Chamilo

About Chamilo
Chamilo is an open-source learning management system (LMS) designed to help organizations create, publish, and manage online training programs, assessments, assignments, surveys, and more. The platform includes an authoring tool, which enables teachers to create custom eLearning courses using predefined templates and add demo content for learners.
The customizable homepage within Chamilo allows organizations to personalize the user interface using custom colors and logos, handle registrations, and display the available courses. It offers a host of features such as permission management, announcements, chat, document upload, automated feedback and scoring, course organization, and more. Teachers can also conduct virtual classes using video conferencing capabilities, track attendance, design assessments, track the progress of learners, and create wikis to collaborate with trainers in creating and editing documents.
Chamilo offers administration tools, which let teachers configure course settings, learner access, email notifications, learning paths, and more. The reporting functionality enables managers to gain insight into the performance of students, time spent on courses, progress scores, messages, and active sessions.
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- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
The best and most effective PHP e-learning platform
Reviewed on 2021/03/08
I really loved using chamilo when compared to other e-learning platforms
I really loved using chamilo when compared to other e-learning platforms
Pros
It was very easy for me to install using softaculous and then setting up the platform was easy as well. Chamilo has all the basic tools for an e-learning platform. Their authoring tool is top-notch and has all the flexibility to make course authoring very easy.
Cons
I had difficulty changing the template and there is no much tutorial on the web on doing so.
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MoodleReasons for Switching to Chamilo
Chamilo is very easy to use and has a growing community ready to help each otherResponse from Chamilo Association
Hello Chukwuemeka, thanks for your feedback. We love to hear your experience with Chamilo has been sucessfull.
Warmest regards
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
An open source LMS you can trust
Reviewed on 2021/03/03
We wanted to start with a small campus for a brand new business school that offers MBA programs...
We wanted to start with a small campus for a brand new business school that offers MBA programs worldwide, especially in Latin America. Chamilo gives us the accurate platform to scale from a few students to hundreds.
Pros
It's easy to install and you can scale from a small virtual campus to a large arrangement and keeping using open-source software.
Cons
The mobile experience is good enough from its native web interface, but having an official mobile app will be great.
Reasons for Switching to Chamilo
Due to its ease of use, user accessibility, and its network of Official Providers that offer services worldwide.Response from Chamilo Association
Thanks for your feedback. This 2021 we will make public in our github repository our mobile app.
- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10
An alternative to Moodle but graphically not that appealing
Reviewed on 2020/12/31
A decent LMS with some valuable features but lacks collaborative possibilities that Google and...
A decent LMS with some valuable features but lacks collaborative possibilities that Google and Microsoft offer in their suites.
Pros
Ability to use audio in quizzes, ability to recyle lessons, ease of use to set up classes, mulitple teaching possibilities.
Cons
Graphically Chamilo stays in the past. It would be better if it grouped icons together into menus. It is often not that simple for students to navigate. No synchronous collaboration possible.
Response from Chamilo Association
Hello Charles. Thanks for youre review. This 2021 Chamilo is going to launch a new, fully redesigned interface with its 2.0 version. Keep track of the project by subscribing to our mailing list to get all the updates regarding this topic.

- Industry: Information Services
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Cheapest Versatility on LMS
Reviewed on 2021/04/19
Pros
It works very well, the interfaces are so intuitive and help teachers to advance over the digital transformation faster than others LMS
Cons
It's not so much popular, so some teachers resist to the change at the begining
Reasons for Switching to Chamilo
Interface, price, stability, and the new featuresResponse from Chamilo Association
Thank you so much for your review Enrique. We apprecciatte so much the time and effort you dedicate to evaluate our software.
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Chamilo for language learning
Reviewed on 2021/02/24
Chamilo has a big potential, but still there is a lot improve, to make it be much better.
Chamilo has a big potential, but still there is a lot improve, to make it be much better.
Pros
I use Chamilo a lot with my students and think it has a lot o very interesting features, for e-learning.
Cons
However, some things could be improved. I think about difficult is to use Chamilo fóruns, because bugs on design, for exemple. Also, exercises could be more easy to organize by cathegories: when we have many it is a little confuse from where to chose. Orther features could be improved too. It is also quite difficult to find help and valuable information about some procedures.
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MoodleReasons for Switching to Chamilo
Because of interative exercises and hability to create lessons.Response from Chamilo Association
Hello Jorge. Thanks a lot for your review. It really helps us to keep working on Chamilo to improve it.
Regarding your comments just a quick note to let you know that the current version of Chamilo, 1.11.14 allows "categories" for exercises and the forum is free of bugs. Please upgrade to teh latest version to get the best out of this software.
To get free help you can use our free resources: https://forum.chamilo.org/, our tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIsgySYhTVz27BHsukGZAMdn_ubmho7ot And do not hesitate t register to our neswletter to get last minute news about the software. To register go to chamilo.org and you will find the subsciption box.
Thanks again for your review and we would love to keep seing you within the community of users.
Noa Orizales Iglesias
Communication Coordinator
Chamilo Association
Chamilo FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Chamilo.Q. What type of pricing plans does Chamilo offer?
Chamilo offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Contact Chamilo for pricing details. The association itself does not provide services. It provides services through its official providers that can be reached at [email protected]
Q. Who are the typical users of Chamilo?
Chamilo has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Chamilo support?
Chamilo supports the following languages:
French, Italian, Spanish
Q. Does Chamilo support mobile devices?
Chamilo supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Chamilo integrate with?
Chamilo integrates with the following applications:
Drupal, Meta for Business, PrestaShop, WordPress
Q. What level of support does Chamilo offer?
Chamilo offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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