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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

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783289714

Length 492 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

MySQL

Concepts

Learning Management System

Author (1):

Alex Büchner

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

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

Moodle Adminer

Adminer is an open-source tool to administer different types of SQL databases. A wrapper has been created that lets you access the tool directly from within Moodle. Like Moosh, Moodle Adminer will have to be installed in your Local plugins section (see Chapter 8, Moodle Plugins for details). You will find the installer at https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=local_adminer.

Once it's installed, you get access to the database management console via Server | Moodle Adminer. As soon as you select the link, the tool will be opened in a modal window and the underlying database used will be opened.

Moodle Adminer

Once you have selected a database, you will be able to perform operations (such as querying, altering data, or creating an SQL dump) without any SQL knowledge. Make sure you only change data if you know what you are doing—otherwise you might introduce an inconsistency to you database and Moodle will not work as expected.

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Authors (1)

Büchner

Büchner

Alex Büchner is the co-founder of the Premium Moodle and Platinum Totara partner, Synergy Learning. He has been implementing Moodle-based projects in the corporate, public, and third sectors for over two decades and has been configuring learning management systems of all shapes and sizes since their advent on the educational landscape. Alex holds a PhD in Computer Science and an MSc in Software Engineering. He has authored over 50 international publications, including five books, and is a frequent speaker on Moodle, Totara, and open-source technologies. He can be contacted on his website openumlaut

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