Transcript Course Settings Site Settings/Front Page Users Restore

Moodle Administration
June 16, 2010
Sheau Yun Choo, Paula Thornhill
University of Louisiana at Monroe
ULM Moodle
http://moodle.ulm.edu
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http://Ulm.selsc.net
Test site from Moodlerooms (MR)
Hosted
1.8.2 to 1.9.2 to 1.9.8 (since Aug ’09)
“Worry-free”
•setup & installation
•backup
•maintenance
•Upgrades
• script talk or server
language
•Sudden site downtime
•User-detect downtime
•Delay in communication
•Shared server - customized client’s needs
Front Page
Site Settings
Courses & Categories
Users
Modules/ Plug-ins
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Administrator_documentation
Front Page
What to show (Format)?
Theme
Logo
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Front_Page_settings
3 column Front Page
Other Front Page examples
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Front_Page#Front_page_format_examples
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Front_Page#Front_page_format_examples
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Front_Page#Front_page_format_examples
Site Settings
Courses & Categories
The closed eye denotes that each
course is not available to the students
Users/ Accounts
LDAP authentication
batch upload/ removal
of users each semester
change in usernames:
same student ‘new ‘ access to courses
Manual created accounts
Username format
Password
Email activated?
Single user
Batch upload
Manual Accounts
Name of user
ID/ Univ.-issued ID #
Email
Username
Password
User’s info (for tracking purposes)
Duration of account
Which course?
Batch upload of users
Moodle Musings
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Downtime
Support & Moodle Tracker
Demands and wants – modules/ plug-ins
Requests for other non-academic courses
Archiving courses