<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
(	O
under	O
GNU/GPL	B-License
licensing	O
)	O
e-learning	O
and	O
content	O
management	O
system	O
,	O
aimed	O
at	O
improving	O
access	O
to	O
education	O
and	O
knowledge	O
globally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
backed	O
up	O
by	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
Association	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
goals	O
including	O
the	O
promotion	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
the	O
maintenance	O
of	O
a	O
clear	O
communication	O
channel	O
and	O
the	O
building	O
of	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
services	O
providers	O
and	O
software	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
project	O
aims	O
at	O
ensuring	O
the	O
availability	O
and	O
quality	O
of	O
education	O
at	O
a	O
reduced	O
cost	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
distribution	O
of	O
its	O
software	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
,	O
the	O
improvement	O
of	O
its	O
interface	O
for	O
3rd	O
world	O
countries	O
devices	O
portability	O
and	O
the	O
provision	O
of	O
a	O
free	O
access	O
public	O
e-learning	O
campus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
project	O
was	O
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
18	O
January	O
2010	O
by	O
a	O
considerable	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
contributing	O
community	O
of	O
the	O
(	O
also	O
GNU/GPL	B-License
)	O
Dokeos	O
software	O
,	O
after	O
growing	O
discontent	O
on	O
the	O
communication	O
policy	O
inside	O
the	O
Dokeos	O
community	O
and	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
choices	O
that	O
were	O
making	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
insecure	O
about	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
Dokeos	O
(	O
at	O
least	O
in	O
its	O
1.8	O
series	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
was	O
immediate	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
500	O
active	O
users	O
registering	O
on	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
forums	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
fortnight	O
and	O
more	O
contributions	O
collected	O
in	O
one	O
month	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
whole	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
origins	O
of	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
's	O
code	O
date	O
back	O
to	O
2000	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
Claroline	B-Application
project	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
forked	O
in	O
2004	O
to	O
launch	O
the	O
Dokeos	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
forked	O
again	O
with	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
1.8.6.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
used	O
to	O
come	O
in	O
two	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
LCMS	O
(	O
or	O
3.0	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
software	O
platform	O
for	O
e-learning	O
and	O
collaboration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
's	O
educational	O
purpose	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
is	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
educational	O
or	O
the	O
human	O
resources	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
founding	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
Association	O
then	O
registered	O
as	O
a	O
contributing	O
project	O
for	O
the	O
OLPC	O
in	O
which	O
his	O
company	O
would	O
make	O
efforts	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
portability	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
to	O
the	O
XO	O
laptop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
effort	O
has	O
been	O
,	O
since	O
then	O
,	O
continued	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
Association	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
legally	O
registered	O
non-profit	O
association	O
(	O
VZW	O
)	O
under	O
Belgian	O
law	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
association	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
serve	O
the	O
general	O
goal	O
of	O
improving	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
project	O
's	O
organization	O
and	O
to	O
avoid	O
a	O
conflict	O
of	O
interest	O
between	O
the	O
organization	O
controlling	O
the	O
software	O
project	O
decision	O
process	O
and	O
the	O
best	O
interests	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
using	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
is	O
developed	O
mainly	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
relies	O
on	O
a	O
LAMP	B-Application
or	O
WAMP	B-Language
system	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
LMS	O
(	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
*	O
)	O
series	O
benefits	O
from	O
third	O
party	O
implementations	O
that	O
allows	O
easy	O
connexion	O
to	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
(	O
through	O
JFusion	O
plugin	O
)	O
,	O
Drupal	B-Application
(	O
through	O
Drupal-Chamilo	O
module	O
)	O
,	O
OpenID	O
(	O
secure	O
authentication	O
framework	O
)	O
and	O
Oracle	O
(	O
through	O
specific	O
PowerBuilder	O
implementations	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
offers	O
a	O
connector	O
to	O
videoconferencing	O
systems	O
(	O
like	O
BigBlueButton	B-Protocol
or	O
OpenMeetings	B-Application
)	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
presentations	O
to	O
learning	O
paths	O
converter	O
,	O
which	O
require	O
advanced	O
system	O
administration	O
skills	O
to	O
install	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
LMS	O
and	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
LCMS	O
are	O
two	O
separate	O
products	O
of	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
Association	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
why	O
the	O
releases	O
history	O
is	O
split	O
below	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012-09	O
-	O
LMS	O
v1.9.2	O
:	O
This	O
version	O
of	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
comes	O
with	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
improvements	O
,	O
including	O
versatile	O
mobile-friendly	O
design	O
features	O
,	O
question	O
categories	O
and	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
