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Course Categories
Course categories help organize your course catalog, making it easier for learners to find relevant courses.
Creating a Category
From the administration panel, navigate to Course categories
Click Add category
Enter:
Category code — A short unique identifier
Category name — The display name (e.g., "Information Technology", "Management Skills")
Allow adding courses in this category? — Whether it allows courses to set this as a category, or it just serves as an intermediate level in a hierarchy
Parent category — (Optional) Place this category under another category to create a hierarchy
Description — (Optional)
Image — (Optional) Will represent this category, although it almost doesn't show anywhere
Press Add category
Chamilo creates 3 categories by default: Language skills, PC Skills and Projects. These can be renamed, removed or kept, depending on your needs.
Category Hierarchy
The course categories management page showing a nested tree of categories
Categories can be nested to create a tree structure:
Business
Management
Marketing
Finance
Technology
Programming
Networking
Cybersecurity
Learners browsing the course catalog can navigate through this hierarchy to find courses.
Managing Categories
Edit — Change the category name, code, or parent
Move — Change the position of a category in the list
Delete — Remove a category. Courses in a deleted category are moved to "uncategorized."
Tips
Keep it simple — Use broad categories that learners can understand at a glance
Limit depth — Avoid deeply nested categories. Two or three levels are usually sufficient.
Assign categories during course creation — Encourage teachers to select a category when creating courses, so the catalog stays organized
