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Chamilo Credits

Table of contents

• Core developers
• Quality assurance
• System performance
• Tools
• Online authoring
• Translations
• Documentation
• Special thanks
• Organisations and institutions
• Deprecated developments
• The Chamilo Association

In the following credits, when possible, we tried to put the latest contributorsfirst, in order to show more clearly the contributions relevant to the present time.

Core contributors

The core contributors are the people who contributed most to the Chamilo software. We are eternally thankful to them for having demonstrated a very high level of commitment, contributing their time and ideas to the project. Since version 1.9, we also include non-developer contributors as we consider their help is essential to our project.

Chamilo 1.9

• Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@beeznest.com) - Technical coordinator - BeezNest, Peru
• Julio Allen Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com) - Lead developer - BeezNest, France
• Juan Carlos Raña Trabado - Independent developer and mastermind for documents, wiki and other pedagogical tools - Spain
• Laurent Opprecht - Developer responsible for rewriting/restructuring the application core and plugins - Université de Genève, Switzerland
• Hubert Borderiou - Developer responsible for exercises categories and many other practical fixes - Université de Grenoble, France
• Noa Orizales - Tireless coordinator of everything non-related to coding, which enabled developers to do a better job - Contidos Dixitais, Spain
• Coursenligne45 - Anonymous reporter and contributor to many bugfixes - France
• Marko Kastelic - Reporter and contributor to many bugfixes - Slovenia
• Special thanks go to many other people, less involved in the project directly but who's support was greatly appreciated

Previous versions

• BeezNest Latino (ex Dokeos Latinoamérica) (2008-2012)
  • Yannick Warnier (ywarnier@beeznest.org) - Lead developer
  • Julio Allen Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com) - Lead Latino developer
  • Christian Fasanando (christian534@hotmail.com) - 2009-2010
• Independent (2008-2012)
  • Juan Carlos Raña Trabado - considerable work on the wiki integration and improvements, and the FCKEditor/Mimetex extension as well as *many* FCKEditor's file manager and other modules improvements, as well as a continuous stream of recommendations that helped shape 1.8.5 and 1.8.6.*
  • Ivan Tcholakov - various bugfixes in 1.8.6.*, very accurate bug reporting contributions and a considerable work in the integration of a new version of FCKEditor, along with a bunch of useful plugins and an exceptional work on internationalization
• Dokeos (2004-2009)
  • Thomas De Praetere (thomas.depraetere@dokeos.com) - Creator of Claroline (2000) and later Dokeos (2004)
  • Arnaud Ligot (arnaud@cblue.be) - also independently, through CBlue (2010-2011)
  • Noel Dieschburg (noel@cblue.be)
  • Frédéric Burlet (fburlet@cblue.be)
  • Toon Keppens (toon@develop-it.be)
  • Luk Van Landuyt (luk@develop-it.be)
  • Sebastian Wagner (seba.wagner@gmail.com)
  • Julian Prud'homme (j.prudhomme@elixir-interactive.com)
  • Eric Marguin (eric.marguin@elixir-interactive.com)
  • Alexandre Pelissard (a.pellissard@elixir-interactive.com)
  • Ravin Minocha (ravin@comprointertech.com)
  • Priya Siani (priya@ballisticlearning.com)
  • Denes Nagy (denes.nagy@dokeos.com)
  • Olivier Brouckaert (oli.brouckaert@dokeos.com)
• Ghent University (2004-2007)
  • Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
  • Bert Vanderkimpen (bert.vanderkimpen@ugent.be)
  • Toon Van Hoecke (toon.vanhoecke@UGent.be)
  • René Haentjens (rene.haentjens@intec.ugent.be)
• Hogeschool Gent (2004-2007)
  • Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
• Université Catholique de Louvain (Claroline, 2001-2003)

Quality Assurance

• Yannick Warnier as QA coordinator
• Yoselyn Castillo
• Jeremy Saavedra
• Coursenligne on the forum
• Noa Orizales, through numerous implementations in Spain
• Hector Lacherre and colleagues from USIL, Lima
• Carlos Vargas
• Arthur Portugal
• Ricardo Rodriguez

