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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

Moodle Community Hub (MOOCH)


According to Moodle Docs, a community hub is a directory of courses for public use or for private communities. It effectively facilitates the creation of a course portal, where each site can either be a receiver, a sender, or both. The new concept is still in its infancy, but it is expected to potentially change the way Moodle courses are advertised and potentially sold by publishers and learning institutions or shared by the community.

Community hubs are not to be confused with Moodle hubs as they both are very distinct concepts. Moodle hubs are for connecting two or more Moodle sites allowing students to participate in courses outside their institution. Community hubs are like yellow pages where courses are searched, advertised, and shared. An optional payment module is planned for the future, opening up the facility for commercial course provision.

Users can enroll and import courses from MOOCH via the Community finder block. We are not dealing with this,...