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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

Peer-to-peer networks

First, we deal with peer-to-peer networks where two Moodle servers are connected. For demonstration purposes, we have set up two sites (two peers); one is located at http://training.synergy-learning.com/login/index.php (Moodle) and the other at http://totara.synergy-learning.com/login/index.php (Totara). The two sites do not have to be in the same domain or the same organization. For example, two universities or two high schools might want to offer a collaborative course. They both have their own Moodle system in their own domain and they both control who gets access to which part of their site.

If your two sites are hosted in the same top-level domain and you are accessing both sites from the same web browser simultaneously, change the cookie prefix of one site (Server | Session handling) to avoid any conflicts.

Adding a peer

Go to Networking | Manage peers and add a new remote host you want to connect to. We are currently working on http://training.synergy-learning...

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