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Moodle 2 Administration

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Moodle 2 Administration

Overview of this book

Moodle has evolved from an academic project to the world's most popular virtual learning environment. During this evolution, its complexity has risen dramatically and so have the skills that are required to administer the system.Moodle 2 Administration is a complete, practical guide to administering Moodle sites. It covers how to set up Moodle in any learning environment, configuration and day-to-day admin tasks, as well as advanced options for customizing and extending Moodle.The author, who has been administering systems for over 20 years, has adopted a problem-solution approach to bring the content in line with your day-to-day operations. The practical examples will help you to set up Moodle for large groups and small courses alike. This is a one-stop reference for any task you will ever come across when administering a Moodle site of any shape and size.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Moodle 2 Administration
Credits
About the Author
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Preface

Performance and optimization an overview


LAMP software in general and Moodle in particular have very distinct application layers consisting of the operating system, web server, database server, and the application developed in a programming language. Each layer has its own idiosyncrasies when it comes to optimization. We will mainly focus on the application layer, which is the focus of this book.

The following areas are not dealt with in detail in any of the following pages, and it is necessary to refer the respective documentation on performance and optimization issues:

  • Operating system performance: The choice of operating system and its configuration will have a major impact on how Moodle will perform. In principle, Linux or any other Unix derivative performs better than any other operating system. PHP applications such as Moodle run significantly slower in a Windows environment than on Linux. Some aspects of this have been covered in Chapter 1,Moodle Installation.

  • Database performance...