The document provides a 26-step guide for installing Moodle, an open-source learning management system. It begins with an overview of Moodle and its uses. It then outlines the steps to download and extract the Moodle files, configure the PHP and database settings, run the installation wizard to set up the database and first admin account, and complete the installation. Upon finishing, the user's Moodle website will be up and running locally and they can begin adding students, courses, themes, and plugins.

1. Moodle Installation
Guide
By : Amira Elsayed Ismail

2. Agenda
- Moodle installation guide

3. What is moodle
● Moodle is a free and open-source
learning management system (LMS)
written in PHP and distributed under
the GNU General Public License
● Moodle is used for blended learning,
distance education, flipped classroom
and other e-learning projects in
schools, universities, workplaces and
other sectors

4. 1 Open Moodle website. Go to https://www.moodle.org in your computer's web browser.
Click on Download in the top menu to open download page

5. 2 Press on Moodle 3.8.3 this is the latest moodle version

6. 3 Download the zip folder

7. 4 You will find the file on your downloads folder

8. 5 Extract the file

9. 6 Copy the folder that found inside the extracted folder

10. 7 Paste it inside “htdocs” folder inside the installation folder of “xampp”

11. 8 Make sure your “xampp” is running and both “apache” and “mysql” services is running

12. 9 Press “Config” button and then open the “php.ini” file

13. 10 Add the highlighted lines to your “php.ini” file , after [PHP] and make sure to save the file and then
stop and restart “Apache” server to allow the changes to affect

14. 11 Open your browser and write 127.0.0.1:your port number/moodle and press enter
Select your language and press Next

15. 12 Specify the data folder name that you prefer and press Next

16. 13 Keep the database type as selected and press Next

17. 14 Enter the following information and press Next

18. 15 Press Continue

19. 16 You may find this error and to solve it follow the steps in the following slides

20. 17 Open the project folder on “htdocs” and locate the file “config.php” and open it using any editor

21. 18 Replace the line “$CFG->dbtype = 'mysqli';” to “$CFG->dbtype = 'mariadb';”

22. 19
Back to the installation browser tab and reload it and you will find the error disappear and then
press Continue in the bottom of the screen

23. 20
The installation process will take some time and after it is finish you should press Continue button
in the bottom of the pag

24. 21
Enter Admin username and password and profile information

25. 22
Complete the rest of information

26. 23
Then press Update profile

27. 24
Fill the information that related to your website information

28. 25
Complete the rest of informations and then press Save changes

29. 26
And Congratulation, your moodle website is up and running now

30. Congratulations
You can also start
adding your
students and
courses
Your Moodle
website is up and
running now on
your local machine
You can now
install themes and
plugins

31. Get Help
http://stackoverflow.com/
https://moodle.org/login/index.php