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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
www.PacktPub.com
PacktLib.PacktPub.com
Preface

Integrating Mahara


According to its web site (www.mahara.org), Mahara is an open source e-portfolio, weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities. Mahara is designed to provide users with the tools to demonstrate their life-long learning, skills, and development over time to selected audiences. It has recently become very popular in vocational and academic settings.

Mahoodle

Moodle and Mahara (nicknamed Mahoodle) can be easily integrated via the Moodle Network functions. A very good set up guide can be downloaded from docs.moodle.org/en/Mahoodle. We will only cover the basic networking-related settings required to establish a link between the two systems. More details can be found in the Mahara documentation or the dedicated Packt title, Mahara 1.4 Cookbook (www.packtpub.com/mahara-1-4-cookbook-for-training-education/book).

It is assumed that Moodle networking (authentication, role permissions, and so on) has been configured...