You're reading from Moodle 4 Administration An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801816724

Length 640 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

Moodle

Concepts

Learning Management System

Author (1):

Alex Büchner

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Installing Moodle

2. Chapter 2: Exploring the Moodle System FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Exploring Courses, Users, and Roles

4. Chapter 4: Managing Courses and Enrolments

5. Chapter 5: Managing Users, Cohorts, and Authentication

6. Chapter 6: Managing Permissions, Roles, and Capabilities

7. Chapter 7: Enhancing Moodle’s Look and Feel

8. Chapter 8: Understanding Moodle Plugins

9. Chapter 9: Configuring Educational Features

10. Chapter 10: Configuring Technical Features

11. Chapter 11: Enabling Mobile Learning

12. Chapter 12: Gaining Insights through Moodle Reporting and Analytics

13. Chapter 13: Ensuring Moodle Security

14. Chapter 14: Complying with Data Protection Regulations

15. Chapter 15: Optimizing Moodle Performance

16. Chapter 16: Avoiding Sleepless Nights – Moodle Backup and Restore

17. Chapter 17: Working with Moodle Admin Tools

18. Chapter 18: Integrating External Systems Using Moodle Web Services

19. Chapter 19: Setting Up Moodle Networking

20. Chapter 20: Supporting Multi-Tenancy

21. Index

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Appendix: Configuration Settings

Complying with Data Protection Regulations

Data privacy is all about the protection of personal data. Depending on its setup, Moodle potentially stores a significant amount of sensitive data such as IDs, addresses, grades, and exam submissions. With the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a legally binding framework has been introduced and is fully supported in Moodle.

This chapter will teach you the tools to configure your Moodle site to comply with data protection regulations.

Important note

Disclaimer: The advice in this chapter is provided for informational purposes only and not be construed as legal or professional advice.

After some legal background on the GDPR, you will learn about the following topics:

Designating a privacy officer: You will learn how to set up a privacy officer role and activate the privacy officer functionality.
Managing policies: We will look at the configuration of Moodle’s policy handler before...