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1 The Cham ilo co nc ept ____________________________________________ 4

1.1 Repository _______________________________________________________ 4

1.2 Content Object ____________________________________________________ 4

1.3 Applications ______________________________________________________ 4

1.4 Summary _________________________________________________________ 4

2 Lo gin _________________________________________________________ 5

3 Ho m e pag e ____________________________________________________ 5

3.1 Personalising the home page ________________________________________ 5 3.1.1 Adding blocks __________________________________________________________ 6 3.1.2 Dragging blocks _________________________________________________________ 6 3.1.3 Tabs __________________________________________________________________ 6

3.2 System announcements ____________________________________________ 6

3.3 Add a profile picture _______________________________________________ 6

3.4 RSS _____________________________________________________________ 6 3.4.1 Configure the block ______________________________________________________ 7

4 Repository ____________________________________________________ 7 4.1 Create a Content Object in the Repository _____________________________ 7

4.2 Create a document _________________________________________________ 8 4.2.1 Upload or create? _______________________________________________________ 8 4.2.2 Save a document ________________________________________________________ 9

4.3 View a document _________________________________________________ 10

4.4 The possibilities of a Content Object (icons) __________________________ 11 4.4.1 Edit __________________________________________________________________ 11 4.4.2 Duplicate _____________________________________________________________ 11

4.4.3 Remove ______________________________________________________________ 11 4.4.4 Move ________________________________________________________________ 11 4.4.5 Share ________________________________________________________________ 11 4.4.6 Export _______________________________________________________________ 11 4.4.7 Publish _______________________________________________________________ 11 4.4.8 Download _____________________________________________________________ 11

5 Views in the Repos itory _________________________________________ 12

5.1 Existings views __________________________________________________ 12

5.2 Create your own view _____________________________________________ 12

6 Categor ies in the Repo sito ry ____________________________________ 12


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6.1 Create categories _________________________________________________ 13

6.2 Move a Content Object to a Category ________________________________ 13

6.3 Search in a category ______________________________________________ 13

7 Impo rt in the Repo sito ry ________________________________________ 14

7.1 Import function in the Repository ___________________________________ 14 7.1.1 Import a document ______________________________________________________ 15 7.1.2 Import a ZIP file _______________________________________________________ 15 7.1.3 Import Hotpotatoes _____________________________________________________ 16

8 Pub lish ing from th e Repo sito ry __________________________________ 16

8.1 Publishing and sharing ____________________________________________ 16

8.2 Rights __________________________________________________________ 16

8.3 Publishing in a course _____________________________________________ 16

8.3.1 Options (publication details) ______________________________________________ 17 8.4 Deleting a publication _____________________________________________ 17

8.4.1 Via the dropdownlist ____________________________________________________ 17 8.4.2 By clicking the title ______________________________________________________ 18

9 Deleting a Con tent Object in the Repos itory _______________________ 18

9.1 Removed by accident? ____________________________________________ 19

10 Sharin g in the Repos itory _____________________________________ 21

10.1 CopyRight _______________________________________________________ 22

11 Cou rs e _____________________________________________________ 23

11.1 Navigation bar ___________________________________________________ 23

11.2 Coursetools _____________________________________________________ 24

11.3 Viewing documents _______________________________________________ 24

11.4 Quick feedback __________________________________________________ 26

11.5 Create and publish a document _____________________________________ 26 11.5.1 Upload _____________________________________________________________ 27 11.5.2 Create _____________________________________________________________ 27

11.6 Rights __________________________________________________________ 27 11.6.1 Read only ___________________________________________________________ 27 11.6.2 Rights per Content Object ______________________________________________ 27 11.6.3 Defining rights for all the documents ______________________________________ 28


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1 The Chamilo concept

1.1 RepositoryEvery Chamilo user has his own central repository where items (document, image, video,forum,) can be stored.

1.2 Content ObjectEvery item (document, image , video, forum,) in the Repository is described in Chamilo asa Content Object e.g. in Chamilo a document is a Content Object, as are images andannouncements.

1.3 ApplicationsContent Objects can be published in different applications: a course, a forum, a portfolio, alearning path

In an application the Content Objects in the Repository are supplied to the end-user:colleagues and users.