System performance

• Yannick Warnier - implementation of CDN, SQL improvements, memcached and documentation in the optimization guide
• Ivan Tcholakov - language loading performances improvements in 1.8
• Julio Montoya
• Arnaud Ligot
• Jérôme Warnier
• Ludwig Chauvin
• Ludovic Gasc

Developments

Announcement tool

First versions by

• Pablo Rey (prey@cesga.es)
• Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)

rewritten by

• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
• Frederik Vermeire

Agenda

• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
• Carlos Vargas (global agenda)
• Yannick Warnier (web services)

Blog

• Toon Keppens (toon@vi-host.net)
• Kevin Van Den Haute (kevin@develop-it.be)

Course navigation menu

• Sandra Mathijs
• Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
• Wolfgang Schneider

Course copy

• Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
• Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@beeznest.com)

Course Quota

• Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)

Course validation optional feature

• José Manuel Abuin Mosquera , 2010, Centro de Supercomputacion de Galicia (CESGA)
• Bruno Rubio Gayo , 2010, CESGA
• Ivan Tcholakov (technical adaptation for Chamilo 1.8.8), 2011

Chat

• First version:
• Olivier Brouckaert
• Improvements:
• Isaac Flores
• Juan Carlos Raña (open in new window, smileys, ...)
• Yannick Warnier

Database refactoring

• Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@beeznest.com) (with thanks to many other contributors)

Document tool

• First version:
• Bert Vanderkimpen (bert.vanderkimpen@ugent.be)
• Improvements:
• *Many* contributors (too many to list, but they are all mentionned in this file)

Dropbox

• Jan Bols (jan.bols@UGent.be)
• Rene Haentjens (rene.haentjens@intec.UGent.be)
• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)

Extensions and plugins

• Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@beeznest.com),
• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
• Many other contributors

Forum tool

• First version:
• Adapted from PHPBB 1.4 (http://www.phpbb.com)
• Modifications: Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
• Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
• Management of scoring of threads:
• Christian Fasanando
• Isaac Flores
• Carlos Vargas

Full-text search

• Initial version (based on MnoGoSearch):
• Yannick Warnier
• Second version (based on Xapian):
• Diego Escalante Urrelo (+ occasional bugfixes)
• Marco Villegas Vega (+ occasional bugfixes)

Groups

• Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be

HTML_QuickForm

• Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)

Icons

• Icons for the messages: confirmation, error, normal and warning
  Icons used from the Crystal icon theme by Everaldo
  http://linuxcult.com
• Other icons: Nuvola

Interface and CSS

• Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
• Noa Orizales Iglesias (noa@contidosdixitais.com)
• Sandra Matthys
• Wolfgang Schneider (webmaster@bibelcenter.de)
• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
• Rudy Hanson (rudy@cblue.be)
• Noel Dieschburg (noel@cblue.be)

Installation procedure

• Olivier Brouckaert
• Refactoring:
• Evie Embrechts
• Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@beeznest.com), including database upgrade mechanism

Learning Path & SCORM

• Alpha version by:
• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
• First version by:
• Denes Nagy (darkden@evk.bke.hu)
• Dokeos 1.8 version by
• Yannick Warnier (yannick.warnier@beeznest.com)
• Eric Marguin
• Julian Prud'homme

LDAP

• Main code: University Jean Monnet of Saint Etienne
• Updates and improvements:
• Evie Embrechts
• Yannick Warnier
• Mustapha Alouani - Université Paris 1 (Sorbonne)

Link tool

• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)

Messages

• Original code written by:
• Facultad de Matematicas, UADY (México):
• Díaz Braga Alan Israel (bafles2@hotmail.com)
• Menéndez Domínguez Victor Hugo (mdoming@uady.mx)
• Torre Díaz Manuel
• Tuk Sulú Walter Lorenzo (walt_30_ 1@hotmail.com)
• Vargas Palma Rubén (thiefdp@hotmail.com)
• Dokeos 1.8 integration and refactoring:
• Evie Embrechts
• Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
• Isaac Flores

Metadata

• René Haentjens (rene.haentjens@intec.ugent.be)

My Agenda

• Eric Remy
• Toon Van Hoecke (toon.vanhoecke@ugent.be)
• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be

PDF-files generation

• Based on mPDF code library (http://mpdf.bpm1.com/). Main author: Ian N Back
• Adaptation for Chamilo 1.8.x: Ivan Tcholakov

