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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

Moodle repositories


File picker is central to almost all file operations in Moodle. Files can be selected from a wide range of sources known in Moodle as repositories. Moodle repositories are accessed by navigating to Plugins | Repositories | Manage repositories:

Each repository has one of the following three states:

  • Enabled and visible: The repository will be available throughout the system.

  • Enabled but hidden: Already set up repositories will be available, but no new instances can be created. This only applies to repositories that allow multiple instances (discussed later in this section).

  • Disabled: The repository is not available in your Moodle system.

The order in which the repositories are listed reflects the order in which the repositories appear in File picker. This can be changed using the up and down arrows. As soon as a repository has been enabled, a Settings link will be displayed for almost all the repositories. Every repository has a repository plugin name parameter that lets...

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