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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)

The Moodle editor

The editor is central to any user experience in Moodle since it is used throughout the site for a wide range of operations. These include posting in forums (learner), providing feedback to submissions (teacher), and editing content (editing teacher). You, as the administrator, should ensure that the editor is configured to facilitate your users’ requirements.

Moodle’s default editor is called Atto, which has been developed by Moodle for Moodle. Atto has been designed to work with responsive themes, support left-to-right as well as right-to-left strings, provide accessibility support, and is fully configurable.

TinyMCE used to be Moodle’s standard editor, which is still supported but uses an outdated version. Moodle HQ has communicated the following text editor strategy: the latest version of TinyMCE will be incorporated into Moodle, and all Atto plugins will be ported across. Once this process has been completed, Atto is expected to be phased...