1.4 Summary A document (Content Object) is stored in a personal e-disk (Repository) and shown to theend-users through a course (Application).


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2 Login Login on the start page.

Every user needs a unique login and a personal password.Type your Username and your Password

Click the Login button.

3 Home pageThe first page shown after the login is the home page.

The default home page is:

3.1 Personalising the home pageYou can personalise your home page by:

adding and dragging blocks adding tabs

adding extra columns


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3.1.1 Adding blocks Add blocks to personalise your home page. These blocks contain links to external websites, applications in Chamilo or messages

received from other Chamilo users. Click the New Block button in the right upper corner to add a block

Choose a Block, e.g. a Course List the Course will appear under the existing

blocks on the home page. Click the Close icon to close the New Block window

3.1.2 Dragging blocks Click the title.

Keep the left mouse button down. Drag the Block to the new position. Available position for the blocks are marked by a

dotted line:

3.1.3 Tabs Click the New tab button in the right upper corner to add a new tab page, where

extra blocks can be added and shown.

3.2 System announcements

Here announcements are shown, posted by the platform administrator.

3.3 Add a profile picture

Click the tab My account in the navigation toolbar: In platform options you can add your profile picture:

Click Browse , browse your picture on your PC, select your picture, click on open Click the Save button

3.4 RSS Click New Block on the home page Select Feeder

You get following view:


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As an example we will create a Document . You will find the document content object inthe tab Media .

4.2 Create a documentClick Document. A new window appears where you can fill in following fields:

Title : enter a short name for the document so you can retrieve and recognize it easilyafterwards

Category : choose a location (category) of the Content Object in the Repository. Thedefault location is the root folder of the Repository.

Description : Give a short description of your Content Object

These fields are exactly the same for all Content Objects.

Under the required fields Title , Category and Description , the Properties of the ContentObject are shown. These properties are different according to the Content Object selected

The properties for a document are:

You can create or upload a document.

4.2.1 Upload or create? A. If you have created a Word, Excel, PowerPoint or any other document on your PC

and you want to add it to your Repository, you can upload the document in yourRepository. Click the Browse button and select the desired document.


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The document is visible as an attachment, except for a picture or a txt-file.You can upload zipped files, including several documents, in the same wayYou can unzip these files by checking the Uncompress -checkbox.

B. Click Create to create a new document :

Following window appears:

In this text editor you can type the text of your document.Using the toolbar, you can add items and provide the lay-out of your document.

4.2.2 Save a document Click the Create button at the bottom to save the document in the Repository.

You are immediately redirected to the Repository.


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4.3 View a document Click on the title of a content object to view it

A. If a document was uploaded (as an attachment),you can download it here. Click thedocument name (AccessibleMarshal.dll) to start the download. Pictures and txt-filesare opened immediately.

B. A document that is made within Chamilo is shown immediately


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4.4 The possibilities of a Content Object (icons)Next to each Content Object in the Repository different icons are visible. Move over eachicon to see the tooltip. This will provide you the information on the icon s use.

4.4.1 EditEdit : edits a Content Object (CO).

4.4.2 DuplicateDuplicate makes a copy of a Content Object

4.4.3 RemoveRemove : moves the CO to the Recycle Bin.

4.4.4 Move

Move : moves the CO to another category.

4.4.5 ShareYou can share a CO with other users by clicking the Share button. Other users can then (re-)use this CO. This will be explained later in this chapter.

4.4.6 ExportTIP : Perform a regular export on your Content Objects created in Chamilo. This will serve asa back-up of your work. The end result will be a file with a *.CPO extension, that can alwaysbe imported in Chamilo.

You can also export the whole Repository using the Export entire repository - button. Youthen get one *.CPO-file containing all the files in your Repository.

4.4.7 PublishVia a course you can publish a Content Object that will be viewable to a class group. Usethe Publish button to publish Content Objects in a course.

4.4.8 DownloadYou can download a document by clicking the Download - icon.


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5 Views in the RepositoryIn the Repository all Content Objects are shown one below another in a list. You can viewone type of Content Object using following dropdown list:

5.1 Existings viewsUsing the dropdownlist, you can select any Content Object type. In this way Assessments,Wiki s, Documents or other Content Objects can be viewed separately.