include	O
voice	O
recording	O
in	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012-08	O
-	O
LMS	O
v1.9.0	O
:	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
LMS	O
1.9.0	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
(	O
and	O
arguably	O
the	O
first	O
overall	O
LMS	O
platform	O
)	O
to	O
fully	O
support	O
HTML5	O
(	O
to	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
a	O
little	O
mistake	O
in	O
the	O
login	O
field	O
)	O
and	O
offer	O
an	O
adaptative	O
HTML/CSS	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
adds	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
features	O
like	O
voice	O
recording	O
as	O
a	O
test	O
answer	O
,	O
webcam	O
capture	O
,	O
questions	O
categories	O
,	O
videoconference	O
recording	O
and	O
an	O
improved	O
plugins	O
system	O
to	O
improve	O
global	O
and	O
courses-specific	O
features	O
without	O
touching	O
the	O
upstream	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
month	O
of	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
registered	O
passed	O
1.2M	O
users	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2011-08	O
-	O
v1.8.8.4	O
:	O
Although	O
announced	O
a	O
bit	O
later	O
than	O
its	O
real	O
release	O
date	O
,	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
1.8.8.4	O
was	O
released	O
mostly	O
as	O
a	O
fix	O
version	O
for	O
1.8.8.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
adoption	O
period	O
of	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
reached	O
700,000	O
reported	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
officially	O
as	O
GNU/GPL	B-License
version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2010-01	O
-	O
v1.8.6.2	O
:	O
Version	O
1.8.6.2	O
of	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
Dokeos	O
1.8.6.2	O
in	O
January	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
community	O
schism	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
left	O
incomplete	O
and	O
continued	O
(	O
starting	O
November	O
2009	O
)	O
as	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012-01	O
-	O
v2.1	O
:	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
LCMS	O
2.1	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
2	O
release	O
that	O
has	O
extensively	O
been	O
tested	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
production	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
2	O
is	O
user	O
centred	O
and	O
repository	O
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
portfolio	O
application	O
and	O
access	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
repository	O
to	O
external	O
repositories	O
such	O
as	O
Google	O
Docs	O
,	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Vimeo	O
,	O
Slideshare	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2010-12	O
-	O
v2.0	O
:	O
The	O
first	O
version	O
2.0	O
of	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
introducing	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
true	O
content	O
,	O
object	O
and	O
document	O
management	O
,	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
2.0	O
also	O
focuses	O
on	O
integration	O
with	O
existing	O
repository	O
systems	O
(	O
Fedora	O
,	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Google	O
Docs	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
2010-06	O
-	O
v2.0	O
beta	O
:	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
2.0	O
beta	O
is	O
not	O
considered	O
production-safe	O
(	O
as	O
its	O
name	O
implies	O
)	O
but	O
implements	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
improvements	O
to	O
get	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
stable	O
and	O
usable	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2010-06	O
-	O
v2.0	O
alpha	O
:	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
2.0	O
was	O
originally	O
(	O
first	O
plans	O
date	O
back	O
to	O
2006	O
in	O
the	O
Dokeos	O
Users	O
Day	O
in	O
Valence	O
,	O
France	O
)	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
Dokeos	O
2.0	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
backend	O
for	O
the	O
LMS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
complete	O
team	O
of	O
developers	O
working	O
on	O
this	O
version	O
decided	O
,	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
the	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
project	O
,	O
thus	O
leaving	O
the	O
Dokeos	O
project	O
repository	O
with	O
incomplete	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
free-to-use	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
campus	O
registered	O
100,000	O
users	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
(	O
15	O
months	O
after	O
its	O
launch	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
38,000	O
users	O
in	O
December	O
2010	O
(	O
11	O
months	O
after	O
its	O
launch	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globally	O
,	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
registered	O
700,000	O
users	O
in	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
5,000,000	O
users	O
in	O
June	O
2013	O
and	O
more	O
than	O
20,000,000	O
users	O
in	O
August	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
is	O
backed	O
up	O
by	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
small	O
to	O
medium	O
companies	O
and	O
universities	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
required	O
to	O
register	O
as	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
association	O
and	O
contribute	O
to	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
recognized	O
as	O
official	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
prerequisites	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
member	O
is	O
to	O
show	O
an	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
the	O
benefit	O
of	O
worldwide	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chamilo	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
public	O
administrations	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Belgian	O
,	O
Dutch	O
and	O
Peruvian	O
ministries	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
unemployment	O
services	O
and	O
NGO	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
cumulative	O
number	O
of	O
organisations	O
using	O
Chamilo	B-Protocol
freely	O
worldwide	O
grew	O
as	O
follows	O
.	O
</s>
