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Moodle 4 Administration - Fourth Edition

By : Alex Büchner
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Moodle 4 Administration - Fourth Edition

By: Alex Büchner

Overview of this book

This updated fourth edition of the classic Moodle Administration guide has been written from the ground up and covers all the new Moodle features in great breadth and depth. The topics have also been augmented with professional diagrams, illustrations, and checklists. The book starts by covering basic tasks such as how to set up and configure Moodle and perform day-to-day administration activities. You’ll then progress to more advanced topics that show you how to customize and extend Moodle, manage authentication and enrolments, and work with roles and capabilities. Next, you'll learn how to configure pedagogical and technical Moodle plugins and ensure your LMS complies with data protection regulations. Then, you will learn how to tighten Moodle’s security, improve its performance, and configure backup and restore procedures. Finally, you'll gain insights on how to compile custom reports, configure learning analytics, enable mobile learning, integrate Moodle via web services, and support different types of multi-tenancy. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to set up an efficient, fully fledged, and secure Moodle system.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)

Setting Up Moodle Networking

Moodle provides a unique feature that lets you network multiple Moodle sites. This networking functionality is useful in several contexts – for example, when you want to share resources with remote LMSs, partner with another organization, or have a multi-campus setup where each site has its own Moodle instance.

After providing an overview of Moodle networking (MNet), we will learn which networking components are required and how networking is enabled. Next, we will will learn how to link two Moodle sites, which entails setting up peer-to-peer connections, roaming across instances, configuring remote authentication and enrolment, and using the Networks server block. Lastly, we will learn how to connect multiple Moodle sites to a central MNet hub.

We will finish this chapter with a new platform closely related to MNet known as MoodleNet, a platform for finding, sharing, and curating open educational resources. You will learn how to enable MoodleNet...