5.2 Create your own viewYou can also make your own view of Content Objects, combining Content Objects at will:

Click at the bottom left side in the Repository on User Views:

Now click on Add, at the top of the page:

Choose a name (e.g. Assessments), select all types of Content Objects you wish toadd to your view and click Create .

Your own view will now appear at the top of the dropdown list of Content Object types:

TIP : make an own view for the Content Objects you frequently use.

6 Categories in the RepositoryTIP : make categories in the Repository to keep an overview of all your Content Objects.

You can make categories for each course, for each subject, for each chapter in your courseor for each Content Object type. You can make up your own choice.

TIP : If you choose not to make any categories, please provide a good name and anexplicative description for each Content Object. In fact, this should always be the case.


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6.1 Create categories At the top of the Repository page click Manage Categories to create a category:

Click A d d left at the top and fill in a new category name. Using the + sign you canadd different categories at once:

After clicking the Create button the new categories are made:

6.2 Move a Content Object to a Category

Click the icon next to the Content Object to move the CO to a certain category

Select the category you want the CO to be moved to, in the dropdown list, and click

Move :

6.3 Search in a categoryTo search a CO in a certain Category, you first have to select the category. Once thecategory is selected, you can type the search string in the search window right at the top ofthe Repository page:

When you immediately start searching in the Repository, only the root folder is searched, notthe different categories.


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7 Import in the RepositoryIn the Repository next to creating Content Objects, you can also import existing pictures,documents or other files.

Warning : files from external programs (like DOC, DOCX, XLS, MDB, PPT ) are not

recognized as such by Chamilo . These files are always stored as an attachment of adocument.

7.1 Import function in the Repository Click Import, left in the Repository, to import Content Objects in the Repository:

Following window appears:

Category : select the category, you wish to import to. Default the root folder is

selected (My repository), but it can be useful to choose another category (chapter 1,lesson 1, group A, etc ).

Type : select the type of file you want to import:

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Document: to import a document, a picture, a PowerPoint o Hotpotatoes: to import Hotpotatoes exerciseso CPO: to import CPO-files (see also 4.4.5 Export).o zip-archive: to import a zipped file; the zip-file is extracted in the Repository

Click Browse, select the file you want to import and then click Open:

Click the Impor t button.

This working method is identical for all file types (Zip-archive, CPO, Document).


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7.1.3 Import Hotpotatoes Zip the html file of EVERY Hotpotatoes exercise. Make sure that pictures and/or audio or media files included in the exercise are

zipped in the same zip-folder. Zip all the zipped exercises again. You get the extension: *.zip.zip Import this zip-in-zip

8 Publishing from the Repository

8.1 Publishing and sharingPublishing and sharing from the Repository is a new and powerful concept. You can publishall the Content Objects from the Repository in your own course(s) or you can share theContent Objects with other users of the platform.

8.2 RightsYou can only publish a Content Object if you have rights to publish.

A teacher automatically has the rights to publish in his own course By default, a student can only view his course(s). The teacher can give the student

other rights.

8.3 Publishing in a course

Click the Publish icon on the right: (see also 4.4.6 Publish)


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8.3.1 Options (publication details) Hidden : the Content Object is not visible for students Publication Period :

o Forever : the Content Object remains available in the courseo Limited period : the Content Object remains available in the course for a

limited period Course : the list of courses, of which you are the course manager or in which you have

rights to publish. If you don t see anything here, this means that you don t have rights topublish. Select the course in which you want to publish the Content Object

Click Next You get the following info:

The course = the title of the course in which the CO is published and the tool in thecourse where the CO is published.

8.4 Deleting a publicationYou can always remove or delete (unlink) the publication of a Content Object. This meansthat the Content Object will no longer be in your course, but it will still be available in yourRepository.

There are 2 ways to do so, both from within the Repository.

8.4.1 Via the dropdownlist1. select the CO the publication of which you want to remove or unlink


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2. Select Unlink se lec ted in the dropdown list and confirm by clicking OK.

