. <p>Client side, Chamilo runs on any browser : Firefox, MS Internet Explorer
  94. (9+), Chrome, Safari, Opera, ...<br />
  95. For better user experience, we recommend Firefox 3.5+ (you can download it
  96. freely from <a href="http://getfirefox.com">http://getfirefox.com</a>).</p>
  97. <h1>Chamilo.org</h1>
  98. <p>Chamilo is also an association, backed up by a network of private partners
  99. to assist companies and institutions in their e-learning projects. This
  100. network also promotes professional versions of Chamilo solutions, which
  101. consist of complete packages of services (see https://chamilo.org/providers
  102. for more details)</p>
  103. <h1>Certification</h1>
  104. <p>The Chamilo association offers official certification programs through its
  105. official providers. These certifications are available for affordable fees.
  106. Check https://shop.beeznest.com for more info and to take the certification
  107. test directly.</p>
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  109. <em>Association Contact address</em>: <br />
  110. Mail: <a href="mailto:info@chamilo.org">info@chamilo.org</a>
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