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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
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Preface

Installing third-party add-ons


A good piece of advice is to avoid experimenting with new add-ons on a production site. Most organizations set up a shadow site of their live server, to be used as a sandbox. Once the installation has been successful, the procedure is re-applied on the production site.

Additionally, it is recommended that you make a complete site backup before installing any third-party software. That way you can roll back in case of a disaster.

To install third-party add-ons, take the followings steps:

  1. 1. Download the add-on.

  2. 2. Put Moodle in maintenance mode (Server | Maintenance mode).

  3. 3. Unzip files (either locally or on the server).

  4. 4. Copy files in appropriate location(s) see provided README file for details.

  5. 5. Open the Moodle Notifications page to run the installer.

  6. 6. Test the add-on.

  7. 7. Take Moodle out of maintenance mode.

Most add-ons are structured in a very similar way and are installed in the $CFG->dirroot/local directory. However, some modules either don't follow this...