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Moodle 3 Administration, Third Edition

You're reading from   Moodle 3 Administration, Third Edition An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783289714
Length 492 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Preface 1. Moodle Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. The Moodle System 3. Courses, Users, and Roles 4. Course Management 5. User Management 6. Managing Permissions – Roles and Capabilities 7. Moodle Look and Feel 8. Moodle Plugins 9. Moodle Configuration 10. Moodle Logging and Reporting 11. Moodle Security and Privacy 12. Moodle Performance and Optimization 13. Backup and Restore 14. Moodle Admin Tools 15. Moodle Integration 16. Moodle Networking A. Configuration Settings Index

Miscellaneous educational settings


There are a number of remaining settings and parameters that might have to be configured on your system, depending on whether the functionalities will be used by your teachers and learners. These settings are:

  • Restricted access: This is a feature that's often required by course authors and teachers to set conditions to control whether an activity or resource can be accessed. By default, this is not activated; it has to be turned on by navigating to Advanced features | Enable restricted access.

  • Completion tracking: This is needed in courses if the progress of learners has to be tracked. Again, this feature is disabled by default and has to be turned on by navigating to Advanced features | Enable completion tracking.

  • Annotate PDF: Teachers have the ability to annotate PDF submissions directly in Moodle. If this is required, make sure that Ghostscript is installed on your server and the correct path is specified by going to Plugins | Activity modules | Assignment...

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