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Moodle 2 administration : an administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle /

Written in a clear, straightforward way with lots of screenshots and direct instructions, this book will equip you with all the tools you need to set up, optimize, extend, and maintain a Moodle system. A problem-solution approach has been taken when possible to bring the content more in line with yo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Büchner, Alex
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham : Packt Pub., ©2011.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Community experience distilled.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; PacktLib.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Moodle Installation; Moodle installation-an overview; Choosing the best setup; Moodle prerequisites; Hardware requirements; Software requirements; Installation in a LAMP environment; Downloading Moodle; Creating the Moodle database and the data directory; Using a hosted server; Using the command line; Creating the Moodle data directory; Running the installer script; Finalizing the installation; Setting up the cron process
  • Installation in a Windows environmentInstallation in a Mac OS X environment; Installation via the Command Line Interface; Updating Moodle; Manual update; Creating a backup; Creating your new Moodle system; Running the update script; Updating Moodle via CLI; Updating Moodle via CVS and GIT; Summary; Chapter 2: The Moodle System; Moodle architecture; The LAMP architecture; The Moodle layer; Code and data locations; Finding your way around in Moodle; Breadcrumbs; Administrator search facility; Moodle bookmarks; Moodle Docs and Help; File management; Moodle file management interface
  • Web host file managementFile management via the File system repository; Summary; Chapter 3: Courses, Users, and Roles; A high-level overview; Moodle courses; Moodle users; Moodle roles; Summary; Chapter 4: Course Management; Course categories; Course categories-an overview; Managing course categories; Adding course categories; Course sub-categories; Deleting course categories; Organizing courses; Creating courses; Course requests-enabling teachers to ask for new courses; Creating courses and categories in bulk; Forms of enrolment; Internal enrolment; Manual enrolment; Self enrolment
  • Guest accessCohort enrolment and synchronization; Database-driven enrolment; LDAP; External database; Flat file; IMS Enterprise file; Meta courses-sharing enrolment across courses; Enrolment with payment; PayPal; Summary; Chapter 5: User Management; User profiles; Profile fields; General category; User picture category; Interests category; Optional category; Creating user-defined profile fields; Profile categories; Profile fields; Standard user actions; Browsing users; Filtering users; Bulk user actions; Manual accounts; Adding individual users
  • Bulk uploading and updating users and their picturesText file format; Uploading users; Setting default values and templates; Loading of data; Uploading user pictures; Manual account settings; User authentication; Common authentication settings; Email-based self-registration; LDAP server; LDAP Settings; Data field mappings; External databases; Connection settings; Data field mappings; Other authentication mechanisms; External Moodle authentication methods; Internal Moodle authentication methods; Usernames-best practice; Summary; Chapter 6: Managing Permissions: Roles and Capabilities