8.4.2 By clicking the title1. Click the title of the CO you want to unlink:

2. Click the red cross to unlink the publication3. Confirm by clicking OK4. Result: the document is still in the Repository, but it is no longer published.

9 Deleting a Content Object in the Repository You only can delete a Content Object if it isn t published anywhere. Click the Bin to remove a Content Object from the Repository.

Confirm your choice in the next screen, by clicking OK


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In the Repository page on the left you see theRecycle Bin

Click the Recycle bin

Click the restore-icon to restore the file Click the red cross to remove the file permanently

Click on top the icon to emptythe recycle bin completely


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10 Sharing in the Repository A user can share every Content Object with other users of the platform.

Click the Share-icon at the right

Define the rights first:

o Search : other users within Chamilo can search this Content Objecto View : other users can view this Content Objecto Us e : other users can use this Content Object, but they can t edit it.o Collabora te : users can work together on this Content Object. Both the owner

and the other user(s) can edit this Content Object Type the name of the user you want to share with:

You can also type the name of a group of users Click Create In the Repository, in the shared by me folder, you see:

o

owner : your name, you are the owner of this Content Objecto sharedwith : the name of the user you shared witho manage :

: click the lock for an overview. You clearly see the rights of eachuser.

In this screen, one can stop sharing a Content Object by clicking thered cross

Rights settings can be changed by clicking the edit icon


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10.1 CopyRight Select CopyRigh t to give other users the right to copy your Content Object and to

re-use it as they wish. It doesn t matter which kind of right has been set previou sly.


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11 CourseIn a course, you can share a Content Object with your class.

A student and a teacher can have access to several courses.

11.1 Navigation bar Click on the tab Education Click on Courses 1

You get an overview of the courses you are subscribed to.

There are possibly 3 tabs:1. Common2. Curricula3. No course type

Each tab can contain courses.

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11.2 Coursetools Click on a course to see its content:

A. a student can only see the items made available by the teacher.

B. a teacher can view every item and he can hide an item for the students, byclicking the eye.

11.3 Viewing documents

Click in a course on Document (if it s visible):


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You get a list with available documents:

Click on a title to view the content of the document.

example: Click on Lighthouse.jpg You will see:

Every type of document is shown in a different way: there are text-documents,images, documents with attachments, etc.

Images are displayed in the original format. Text is shown in a separate frame. Attachments are displayed as a link in the window:

Click on an attachment to open it. Choose if you want to open or to save your document.


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11.4 Quick feedbackOnce you have clicked on the title of a document, you can give a quick feedback beneath thedocument.

Click in the feedback window

Type your feedback Click Save

Feedback cannot be changed or deleted!

11.5 Create and publish a document At the upper left of the page click the Publ ish button to create or to publish a

Document You have now two possibilities:

Click the Create button to create a new document :

Title, category and description are required. (see 4.2 Create a document)


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Afterwards, you can choose to upload a document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)or to create a new one:

11.5.1 Upload Select Upload if you want to upload a document Click on the button Browse and select the document you want to upload:

You can see the path of the selected file:

Click on the button Create to create the Document with attached the uploaded file:

11.5.2 CreateSee 4.2.1 for the detailed description of how to create a Document .

11.6 Rights11.6.1 Read onlyIn a course, by default, a student can only read: he can view a document but cannot edit ordelete it. He cannot publish a document.

11.6.2 Rights per Content Object A teacher can define the rights for each Content Object, such as a document.

Click the lock to view the rights:

Next window:

Manage Rights Sharing a Content Object (cfr. 10


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Select Use specif ic r ights

Define the rights for one student or for a group of students

o View : the user can view the document. Useful to publish a document for 1student or for a group of students

o Edit : the user can edit the publication details, he cannot edit the document.Only the owner of the Content Object has the right to edit it.

o Delete : the user can delete the Content Object

11.6.3 Defining rights for all the documents Click the option on the top of the screen Manage Rights to define the rights for the

location of ALL the documents:

Select Add Right to give a user the right to add a document in this location.

TIP: you can also define the rights for a category. First click the category and afterwardsManage rights .

In the next example a student has no rights in the root category (DocumentTitle / Dropbox)but in the category Studenten he can publish documents: :

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