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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 policies

Moodle has implemented a policy tool that lets you define multiple policies, supports policy versions, tracks user agreements, and can deal with the consent of minors.

To give you an initial understanding of how Moodle policies are structured, have a look at the following diagram:

Figure 14.6 – Moodle policies

A site can have multiple policies; for example, you might have three policies: one handling user data privacy, one dealing with cookies, and one covering third-party plugins and external data.

Each policy can have multiple versions. Every time there is a change in a policy, a new version is created, which might have to be consented to by your users. For each version that is not labeled as a minor change (typos or cosmetic adjustments), Moodle keeps track of user agreements.

In this section, you will learn how to configure and monitor the following policy features:

  • Choosing a site policy handler
  • Creating and...
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