Platform administration

• User management: Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
• Class management: Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
• Course management:
• Platform announcements: Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
• Languages and platform settings (AWACS): Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)

Resource Linker

• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be

Statistics tool and tracking (event-based)

• Based on ezBoo (http://www.ezboo.com)
• Sebastien Piraux (piraux_seb@hotmail.com)

Reporting (user-based)

• Elixir Interactive http://www.elixir-interactive.com
• Improvements:
• Eric Marguin
• Yannick Warnier
• Julio Montoya through *many* revision cycles in Chamilo

Single DB customisation

• Roger Hedlund (rhedlund@passagen.se)

Survey

• Patrick Cool
• Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
• Yannick Warnier

Test / Quizz Tool

• Olivier Brouckaert (oli.brouckaert@dokeos.com)
• Denes Nagy (hotpotatoes integration)
• Eric Marguin
• Julian Prud'homme
• Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)

Wiki

• First implementation as an extension (Cool Wiki): Patrick Cool
• First integration into Dokeos/Chamilo and many improvements (including Google Maps integration): Juan Carlos Raña

Social Network

• Thanks to Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima for the sponsoring of this development
• Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
• Isaac Flores
• Christian Fasanando

Platform group tool

• Thanks to Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima for the sponsoring of this development
• Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)
• Christian Fasanando

User Image

• Miguel (miguel@cesga.es)
• Patrick Cool(patrick.cool@ugent.be)
• Fixes and improvements:
• Yannick Warnier
• Christian Fasanando
• Juan Carlos Raña

User tool, subscribe existing users

• Elie Harfouche (elie at harfdesign dot com)
• Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
• Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
• Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)

(un)zip

• PclZip library - Vincent Blavet (http://www.phpconcept.net)
• Integration of adapted new versions:
• Yannick Warnier
• Ivan Tcholakov

Virtual course support / Combined courses

• Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
• Bart Mollet (bart.mollet@hogent.be)
• (with thanks to Toon Van Hoecke and Olivier Cauberghe from Ghent University)

Web adjustable (admin) settings

• brainstorming by:
• Jan Bols
• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)
• Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
• Toon Van Hoecke (toon.vanhoecke@ugent.be)
• Implementation by:
• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@ugent.be)

Who is online in portal/course/session

• Patrick Cool (patrick.cool@UGent.be)
• Eric Marguin
• Yannick Warnier
• Social network improvements: Julio Montoya Armas (gugli100@gmail.com)

Web services

• Yannick Warnier
• Christian Fasanando

Conectivity with CMS (Drupal, Joomla)

• Fernando P. García
• Marco Villegas Vega
• Yannick Warnier
• Furio Petrossi (for the hint on JFusion)
• Carlos Vargas (for extending the JFusion plugin to Dokeos 1.8.6)

Online Authoring

HTML Editor

• First integration: HTMLArea
• Second integration: FCKEditor
• Update to FCKEditor 2.6.2: Julio Montoya Armas(gugli100@gmail.com)
• Update to FCKEditor 2.6.6 and addition of other plugins: Ivan Tcholakov
• ASCIIMathML-based formula rendering and ASCIIsvg-based mathematical graphics:
  • Peter Jipsen
  • David Lippman
  • Mauno Korpelainen for extending the symbol tables within the script ASCIIMathML.js
  • Ivan Tcholakov for porting code in Chamilo LMS
  • Furio Petrossi for advocacy, research and recommendations

Drawing tool

• SVG-edit integration: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado

Voice generator

• Integration audio services from Google, Pediaphon and vozMe: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado

Bitmap image editor

• Integration of Pixlr image editing services and photo retouching: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado

Voice recorder

• Nanogong integration: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado
• Wami-recorder integration: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado

Webcam Clip

• JPEGCam integration: Juan Carlos Raña Trabado

Shibboleth authentication, plugins, etc - University of Geneva

• Laurent Opprecht
• Nicolas Rod

Translations

There are too much translators to list them all. Please check http://translate.chamilo.org

