Moodle Series #2 - Learn Local - Administering your Moodle Course
1. Learner Management Systems
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2. Programme
• Setting up Courses
• Setting up learners, groups, groupings and
cohorts singly or in bulk
• Exploring and adding plug ins
• Understanding Filters
• Managing your Plug Ins
• Common settings
10. CSV File
• Create file for uploading
• Go to Settings > Site administration > Users >
Accounts > Upload users
• Add file to upload
• Upload users preview - check settings and default
user profile settings
• Upload users preview - click "Upload users"
• Upload users results - shows list of users, exceptions
made in upload and summary of number of users
• Upload users results - click "Continue"
• Returns to Upload users screen
11. Adding users to courses
• Manually
• Via a CSV file
• By Cohort
Course administration > Users > Enrolled Users
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12. Plug ins
Settings > Site administration >
Plugins > Plugins overview
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17. Multimedia Plug ins
Supported Media Formats
* .mp3 - MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III
* .swf - Macromedia Flash Format File (Adobe, Inc.)
* .mov - QuickTime Video Clip (Apple Computer, Inc.)
* .wmv - Windows Media File (Microsoft)
* .mpg - MPEG Animation
* .avi - Audio Video Interleave File
* .flv - Flash Video File (Macromedia, Inc.)
* .ram - RealMedia Metafile (RealNetworks, Inc.)
* .rpm - RealMedia Player Plug-in (RealNetworks)
* .rm - RealMedia Streaming Media (Real Networks, Inc.)
* .mp4
* .m4v
Settings > Site administration >
Appearance > Media embedding
18. Multimedia Embedding
Settings > Site administration >
Appearance > Media embedding
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19. Filters
• Filters can be used to add
links, insert multimedia players,
convert Mathematical
expressions or emoticons into
images etc.
Settings > Site administration >
Plugins > Filters> Manage Filters
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21. Other settings
Password Policy
Settings > Site administration > Security > Site Policies
Back up and Restore Courses (inside a course)
http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Course_backup
http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Course_restore
http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Backup_and_restore_FAQ
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What is an LMS
a software application or Web-based technology used to plan, implement, and assess a specific learning process.
provides the trainer with a way to create and deliver content, monitor student participation, and assess student performance.
provides students with the ability to use interactive features such as threaded discussions, video conferencing, and discussion forums.
Course categories organize courses for all Moodle site participants. The default course category on a new Moodle site is "Miscellaneous" (although this can be renamed) A Course creator, Administrator or Manager can put all courses in the Miscellaneous category. However, teachers and students will find it easier to find their classes if they are organized in descriptive categories.
Most people organize their courses by department and college or by topic
Cohorts, or site-wide groups, enable all members of a cohort to be enrolled in a course in one action, either manually or synchronised automatically.
http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Cohorts#Uploading_users_to_a_cohort
Here is an outline of the process:
Create file for uploading
Go to Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Upload users
Add file to upload
Upload users preview - check settings and default user profile settings
Upload users preview - click "Upload users"
Upload users results - shows list of users, exceptions made in upload and summary of number of users
Upload users results - click "Continue"
Returns to Upload users screen
Here is an outline of the process:
Create file for uploading
Go to Settings > Site administration > Users > Accounts > Upload users
Add file to upload
Upload users preview - check settings and default user profile settings
Upload users preview - click "Upload users"
Upload users results - shows list of users, exceptions made in upload and summary of number of users
Upload users results - click "Continue"
Returns to Upload users screen
https://moodle.org/plugins/index.php
A plugin may be either a standard plugin (included in the Moodle download package) or an add-on
The Plugins overview page in Settings > Site Administration > Plugins > Plugins overview lists all installed plugins, together with the version number, availability (enabled or disabled) and settings link (if applicable). Note: The open or closed eye icon indicates whether a plugin is enabled or not. However, this icon is not clickable and you cannot change a plugin's availability from here.
New featurein Moodle 2.3! A 'Check for available updates' button enables admins to quickly check for any updates available to core code and for any contributed plugins installed on the site (from the plugins directory). Any updates available are highlighted, with further information and a download link in the notes column opposite the plugin.
Moodle = core code + plugins
Plugins may be either standard plugins (included in the Moodle download package) or add-ons.
Moodle 2.5 onwards, an add-on code may be deployed from within Moodle, either directly from the Moodle plugins directory or by uploading a ZIP file. The web server process has to have write access to the plugin type folder where the new add-on is to be installed in order to use either of these methods.
A site administrator can enable the multimedia plugins filter in Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters and can enable selected media players in Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Media embedding. If the site-wide multimedia plugins filter setting is "Off, but available", the filter must be enabled per-course, through Settings > Course administration > Filters by setting Multimedia plugins to "On".
http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Multimedia_plugins_filter
Page pathHome
/ ▶ Site administration
/ ▶ Appearance
/ ▶ Media embedding
Filters can be used to add links, insert multimedia players, convert Mathematical expressions or emoticons into images and more.
A filter may be enabled at the site level and then removed as needed at the course or activity level. Thus a teacher can disable glossary auto-linking in a quiz for example.
Page pathHome
/ ▶ Site administration
/ ▶ Plugins
/ ▶ Filters
/ ▶ Manage filters
Filters can be used to add links, insert multimedia players, convert Mathematical expressions or emoticons into images and more.
A filter may be enabled at the site level and then removed as needed at the course or activity level. Thus a teacher can disable glossary auto-linking in a quiz for example.
http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Filters
Filters can be used to add links, insert multimedia players, convert Mathematical expressions or emoticons into images and more.
A filter may be enabled at the site level and then removed as needed at the course or activity level. Thus a teacher can disable glossary auto-linking in a quiz for example.