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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

Summary


After providing a general overview of look and feel elements in Moodle, this chapter covered front page and Moodle themes customization as well as accessibility. We also dealt with supporting mobile devices. Read more on this in Chapter 15, Moodle Integration via Web Services, when we cover web services, which allow the usage of your site with dedicated mobile apps.

As mentioned before, the front page in Moodle is a course. This has advantages (you can do everything you can do in a course, and a little bit more), but it also has drawbacks (you can only do what you can do in a course and might feel limited by this). However, some organizations are now using the Moodle front page as their home page. Again, this might or might not work for you.

Also, there has been some criticism about the non-state-of-the-art look and feel of Moodle. The Moodle theme engine is flexible, powerful and has proved you can create a professional look and feel for your site.

Now that your Moodle looks (hopefully...