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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
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
PacktLib.PacktPub.com
Preface

About the Reviewers

Abhishek Bhardwaj is an 18 year old student of Computer Science who loves working with various web technologies, such as, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, WordPress, Joomla!, Magento, and so on.

He also works with Java and Visual Basic.NET at times, when he's feeling ultra bored.

The quickest way to reach him is via Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhishekwebin

Anthony Borrow, S.J. is a Jesuit of the New Orleans Province, who has been active in the Moodle community for five years. Anthony has an M.A. in Counseling from Saint Louis University and a Masters of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. Anthony has worked on the design and implementation of various database systems since 1992.

Anthony serves the Moodle community as its CONTRIB Coordinator. In that role, Anthony has presented at various MoodleMoots (conferences) across the United States and provided in-house training opportunities for institutions learning how to implement Moodle. Anthony has taught at Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory and provides technical advice to the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (http://jsea.org) and the Jesuit Virtual Learning Academy (http://jvla.org/). Anthony is currently serving the community at Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston (http://cristoreyjesuit.org) in pastoral ministry, teaching, and counseling.

Anthony is the author of Toward Greater Freedom, a set of reflections based on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius, available at http://jesuitscholar.com/SpiritualExercises/, and co-author of the Honduras chapter of Teen Gangs: A Global View. He is the technical reviewer of various Packt books (Moodle 1.9 Theme Design: Beginner's Guide, Moodle JavaScript Cookbook, Moodle as a Curriculum and Information Management System, and Moodle 1.9 Extension Development).

Brian Pool is a graduate of Miami University in Systems Analysis and Salve Regina University in International Relations. He was an Air Force Lt. Col. and a pilot for 23 years, before switching to education. He is currently the Technology Coordinator at National Trail Local Schools in New Paris, Ohio. He has maintained Moodle servers and supported various Ohio schools' Moodle implementations for 6 years. In addition to that, he teaches A+ and Advanced technologies in the High School.