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Moodle 2 Administration

Moodle 2 Administration

By : Alex Büchner
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Moodle 2 Administration

Moodle 2 Administration

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By: Alex Büchner

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.
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Accessibility


In most educational settings, accessibility (the ability for users with certain disabilities to access Moodle's functionality), is now a legal requirement. So, it is important to make sure that your system complies with the respective standards. An area has been dedicated to Moodle accessibility in the Moodle Docs, which you can access at docs.moodle.org/en/accessibility. It provides useful links to standards, guidelines, legislation, and also subject-related tools and resources.

Guaranteeing accessibility through Moodle themes

CSS is Moodle's representation layer that is independent from the content layer, which is represented in XHTML 1.0 Strict. Thus, accessibility can be achieved through the theme itself.

Once you have implemented your accessibility styles, either directly in the theme or through the Custom CSS, as shown in the preceding example, Moodle provides links to three external sites, which check the current page for standard compliance. To activate these, go to...

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