Social Network

Chamilo includes a built-in social network that lets you connect with other users on the platform. This feature may be enabled or disabled by your platform administrator.

Accessing the Social Network

Click Social network in the sidebar to access the social features. If you do not see this option, your administrator may have disabled it.

Your Social Wall

The social wall showing a feed of posts, likes, and comments from connections

The social wall shows a feed of activity from you and your connections. You can:

• Post updates — Share text and links with your connections

• Like and comment — Interact with posts from other users

• View activity — See recent posts from people you are connected with

Connections

You can connect with other users on the platform:

• Search for users — Find colleagues and learners by name

• Send connection requests — Invite other users to connect

• Manage connections — Accept, decline, or remove connections

Note: Learners can only search for and add other learners as friends — they cannot send friend requests to teachers. As a teacher, however, you can search for learners and request to add them as friends.

Messaging

The social network integrates with the platform's messaging system:

• Send messages — Write direct messages to other users

• Inbox — Read and reply to received messages

• Sent messages — Review messages you have sent

Composing and Replying

When composing a new message, you can address it to multiple recipients at once. Similarly, when replying to a message, you can include multiple users in your reply — useful for group coordination without a formal social group.

Message Tags

If your platform configuration uses message tags (typically managed at the platform level), your inbox shows a tag list you can click to filter messages by that tag, which makes locating related threads faster as your inbox grows.

Social Groups

Social groups allow users to gather around common interests or projects:

• Join groups — Browse and join existing groups

• Create groups — Start a new social group (if permitted)

• Group discussions — Share posts within a group context

Social groups are different from course groups (covered in the Groups section). Course groups are tied to a specific course, while social groups are platform-wide.