You're reading from Moodle 4 Administration An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801816724

Length 640 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

Moodle

Concepts

Learning Management System

Author (1):

Alex Büchner

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

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

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Appendix: Configuration Settings

Understanding Moodle privacy

May 25, 2018: GDPR applies to all European Union (EU) residents.

One week earlier: Moodle 3.5 is released, supporting some but not all GDPR features.

It was the first time that Moodle was forced to implement a set of features to comply with legislative regulations (gdpr-info.eu). The implementation of all required features was completed in version 3.6, and the functionality was backported to three releases—another first for Moodle.

While GDPR only applies to EU residents or sites that are hosted in the EU, there are two reasons why the regulations are potentially relevant to all Moodle systems:

If a single user on your system (student, employee, supplier, and so on) is or will be from the EU, you are obliged to comply with the regulation. Or, in more legalese: any individual or organization that stores or processes personal information on an identifiable person from an EU member state (regardless of whether the processing or storage...