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Moodle 4 Administration

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801816724
Length 640 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters Close

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 22. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix: Configuration Settings

Managing Courses and Enrolments

Moodle stores learning resources and activities in courses, which is the topic of this chapter, which has been divided into two main parts: course management and course enrolments.

In the first part of this chapter, you will learn about the following aspects of managing courses and course categories:

  • Organizing courses into categories and subcategories
  • Creating and managing courses
  • Adding custom course fields
  • Dealing with course requests
  • Managing courses in bulk

In the second part of the chapter, we will cover different ways of enrolling users in courses. The enrolment mechanisms that will be covered are the following:

  • Internal enrolment (manual, self, and guest)
  • Cohort enrolment and synchronization
  • Database-driven enrolment (LDAP, external databases, flat files, and IMS Enterprise files)
  • Meta courses
  • Payment-driven enrolment (payment accounts and gateways, such as PayPal)

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