Documentation

• Arnaud Ligot
• Jerome Warnier
• Andrew Lynn (alynn@strathclyde.ac.be)
• Emmanuel Pecquet (emmanuel.pecquet@wanadoo.fr)
• Nikolai Stiehl (nikolai.stiehl@web.de)
• Isabel Deprez
• Philippe Danckaert
• Slawomir Gurdala
• Dalton Piegas Simoni
• Maria Jose Rodriges Malmierca
• Roan Embrechts (roan.embrechts@vub.ac.be)
• Hugues Peeters
• René Haentjens
• Yannick Warnier
• Arthur Portugal
• Sergio Infante Montero, for technical documentation translation to Spanish

Our special thanks also go to

(in no particular order)

• Hubert Borderiou for various bugfixes
• Philippe Béranger
• Thomas Corthals (forum: Turboke)
• Dietrich Van Damme (images)
• Koen Heirbaut (xhtml)
• Domingos de Freitas (forum: domifreitas)
• Emmanuel Pecquet (forum: Emmanuel)
• Furio Petrossi (forum: petrossi)
• Mark (forum: Mark111)
• Pablo Rey (prey@cesga.es)
• Wolfgang Schneider (webmaster@bibelcenter.de) for bug reports from 1.6 to 1.8.8 and help with early CSS
• Christophe Gesché (gesche@ipm.ucl.ac.be) aka Moosh
• Hugues Peeters (peeters@ipm.ucl.ac.be)
• Paolo Mioni
• Diederik De Deckere
• Eric Remy
• Roel Visseren
• Michel Moreau-Belliard for his supervision on dynamic LDAP import tool
• Mustapha Alouani for his work on dynamic LDAP import tool
• Simon Zalar for a patch to FCKeditor 2.2 allowing linking in FF3
• Juan Valenzuela, for patch suggestions for random tests in D.1.8.6
• Daniel Enrique Perales Gomez, for various bugfixes in various tools
• Arthur Jonathan Portugal Guerrero, for his patient work on the technical documentation and his thorough testing of 1.8.6 features and implementing the first browser-based tests set
• Michela Karina Mosquera Guardamino, for helping improve the visibility of Chamilo (and Dokeos before that) in the Latin American area, patiently answering crazy amounts of information requests and organizing great community events (Chamilo P@rty, Chamilo Users Day Perú, ...), and usability suggestions for LMS 1.9
• Jhon Rhoos Hinojosa Portuguez, for various bugfixes in 1.8.6
• Carlos Vargas (litox84@hotmail.com), for a huge amount of bugfixes in 1.8.6 and a few bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Jan Derriks- various bugfixes in 1.8.7 and very accurate bug reporting contributions from 1.8.7 to 1.9
• Ronny Velasquez, for a series of bugfixes and improvements in 1.8.6
• Ricardo Rodriguez, for implementing the first set of unit tests in 1.8.6, and manual testing and reporting
• Franco Cedillo, for minor bugfixes in 1.8.6
• Ruben Pereira, Ana Elena Olivera and all the kids from the Joaquin Sant'Anna school for being an inspiration to all of us.
• Wolfgang Schneider for various bugfixes in various tools
• Carlos Brolo for reporting bugs for 1.8.7
• Hubert Borderiou - various bugfixes in 1.8.7 and very accurate bug reporting contributions
• David Auzeine- various bugfixes in 1.8.7
• Anna Frovola for reporting bugs for 1.8.7
• Omar Arino (omar.arino _at__ linuxdojo.com.ar) - various bugfixes in 1.8.7.1
• Claire Thibault (claire.thibault _at__ ac-orleans-tours.fr) - bugfix in 1.8.7.1
• Jean Robert Opgenort (jeanrobert __a_t_ opgenort dot nl) - very accurate score tracking bug reports in 1.8.7.1
• Anaël Boulier (intern at http://www.2i2l.fr), for his excelent work of writing user documentation in French for 1.8.7
• Alberto Torreblanca for help fixing bugs during code sprint 2011-01-16 and learning path mini-panel implementation, and bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Joel Porras for help fixing bugs during code sprint 2011-01-16
• Simon Legner for improvements suggestions (first one being #1538)
• Jean Karim Bockstael, for patch to avoid hardcoded db_glue (commit 13878)
• Marco Sousa, for additional reports elements (and translation to Brazilian) for 1.8.8 and webservices for Android app in 1.8.8.4
• Olivier Corre, Lily Ni and Thorsten Giertz for translation to Simplified Chinese and several bug reports to 1.8.8 and 1.8.8.2 and bug reports for LMS 1.9
• Alain Deschênes, for numerous bug reports to 1.8.8 and LMS 1.9
• Peter Van den Broek, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Dominique Colombani, for bug report to 1.8.8
• Hubert Borderiou, for bug reports to 1.8.8, reports for 1.8.8.4 and social marketing, and important contributions to 1.9 (now considered core contributor)
• Jose Ramos Garces, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• André Boivin, for considerable number of bug reports and patches to HotPotatoes system and more bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Stéphane Lofreda, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Marko Kastelic, for bug reports to 1.8.8 & 1.9
• Jorge Frisancho, USIL, for several small improvements to usability in 1.8.8
• Jonas Fangstrom, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Jeroen Brussich, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Antonio Salinas, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Jose Abuin Mosquera, for bug reports to 1.8.8 and LMS 1.9
• Tony Taylor, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Omar Arino, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Cécile Deruy, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Simon Legner, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Patrick Roth, for both reporting bugs and bringing vision to the project
• Nick Van Loocke, for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Erik Das (FKS), for bug reports to 1.8.8
• Marc De Caluwé, for patches to 1.8.8.4
• Alberto Montes, Contidos Dixitais, for CSS "sport_red" in 1.9
• Bart Mollet, Hogeschool Gent, for patches in 1.6 & 1.8
• Kristof Van Steenkiste & Sebastien Jacobs (initial Reservation plugin, 2007)
• Codesprint Lima 2012
  • Sheyla Balandra
  • Michela Mosquera
  • Fernando P. García
  • Alberto Torreblanca
• Yoselyn Castillo, BeezNest, Cuba, for a few bugfixes in LMS 1.9
• Anne-Lise Lambin, CBlue, Belgium, for a few new admin features in LMS 1.9
• Bas Wijnen, The Netherlands, for a series of bug reports & contributions in LMS 1.9
• José García, NoSoloRed, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Laura Guirao, NoSoloRed, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Philippe Nicolas, ESIAJ, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Valérie Gérard, ESIAJ, for bug and usability reports in LMS 1.9
• Julio Bonifacio Aliaga, BeezNest, for a few fixes in LMS 1.9
• Mic Yu, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Melissa Cadelina, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Robert Parlett, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Henry Caballero, Peru, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Stijn Michels, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Ph A, France, for anonymous bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Henri Hedman, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Ludovic Gasc, France, for optimization patch in LMS 1.9
• Juho Paranko, Finland, for bug reports in LMS 1.9
• Jeremy Saavedra, for bug reports in LMS 1.9.2
• Ricel Leite, for bug reports and fixes in LMS 1.9.4
• All the supporting parents, partners, children, friends, colleagues and sometimes students, of the very special geeks that we are, for their continous support and inspiration

