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1 online resource (ix, 396 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Community Experience Distilled |
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Community experience distilled.
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| Contents |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; PacktLib.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Moodle Installation; Moodle installation-an overview; Choosing the best setup; Moodle prerequisites; Hardware requirements; Software requirements; Installation in a LAMP environment; Downloading Moodle; Creating the Moodle database and the data directory; Using a hosted server; Using the command line; Creating the Moodle data directory; Running the installer script; Finalizing the installation; Setting up the cron process |
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Installation in a Windows environmentInstallation in a Mac OS X environment; Installation via the Command Line Interface; Updating Moodle; Manual update; Creating a backup; Creating your new Moodle system; Running the update script; Updating Moodle via CLI; Updating Moodle via CVS and GIT; Summary; Chapter 2: The Moodle System; Moodle architecture; The LAMP architecture; The Moodle layer; Code and data locations; Finding your way around in Moodle; Breadcrumbs; Administrator search facility; Moodle bookmarks; Moodle Docs and Help; File management; Moodle file management interface |
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Web host file managementFile management via the File system repository; Summary; Chapter 3: Courses, Users, and Roles; A high-level overview; Moodle courses; Moodle users; Moodle roles; Summary; Chapter 4: Course Management; Course categories; Course categories-an overview; Managing course categories; Adding course categories; Course sub-categories; Deleting course categories; Organizing courses; Creating courses; Course requests-enabling teachers to ask for new courses; Creating courses and categories in bulk; Forms of enrolment; Internal enrolment; Manual enrolment; Self enrolment |
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Guest accessCohort enrolment and synchronization; Database-driven enrolment; LDAP; External database; Flat file; IMS Enterprise file; Meta courses-sharing enrolment across courses; Enrolment with payment; PayPal; Summary; Chapter 5: User Management; User profiles; Profile fields; General category; User picture category; Interests category; Optional category; Creating user-defined profile fields; Profile categories; Profile fields; Standard user actions; Browsing users; Filtering users; Bulk user actions; Manual accounts; Adding individual users |
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Bulk uploading and updating users and their picturesText file format; Uploading users; Setting default values and templates; Loading of data; Uploading user pictures; Manual account settings; User authentication; Common authentication settings; Email-based self-registration; LDAP server; LDAP Settings; Data field mappings; External databases; Connection settings; Data field mappings; Other authentication mechanisms; External Moodle authentication methods; Internal Moodle authentication methods; Usernames-best practice; Summary; Chapter 6: Managing Permissions: Roles and Capabilities |
| Summary |
Written in a clear, straightforward way with lots of screenshots and direct instructions, this book will equip you with all the tools you need to set up, optimize, extend, and maintain a Moodle system. A problem-solution approach has been taken when possible to bring the content more in line with your day-to-day operations. This book is written for technicians and systems administrators, as well as academic staff. Essentially anyone who has to administer a Moodle system. Whether you are dealing with a small-scale local Moodle system or a large-scale multi-site Virtual Learning Environment, thi. |
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Includes index. |
| Language |
English. |
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Moodle -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Moodle / Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Moodle |
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Computer-assisted instruction -- Computer programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Open source software -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Open source software.
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Didacticiels. |
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Logiciels libres. |
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Didacticiels -- Guides, manuels, etc. |
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Logiciels libres -- Guides, manuels, etc. |
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Computer-assisted instruction -- Computer programs |
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Open source software |
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Handbooks and manuals
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Büchner, Alex. Moodle 2 administration. 2nd ed. Birmingham : Packt Publ., 2011 9781849516044 (OCoLC)778369180 |
| ISBN |
1283320045 |
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9781283320047 |
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9786613320049 |
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6613320048 |
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1849516057 |
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9781849516051 |
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