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- Dokeos 1.8 README
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- Dokeos is an elearning and course management web application,
- and is free software (GNU GPL). It's translated into 30 languages,
- SCORM compliant, and light and flexible.
- Dokeos supports many different kinds of learning and collaboration activities.
- Teachers/trainers can create, manage and publish their courses through the web.
- Students/trainees can follow courses, read content or participate actively
- through groups, forums, chat.
- Technically, Dokeos is a web application written in PHP that stores data in a
- MySQL database. Users access it using a web browser.
- If you would like to know more or help develop this software, please visit
- our homepage at http://www.dokeos.com/
- INSTALLING DOKEOS
- =================
- Please read the installation_guide.html for instructions on how to
- install Dokeos.
- DOCUMENTATION
- =============
- We have some short guides available inside this release package,
- in the documentation folder.
- More detailed documentation can be found at
- http://www.dokeos.com/documentation.php contains
- - Student manual
- - Teacher manual
- - And much more
- Developers will find all the info they need on our wiki:
- http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/
- SCORM
- =====
- Dokeos imports Scorm 1.2 and 1.3. compliant learning contents.
- For more information on Scorm normalisation, see http://www.adlnet.org
- LICENSE
- =======
- Dokeos is distributed under the GNU General Public license (GPL).
- See the file license.txt for all details.
- PORTABILITY
- ===========
- Dokeos is an AMP software. This means it should work on any platform running Apache
- + MySQL + PHP. It is then supposed to work on the following Operating Systems :
- Linux
- Windows (98, Me, NT4, 2000, XP)
- Unix
- Mac OS X
- We tested it on
- - Fedora, Mandrake, Red Hat Enterprise Server,
- - Windows XP, Windows 2000
- - Mac OS X 10.3
- Email functions remain silent on systems where there is no mail sending software
- (Sendmail, Postfix, Hamster...), which is the case by default on a Windows machine.
- INTEROPERABILITY
- ================
- Dokeos imports Scorm compliant learning contents. It imports then "On the shelve"
- contents from many companies : NETg, Skillsoft, Explio, Microsoft, Macromedia, etc.
- Admin interface imports users through CSV and XML. You can create a CSV file from
- a list of users in MS Excel. OpenOffice can export to both CSV and XML formats.
- Many database management systems, like Oracle, SAP, Access, SQL-Server, LDAP ...
- export to CSV and/or XML.
- Dokeos includes a LDAP module that allows admin to deactivate MySQL authentication
- and replace it by connection to a LDAP directory.
- Client side, Dokeos runs on any browser : Firefox, MS Internet Explorer (5.0+), Netscape (4.7+),
- Mozilla (1.2+), Safari, Opera, ...
- PHP Configuration
- =================
-
- Dokeos needs PHP version 4.3.2 or later (4.x versions), configured with the
- following modules : mysql, zlib, preg, xml. PHP versions 5 or later are not
- supported by Dokes yet. It will accept the following settings :
- safe_mode = Off
- magic_quotes_gpc = On
- magic_quotes_runtime = Off
- short_open_tag = On
- The backticks charachter (`) inserted inside some of the Dokeos SQL queries doesn't
- work with MySQL versions previous to 3.23.6
- In some sections (Backup, Documents, Learning Path..), Dokeos requires the "zlib"
- library on windows servers or the unzip shell software on Linux/Unix servers.
- SECURITY
- ==============
- In Dokeos 1.6, security and interoperability have been improved. Protection
- for documents has improved, and courses have more accessibility options.
- Password encryption is enabled by default. The php.ini setting
- "register globals" does not have be on anymore.
- NEW FEATURES IN DOKEOS 1.8
- ===========================
- Release notes - summary
- NEW FEATURES IN DOKEOS 1.6
- ===========================
- Release notes - summary
- http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6_release_notes
- Complete roadmap
- http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmap_1.6
- - Campus home page can be edited online
- - Improved translations, made with the new Dokeos translation tool
- - Language switch - when you enter the portal, you can choose your language.
- - Who is online: a list of users who are logged in, you can click to see
- their pictures and portfolio, or click to talk to them through our built-in web chat tool.
- - Learning path - import and export of SCORM packages, improved layout,
- prerequisites based on score in tests
- - Agenda - many new options, e.g. every user can add personal agenda items.
- - Document tool - many new options, improved layout, improved HtmlArea
- - Security - PHP register globals setting don't need to be on anymore
- - Administration section - all functions are easier to access, you can
- configure many options through the web interface instead of by digging through the code.
- - Improved course management - completely rewritten course import/export
- functions, easily copy content from one course to another
- - Plugins and modularity - new system to add plugins to Dokeos more easily
- - API libraries - our function libraries have been expanded and improved
- - Interoperability: support for SCORM import/export, XML import/export for
- some features, IEEE LOM Metadata support in documents and groups, import of
- Hotpotatoes, connection with QuestionMark (this last one will be available
- as plugin).
- NEW FEATURES IN DOKEOS 1.5
- ===========================
- - Learning path : Scorm content import tool
- - WYSIWYG editor : create content on the fly
- - Table of contents : structure content on the fly
- - Dropbox : peer2peer content sharing manegement
- - Links categories : structure links catalogue
- - New navigation : one click to tool
- - Events since my last visit : be informed of what has changed since your last login
- - My agenda : synthetic weekly view of all the events related to you
- - Add a picture to my profile : see who is who
- - Security : privacy and anti-cracking protection
- - 5 more languages : russian, catalan, vietnamese, brazilian, thai and a revised chinese
- - New chat tool : real-time textual discussion
- - Audio & video conference : real-time live broadcasting of events + textual interaction with ore than 200 people.
- - Announcements to some users or some groups only
- - Time-based learning management : add resources to time line in Agenda
- - Audio & video in Tests tool : create listening comprehensions, situation-based questions on the fly
- - Forum thread/flat view : see discussions in more detail
- - Forum email notification : get an email when your forum topic is active
- - language revision : dokeos vocabulary has been generalised to be adapted
- to different types of organisations and not only universities
- CREDITS
- =======
- See CREDITS.txt file
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- Contact address: Dokeos, 44 rue des palais, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium
- Mail: info@dokeos.com
- September 2006
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