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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

Standard user actions


So far, you have learned what type of user information Moodle holds and how to extend the information that is stored in each profile. Now, it is time to work with existing users on your system.

Browsing users

The quickest way to get access to your Moodle users is via Users | Accounts | Browse list of users. Initially, a list of users is displayed (as in the following screenshot), ordered by First name. Thirty users are shown at a time and, if applicable, you can navigate via the (Next) and (Previous) links or jump directly to another page by clicking on the respective number. Each column can be sorted in ascending or descending order by clicking on the column header:

You can view an individual's profile information by clicking on a user's name in the first column. Here, you are looking at your own (admin) profile and not the profile of another user:

The profile provides detailed information about the user. Hyperlinks are provided to e-mail, web pages, and some messaging...