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

Site admin presets

Presets allow you to create backups of site settings that can then be restored. There are several use cases where this facility comes in handy:

Experimenting with a set of system settings and rolling back in case they didn’t work
Applying the same set of configurations to multiple sites
Migrating one Moodle site’s settings to another – for instance, your test instance to your production system

The workflow of Moodle admin presets is illustrated in the following diagram – a straightforward but very powerful tool:

Figure 17.3 – Site admin presets workflow

You find the Site admin presets tool in the General section of the Site administration area. It is the only Moodle feature that has not been placed in a menu category, hence its coverage in this chapter.

Moodle ships with two preconfigured presets that have been labelled Starter and Full. Details about its content are provided in...