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Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Moodle Administration
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Moodle Administration
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewer
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About the Reviewer
Preface
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Preface
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Introduction
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Introduction
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Moodle's Rationale
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Moodle Overview
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The Moodle Model
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Moodle Usage
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VLE Administration
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Moodle Administration
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Summary
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Moodle Installation
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Moodle Installation
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Moodle Installation: An Overview
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Installation in a LAMP Environment
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The Moodle System
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The Moodle System
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Moodle Architecture
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Finding Your Way Around in Moodle
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File Management
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Summary
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Course Management
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Course Management
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Course Categories
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Creating Courses
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Forms of Enrolment
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Summary
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User Management
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User Management
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Authentication Versus Enrolment
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User Profiles
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Standard User Actions
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Manual Accounts
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User Authentication
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Username Best Practices
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Summary
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Roles and Permissions
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Roles and Permissions
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Moodle's PreDefined Roles
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Contexts
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Assignment of Roles
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Capabilities and Permissions
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Roles Management
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Summary
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Moodle: Look and Feel
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Moodle: Look and Feel
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Look and Feel: An Overview
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Customizing Your Front Page
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Moodle Themes
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Look and Feel: Good Practice
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Summary
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Moodle Configuration
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Moodle Configuration
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Accessibility
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Localization
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Module Configuration
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Grades and Gradebook Settings
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Miscellaneous Settings
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Summary
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Monitoring User Activity
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Monitoring User Activity
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Monitoring Overview
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Reporting
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Tracking
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Statistics
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Privacy and Data Protection Issues
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Summary
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Moodle Security
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Moodle Security
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Security Overview
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Security Notifications
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User Security
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Data and Content Security
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System Security
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Summary
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Moodle Performance and Optimization
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Moodle Performance and Optimization
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Performance and Optimization Overview
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Moodle Content
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Moodle System Settings
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Moodle Performance Profiling and Monitoring
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Summary
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Backup and Restore
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Backup and Restore
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Course-Level Backup and Restore
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Site-Level Backups
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System-Level Backups
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Summary
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Installing Third-Party Add-Ons
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Installing Third-Party Add-Ons
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Third-Party Software: An Overview
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Good Add-Ons and Bad Add-Ons
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Popular Add-Ons
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Installing Third-Party Add-Ons
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Uninstalling Third-Party Add-Ons
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Summary
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Moodle Networking
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Moodle Networking
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Networking Overview
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Networking Prerequisites and Security
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Peer-To-Peer Networks
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Community Hubs
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Mahara Integration
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Summary
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Moodle Health Check
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Moodle Health Check
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Moodle Health Check: Performance
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Moodle Health Check: Security
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Functionality
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System
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Configuration Settings Reference
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Configuration Settings Reference
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Configuration Reference: An Overview
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Configuration Reference: Administration Settings
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Configuration Reference: System Settings
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Configuration Reference: Theme Settings
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Index
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Index

Chapter 8. Moodle Configuration

Your system is now fully operational and has the look and feel to reflect the branding of your site. As with all complex software, there are a significant number of configuration activities that can be carried out to bring Moodle in line with your organization's needs and requirements.

Moodle comes with a multitude of configuration options. In this chapter we will cover the most important settings, some of which might not be relevant to your organization:

  • Accessibility

    We are looking at Moodle supporting users with different types of accessibility problems such as visual impairment and motoric difficulties.

  • Localization

    Moodle is used throughout the world, and is therefore required to support different locales, including different languages, dates, times, and time zones. We will be dealing with the configuration of all four localization elements.

  • Module configuration

    Moodle comes with a number of modules such as activities, resources, blocks, and filters as part...

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