Moodle administration : an administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle / / Alex Buchner

• Autore: Buchner Alex G
• Pubblicazione: Birmingham, : Packt Publishing Ltd., c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.334
• Soggetto topico: Computer-assisted instruction - Computer programs; Open source software
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; Moodle's Rationale; Moodle Overview; The Moodle Model; The Moodle Development Model; The Moodle Business Model; Moodle Usage; VLE Administration; VLE Job Functions; Obligations and Skill Sets of a VLE Administrator; Moodle Administration; Summary; Chapter 2: Moodle Installation; Moodle Installation: An Overview; What is the Best Setup for Me?; Moodle Prerequisites; Hardware Requirements; Software Requirements; Installation in a LAMP Environment; Downloading Moodle; Creating the Moodle Database and the Data Directory ; Using a Hosted ServerUsing the Command Line; Creating the Moodle Data Directory; Running the Installer Script; Finalizing the Installation; Setting up the Cron Process; Installation in a Windows Environment; Installation in a Mac OS X Environment; Updating Moodle; Manual Update; Creating a Backup; Creating New Moodle System; Running the Update Script; Update via CVS; Summary; Chapter 3: The Moodle System; Moodle Architecture; The LAMP Architecture; The Moodle Layer; Code and Data Locations; Finding Your Way Around in Moodle; Breadcrumbs; Administrator Search Facility; Moodle Bookmarks ; Moodle Docs and HelpFile Management; Moodle File Management Interface; Web Host File Management; File Management via FTP; File Management via WebDAV; WebDAV Prerequisites; Setting up WebDAV; Using WebDAV from Windows; Summary; Chapter 4: Course Management; Course Categories; Course Categories Overview; Managing Course Categories; Adding Course Categories; Course Sub-Categories; Deleting Course Categories; Organizing Courses; Creating Courses; Meta Courses-Sharing Enrolment across Courses; Course Requests-Enabling Teachers to Ask for New Courses; Forms of Enrolment; Internal Enrolment ; Database-driven EnrolmentLDAP; External Database; Flat File; IMS Enterprise File; Enrolment with Payment; PayPal; Authorize.net Payment Gateway; Summary; Chapter 5: User Management; Authentication Versus Enrolment; User Profiles; Profile Fields; Category ""General""; Category ""Picture of""; Category ""Interests""; Category ""Optional""; Creating User-Defined Profile Fields; Profile Categories; Profile Fields; Standard User Actions; Browsing Users; Filtering Users; Bulk User Actions; Manual Accounts; Adding Individual Users; Bulk-Uploading of Users and Their Pictures; Text File Format ; Uploading UsersSetting Default Values and Templates; Loading of Data; Uploading User Pictures; Self-Registration; User Authentication; Common Authentication Settings; Manual Account Settings; Self-Registration Settings; LDAP Server Settings; LDAP Server and Bind Settings; User Lookup Settings; Password-Related Settings; Miscellaneous LDAP Settings; Data Field Mappings; External Database Settings; Connection Settings; Data Field Mappings; Other Authentication Mechanisms; External Moodle Authentication Methods; Internal Moodle Authentication Methods; Username-Best Practices; Summary ; Chapter 6: Roles and Permissions
• Sommario/riassunto: An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle
• Titolo autorizzato: Moodle administration
• ISBN: 1-281-80564-5; 9786611805647; 1-84719-563-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807895603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II