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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
About the Reviewers
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Preface

System-level backups


System-level backups cannot be configured or executed from within Moodle. Instead, they will have to be set up on the system (shell) level. If your system is hosted externally, there is a possibility that you will not have access to the system level, which will prevent you from performing this type of backup. Unless the host already runs system-level backups on your behalf, it is time to change to another provider!

There are two types of system backups that are not mutually exclusive:

  • Moodle backups: These create an archive of Moodle itself, the course content, and user data

  • Snapshots: These create an image of the system, which is used for disaster recovery purposes, that is, if the system has to be rolled back in its totality

Moodle backups

Moodle distinguishes between the application software itself and the data that is stored in it. The advantage of this separation becomes apparent when creating backups. A software backup is only required when an update has been installed...