An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and
extending Moodle About This Book * Learn how to plan, install,
optimize, customize, and configure Moodle * Guarantee a
cutting-edge learning experience in a secure and customizable
environment while optimizing your day-to-day workload * A one-stop
guide with a problem-solution approach and a wide range of
real-world examples Who This Book Is For If you are a technician,
systems administrator, or part of academic staff, this is the book
for you. This book is ideal for anyone who has to administer a
Moodle system. Whether you are dealing with a small-scale local
Moodle system or a large-scale multi-site Virtual Learning
Environment, this book will assist you with any administrative
task. Some basic Moodle knowledge is helpful, but not essential.
What You Will Learn * Install and update Moodle on multiple
platforms manually and via CLI and GIT * Manage courses and
categories, users and cohorts, as well as roles * Get Moodle hooked
up to repositories, portfolios, and open badges * Configure Moodle
for mobile usage, accessibility, localization, communication, and
collaboration * Guarantee backups, security and privacy, and
achieve maximum performance via the Moodle Universal Cache and the
new cron system * Configure the Moodle events system to generate
comprehensive reports, statistics, and learning analytics * Network
Moodle with Mahara and extend it with third-party add-ons and via
LTI * Customize Moodle web services to enable mobile learning and
integration with other IT systems In Detail Moodle is the de facto
standard for open source learning platforms. However, setting up
and managing a learning environment can be a complex task since it
covers a wide range of technical, organizational, and pedagogical
topics. This ranges from basic user and course management, to
configuring plugins and design elements, all the way to system
settings, performance optimization, events frameworks, and so on.
This book concentrates on basic tasks such as how to set up and
configure Moodle and how to perform day-to-day administration
activities, and progresses on to more advanced topics that show you
how to customize and extend Moodle, manage courses, cohorts, and
users, and how to work with roles and capabilities. You'll learn to
configure Moodle plugins and ensure your VLE conforms to
pedagogical and technical requirements in your organization. You'll
then learn how to integrate the VLE via web services and network it
with other sites, including Mahara, and extend your system via
plugins and LTI. By the end of this book, you will be able to set
up an efficient, fully fledged, and secure Moodle system. Style and
approach The book takes a problem-solution approach to fall in line
with your day-to-day operations. This is a one-stop reference for
any task you will ever come across when administering a Moodle site
of any shape and size.
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