Contributing organizations (only recorded since 2010)

These institutions and companies have either contributed to the Chamilo project directly or through hiring services to contribute to Chamilo from an official provider:

• Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru
• Universidad Tecnológica del Perú, Lima, Peru
• Universidad de Tocantins, Tocantins, Brazil
• Gobierno Regional del Callao, Callao, Peru
• EPSU, Genève, Switzerland
• Formascience, Strasbourg, France
• IPYS, Lima, Peru
• Imag'in, Nouméa, New Caledony
• Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
• Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
• Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
• ESIAJ, Namur, Belgium
• Unidad Editorial, Spain
• Académie d'Aix-Marseilles, France
• Commission Scolaire des Hautes-Rivières, project TIC-FP, Canada
• ACTA VZW, Belgium
• NoSoloRed, Spain
• ICPNA, Peru
• Universidad Autónoma, Chile

Deprecated developments

• Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG html editor), Kevin Roth: now removed and replaced by HTMLarea
• HTMLarea (WYSIWYG html editor): now removed and replaced by FCKeditor
• Table of contents: now removed, replaced by learning path
• Facultad de Matematicas, UADY (México) (original asynchronous Message plugin, was later dumped)

The Chamilo Association

The Chamilo Association is very present inside the organizational structure of the Chamilo community, yet it tries to avoid interfering in the development of the software. It acts as a neutral organization supporting the development of the Chamilo software, and improving its popularity. To know more about the Chamilo Association and how to get involve, > start by reading its presentation <