Part 1: Overview of Moodle

Installing Moodle

I'm assuming you already have Moodle installed and are familiar with the basics. The activities in this book are based on Version 1.9.5. There are various possibilities if you don't have it installed:

• Ask your IT support person.

• Go to http://download.moodle.org/ and download it yourself. The support pages on this site are well written. You will need a domain name and a server to host it on. Make sure you have at least PHP 4.3, MySQL 4.1.16, or Postgres 8 on your server too. If possible, get the latest versions of each of these.

• If you don't want to, or can't do it yourself, you could approach a Moodle hosting company. I've put up a list of some of these on the http://moodleflair.com/ site.

• Pick up one of Packt's other books on Moodle, such as Moodle E-Learning Course Development (http://www.packtpub.com/learning-moodle-1-9-course-development/book), which has a full commentary on installation.

• If you just want to try out Moodle on your own Windows machine...