Planning for Moodle Implementation
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Where can I find all this?
Conference Tag for blogging, tweets, etc.
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We must provide new outlets for kids
to practice and publish their learning.
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They need to showcase their content
knowledge in some way other than a
bubble sheet, a test proctor, and a
newspaper article reporting the
results.
When they publish personally in these
new ways, there is immediate
feedback and reflection and relearning.
This is the driving force behind what
we are doing....
-Scott Floyd, A Piece of My Mind
http://tinyurl.com/6advng
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perseverance is not only the ability to
get done what needs to be done--
but to continue the effort no matter
what.
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-Angela Maiers
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Books to Read and Reference
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http://www.packtpub.com/moodle-books
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Goal: build a network of connected
learners
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2 Points to Moodle Planning
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1. figure out how many people you need to
support and explore options for Moodle.
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teachers
students
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external options for Moodle
implementation...more online at
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in-house support for Moodle
implementation
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Moodle Customization
and
Theme Development
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2. bring stakeholders to the table and find out
who will join you in supporting Moodle.
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Moodle Topics
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• Administration
• Course Facilitation and
Development
• Moodle Customization and
Theme Development
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Administration
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Mac Server Specs
Xserve - http://intouch.saisd.net
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•8x Superdrive DL (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW
•Dual 750W Power Supplies
•Two 2.8ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon (8-core)
•Dual-channel 4gb Fibre Channel card with PCI Express x8
riser
•Accessory kit
•On-Board SATA/SAS Controller
•None (with PCI Express x 16 riser)
•80 GB Serial ATA ADM @ 7200 rpm
•Rack mounting kit-square hole rack
•8GB (4 x 2 GB)
•ATI Radeon X1300 64MB SDRAM with VGA Adapter
This cost $5,219
•Promise VTrak E-Class 750 SATA RAID subsystem (6TB) at a
cost of $10,800
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Plan Your Moodle Sites
Open
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Campus
Professional
Learning
Center
Technology
Center Decide which Moodles
will be open to email
authentication, require
Active Directory,
SAISD
themes, modules,
Communica-
blocks, etc.
tions
in advance.
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Maintaining Your Moodle
Open
Campus
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Professional
Learning
Center
Technology
Center
SAISD
Communica-
tions
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Suggestions
• Optimizing Moodle Server
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•Set up MySQL database on it’s own server and
edit your Moodle configuration files to point to
it.
•Use tools like ApacheTop to monitor your
Apache Web Server:
http://www.webta.org/projects/apachetop/
•Run MySQLTuner to increase performance and
stability: http://mysqltuner.com
•PHP Accelerator - http://xcache.lighttpd.net
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Set up Your Own Moodle
Environment
•Download XAMPP
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(available for Windows/Mac/Linux)
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
•Get Moodle and install it
http://moodle.org
•XAMPP + Moodle in ONE Installation
http://download.moodle.org/windows/ OR
http://download.moodle.org/macosx/
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MySQL Database Tools
•Navicat - Full Version (Cost $$$)
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http://mysql.navicat.com/
Get Navicat LITE for free.
•SQLYog (Windows/Linux Only)
http://tinyurl.com/c8zrkx
Miguel’s tutorial is online at
Setting Up SQLYog http://tinyurl.com/dd6o8l
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Ready to get started?
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Miguel Guhlin
• Web Site - http://mguhlin.net
• Email: mguhlin@gmail.com
Friday, October 23, 2009