Dokeos
| Original author(s) | Thomas De Praetere |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Dokeos SPRL |
| Initial release | January 5, 2004 (1.0)[1] |
| Discontinued |
2.1.1 (January 22, 2012) [±] |
| Preview release | 2.2 RC2 (March 1, 2013) [±] |
| Written in | PHP |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multi-lingual |
| Type | Learning management software |
| License(s) | GNU General Public License |
| Website | Dokeos.com |
Dokeos Community Edition was free, web-based open-source learning management software. Sometime in 2014 or 2015, the community edition was discontinued, leaving only the commercial edition, which is still available.
Product history
Dokeos started out as a fork of the learning management system Claroline, which was started and developed by French developer Thomas De Praetere during his time at the Université Catholique de Louvain. At the beginning of 2004 a decision was made to fork Claroline as Dokeos due to trademark and development issues with the university.[2]. Open-source SourceForge and Freecode projects were started on January 4, 2004[3][4] followed by a 1.0 release of the software a day later.[1] A version 1.5 with updated code from the Claroline code base was announced in early February[2] and finally arrived on June 11.[1] Belgian company Dokeos SPRL was started that same year by De Praetere to manage the new project.[1][5] Development and distribution of both the free community version and, later, a commercial professional version has continued since on the main website, SourceForge, Ohloh, and Google Project.[6]
A 2.2 release candidate for Dokeos was listed on the website and readily downloadable, released in March 2013.[7] However, on February 13, 2014, the company updated its website, hiding its community version behind a form requiring at minimum a name and e-mail address in order to download the file.[8] The developer presumably discontinued the open-source community edition and focused its energy on its commercial version.
Features
The main features of the Dokeos free edition included[9]:
- content authoring
- template creation
- document management
- scenario support
- testing
- multimedia support
- diagramming
- wiki, chat, and blog support
- social media interaction
- portal, user, and group administration
- eCommerce tools
- LDAP and CAS support
- reporting
- unguaranteed SCORM 1.2 compliance
Hardware/software requirements
Installation requirements for Dokeos 1.8.6 (sadly installation guides for 2.0 and 2.1 don't seem to exist) included:
- PHP version 5.x or greater
- MySQL of some sort (not clear what version)
- Apache web server (not clear what version)
Videos, screenshots, and other media
- Video tutorials for Dokeos were found on the website.
- A demo of Dokeos was available via the Dokeos site.
- Documentation for Dokeos was found here.
Entities using Dokeos
Over four million users were reportedly using Dokeos.
Further reading
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "All releases of Dokeos". Freecode. http://freecode.com/projects/dokeos/releases. Retrieved 05 January 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hinkelman, Don (4 February 2004). "Claroline is now Dekeos". Moodle. https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=5066. Retrieved 05 January 2013.
- ↑ "Dokeos". SourceForge. http://sourceforge.net/projects/dokeos/. Retrieved 05 January 2013.
- ↑ "Dokeos". Freecode. http://freecode.com/projects/dokeos. Retrieved 05 January 2013.
- ↑ "Dokeos". LinkedIn. http://us.linkedin.com/company/dokeos. Retrieved 05 January 2013.
- ↑ "Dokeos - Online learning made easy". Google Project Hosting. http://code.google.com/p/dokeos/. Retrieved 05 January 2013.
- ↑ "Dokeos". Dokeos. Archived from the original on 09 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140209143810/http://dokeos.com/en/deployment/free. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ↑ "Welcome on the new DOKEOS website". Dokeos. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221074736/http://www.dokeos.com/welcome-new-dokeos-website/. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ↑ "Dokeos FREE or Dokeos PRO?". Dokeos SPRL. http://www.dokeos.com/en/download.php. Retrieved 05 January 2013.
