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Moodle 4 Administration - Fourth Edition

By : Alex Büchner
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Book Image

Moodle 4 Administration - Fourth Edition

5 (1)
By: Alex Büchner

Overview of this book

This updated fourth edition of the classic Moodle Administration guide has been written from the ground up and covers all the new Moodle features in great breadth and depth. The topics have also been augmented with professional diagrams, illustrations, and checklists. The book starts by covering basic tasks such as how to set up and configure Moodle and perform day-to-day administration activities. You’ll then progress to more advanced topics that show you how to customize and extend Moodle, manage authentication and enrolments, and work with roles and capabilities. Next, you'll learn how to configure pedagogical and technical Moodle plugins and ensure your LMS complies with data protection regulations. Then, you will learn how to tighten Moodle’s security, improve its performance, and configure backup and restore procedures. Finally, you'll gain insights on how to compile custom reports, configure learning analytics, enable mobile learning, integrate Moodle via web services, and support different types of multi-tenancy. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to set up an efficient, fully fledged, and secure Moodle system.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)

Good plugins and bad plugins

Every module that is part of the core of Moodle has gone through a thorough quality assurance procedure. Moodle has implemented a tight process of accepting third-party plugins to its database. While this practice does not guarantee the add-on’s functionality, security, or integrity, it evaluates the code at a high level. Once this stage has been passed, it will be accepted in the plugin database. The potential problem with third-party add-ons is that you don’t know anything about the quality of the software.

While it is possible to uninstall modules if they don’t fit your purpose, you will have to ensure that you don’t put barriers in place for future updates. If an add-on is not maintained correctly, it is unlikely that it’ll be able to support any upcoming versions of Moodle. You will have to delete the module that’s already in use, or you won’t be able to upgrade your system. Also, a module might cater...