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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
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Preface

Chapter 4. Course Management

Moodle stores learning resources and activities in courses, which belong to categories. In the first part of this chapter, you will learn to:

  • Organize courses in categories and sub-categories

  • Create and manage courses

  • Deal with course requests

In the second part of the chapter, we will cover different ways of enrolling users to courses. The enrolment mechanisms covered are:

  • Internal enrolment (manual, self, and guest)

  • Cohort enrolment and synchronization

  • Database-driven enrolment (LDAP, external databases, flat files, and IMS Enterprise files)

  • Meta courses

  • Payment-driven enrolment (PayPal)