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Moodle as a Curriculum and Information Management System

Moodle as a Curriculum and Information Management System

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Overview of this book

Moodle is the most widely used Learning Management System in the world. Moodle is primarily used as an online learning course platform and few people know how to use it in any other way. However, Moodle can also be used as a management system. By adapting Moodle to become a curriculum and information management system, you can keep your administrative tasks in the same place as your lesson plans by managing student attendance records, recording grades, sharing reports between departments, and much more Moodle as a Curriculum and Information Management System will show you how you can use Moodle to set up an environment that enables you to disseminate information about your educational program, provides a forum for communication amongst all those involved in your institution, and even allows you to control your course registration and enrollment. This book is written on version 1.9 and also includes examples applicable to version 2.0. This book will show you how to create courses and organize them into categories. You will learn to assign teachers to each course, which will greatly help you to manage timetables and student enrolment, which can otherwise be a very frustrating and time consuming task. You will learn how to display the different aspects of your Curriculum and Information Management System to make it easily accessible and navigable for staff and students alike, ensuring that everyone knows what they are doing and where they are meant to be.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Moodle as a Curriculum and Information Management System Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Index

Time for action – install and experiment with the Custom SQL query tool


Installation of the Custom SQL query tool is a straightforward process that resembles the process for installing blocks, modules, and other plugins. To install the tool follow these steps:

  1. From the Moodle.org, Modules and Plugins page, search for Custom SQL queries.

  2. Click on the Custom SQL queries name link found in the search results and then on the Download for 1.9 link found at the bottom-right corner of the explanation window.

  3. Unzip the customsql.zip package and place the resulting customsql directory in the admin reports directory found in your Moodle directory at /yourmoodledirectory/admin/reports.

  4. Click on the Notifications link found in the Site Administration block to finish the installation process. You will see a screen that confirms that the customsql plugin has been set up correctly, as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. Click on the Continue button to finish the installation and then navigate to the front page...

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