The document discusses using Chamilo as a platform for teaching English online, highlighting its features such as organizational tools, authoring capabilities, and social interaction tools. It emphasizes the need for Chamilo to be accessible, dependable, and flexible for users. Additionally, it touches on the challenges and priorities for supporting Chamilo's user community and enhancing documentation and help resources.

1. Using Chamilo as a platform
for teaching English online.
What can it do?
Steve Miller

2. I’m Steve, and I support Chamilo!
 Teacher by profession
 Interested in teaching English
 Interest in online learning/teaching
 A learner – not an expert!

3. Where to start?

4. We kne w we ne e d e d …
 An organisational tool
Calendars, gradebooks, records
 An authoring tool
Media, SCORM, programmes of study
 A social tool
forums, chat and conference facilities
 A single tool…???

5. We a ls o wa nte d …
 An accessible tool
affordable, user friendly, flexible
 A dependable tool
stable, lasting, secure
 A supported tool
quality documentation, active forums
 A flexible tool
configuration, customization, integration

6. We d is c o ve re d …
 Chamilo …
 Open Source…
 The future…

7. As te e p le a rning c urve …
 How to set up a learning website?
Hosting? Servers? Installation? ftp?
 Webpage design?
html? css? rich editors? embed codes?
 Course design?
Agendas? Learning paths? Documentation?

8. Autho ring with Cha m ilo LMS
External Tools
 Freeware
 Open-source
 W3 schools
Chamilo Tools
 Chamilo editor
wysiwyg/html
 Chamilo modules
Nanogong, SVG Editor,Pixlr

9. Re a d ing

10. Lis te ning

11. Writing

12. Ta lking

13. Le a rning Pa th

14. M p rio ritie s fo r s up p o rting Cha m ilo
y
 Supporting improved documentation
 Supporting improved online help
 Supporting improved user forums
 Supporting Chamilo groups