Moodle Administration Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Moodle's Rationale
• Moodle Overview
• The Moodle Model
• The Moodle Development Model
• The Moodle Business Model
• Moodle Usage
• VLE Administration
• VLE Job Functions
• Obligations and Skill Sets of a VLE Administrator
• Moodle Administration
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Moodle Installation
• Moodle Installation: An Overview
• What is the Best Setup for Me?
• 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
• Installation in a Windows Environment
• Installation in a Mac OS X Environment
• Updating Moodle
• Manual Update
• Creating a Backup
• Creating New Moodle System
• Running the Update Script
• Update via CVS
• Summary

• Chapter 3: 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
• Web Host File Management
• File Management via FTP
• File Management via WebDAV
• WebDAV Prerequisites
• Setting up WebDAV
• Using WebDAV from Windows
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Course Management
• Course Categories
• Course Categories Overview
• Managing Course Categories
• Adding Course Categories
• Course Sub-Categories
• Deleting Course Categories
• Organizing Courses
• Creating Courses
• Meta Courses—Sharing Enrolment across Courses
• Course Requests—Enabling Teachers to Ask for New Courses
• Forms of Enrolment
• Internal Enrolment
• Database-driven Enrolment
• LDAP
• External Database
• Flat File
• IMS Enterprise File
• Enrolment with Payment
• PayPal
• Authorize.net Payment Gateway
• Summary

• Chapter 5: User Management
• Authentication Versus Enrolment
• User Profiles
• Profile Fields
• Category "General"
• Category "Picture of"
• Category "Interests"
• Category "Optional"
• Creating User-Defined Profile Fields
• Profile Categories
• Profile Fields
• Standard User Actions
• Browsing Users
• Filtering Users
• Bulk User Actions
• Manual Accounts
• Adding Individual Users
• Bulk-Uploading of Users and Their Pictures
• Text File Format
• Uploading Users
• Setting Default Values and Templates
• Loading of Data
• Uploading User Pictures
• Self-Registration
• User Authentication
• Common Authentication Settings
• Manual Account Settings
• Self-Registration Settings
• LDAP Server Settings
• LDAP Server and Bind Settings
• User Lookup Settings
• Password-Related Settings
• Miscellaneous LDAP Settings
• Data Field Mappings
• External Database Settings
• Connection Settings
• Data Field Mappings
• Other Authentication Mechanisms
• External Moodle Authentication Methods
• Internal Moodle Authentication Methods
• Username–Best Practices
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Roles and Permissions
• Moodle's PreDefined Roles
• Contexts
• Assignment of Roles
• Time for some action: Assigning Roles
• Hiding Role Assignments
• Time-Limited Role Assignments
• System Context
• Course Category Context
• Course Context
• Module Context
• Block Context
• User Context
• Front Page Context
• Multiple Roles
• Capabilities and Permissions
• Role Definitions
• Resolving Permission Conflicts
• Permission Risks
• Modifying Roles
• Overriding Roles
• Creating Custom Roles
• Example Roles
• Parent or Mentor Role
• Testing New Roles
• Roles Management
• Allowing Roles Assignments and Overrides
• Assignment of Default Roles
• Assigning Front Page Roles
• Roles—Best Practice
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Moodle: Look and Feel
• Look and Feel: An Overview
• Customizing Your Front Page
• Front Page Settings
• Arranging Front Page Blocks
• Login From a Different Website
• Other Front Page Items
• Front Page Roles
• Front Page Backup and Restore
• Front Page Questions
• Site Files
• Allow Personalization via My Moodle
• Making Blocks Sticky
• Moodle Themes
• Selecting a Moodle Theme
• Theme Types
• Theme Settings
• Creating Your Own Theme
• Theme Creation Basics
• Moodle Theme Styles
• Theme Design and Development
• Look and Feel: Good Practice
• Consistency
• Supporting Different Browsers
• Guaranteeing Accessibility
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Moodle Configuration
• Accessibility
• Accessibility Supported by the Moodle Editor
• Screen Reader Support
• Localization
• Languages
• Language Packs
• Language Settings
• Language Editing
• Calendaric Information
• Calendars
• Time Zones
• Module Configuration
• Configuration of Activities
• Configuration of Blocks
• Configuration of Filters
• Grades and Gradebook Settings
• Miscellaneous Settings
• Editing Options
• Tags
• Experimental
• Summary

• Chapter 9: Monitoring User Activity
• Monitoring Overview
• Reporting
• Live Logs
• Error Reports
• Exporting of Logs
• Tracking
• Statistics
• Statistics Settings
• Statistics View
• Web Log Analyzers
• Google Analytics
• Privacy and Data Protection Issues
• Summary

• Chapter 10: Moodle Security
• Security Overview
• Security Notifications
• User Security
• Access to Moodle
• Self-Registration
• Guest Access
• Protection of User Details
• Course Managers
• Moodle Passwords
• Security in Roles
• Role Definitions
• Default Roles
• Data and Content Security
• Content Created Within Moodle
• Visibility of Content
• Site Policy
• Antivirus
• System Security
• Configuration Security
• Accessibility of Dataroot
• Cron Process
• HTTP Security
• Module Security
• Summary

• Chapter 11: Moodle Performance and Optimization
• Performance and Optimization Overview
• Moodle Content
• Content Creation
• Content Volume
• Content Types
• Moodle System Settings
• Path Settings
• Caching Settings
• Module Settings
• Gradebook Optimization
• Chat Optimization
• Forums
• Miscellaneous Settings
• Language-Related Settings
• Large Log files
• Filter Settings
• Search Settings
• Course Backups
• Cron Optimization
• Roles
• Moodle Performance Profiling and Monitoring
• Summary

• Chapter 12: Backup and Restore
• Course-Level Backup and Restore
• Course Backup
• Backup Options
• Content-Only versus Full-Course Backups
• Finalizing Backup
• Course Restore
• Course Import
• Site-Level Backups
• Backup Settings
• Backup Strategy
• Drawbacks of Site-Level Backups
• System-Level Backups
• Moodle Backup
• Moodle Software
• Moodle Data
• Snapshot Creation
• Summary

• Chapter 13: Installing Third-Party Add-Ons
• Third-Party Software: An Overview
• Good Add-Ons and Bad Add-Ons
• Popular Add-Ons
• Installing Third-Party Add-Ons
• Installing the Feedback Module
• Installing Other Add-Ons
• Uninstalling Third-Party Add-Ons
• Summary

• Chapter 14: Moodle Networking
• Networking Overview
• Networking Prerequisites and Security
• Required PHP Extensions
• Networking Security
• Peer-To-Peer Networks
• Adding a Peer
• Peer Services
• Peer Themes
• Peer Logs
• Network Authentication
• Allow Roaming
• Network Server Block
• Network Enrolment
• Networking Enrolment Plug-In
• Network Enrolment Service
• Community Hubs
• Mahara Integration
• Mahoodle!
• Mahara Networking
• Adding Mahara to Moodle
• Summary

• Appendix A: Moodle Health Check
• Moodle Health Check: Performance
• Moodle Health Check: Security
• Functionality
• Core Functionality
• Accessibility
• System
• Operating System
• Database
• PHP
• Web Server

• Appendix B: Configuration Settings Reference
• Configuration Reference: An Overview
• Configuration Reference: Administration Settings
• Configuration Reference: System Settings
• Compulsory Parameters
• Optional Parameters
• Configuration Reference: Theme Settings

• Index