Moodle Series #2 - Learn Local - Administering your Moodle Course

Learner Management SystemsLearner Management Systems

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Programme• Setting up Courses• Setting up learners, groups, groupings and

cohorts singly or in bulk• Exploring and adding plug ins• Understanding Filters• Managing your Plug Ins• Common settings

PresenterMichael Gwythermick@yumstudio.com.au@mickgwyther

What’s your itch?

Courses and Catergories

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Demo – adding catergories & courses

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User accounts and upload methodsCohorts

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Sample CSV file

CSV File• Create file for uploading • Go to Settings > Site administration > Users >

Accounts > Upload users • Add file to upload • Upload users preview - check settings and default

user profile settings • Upload users preview - click "Upload users" • Upload users results - shows list of users, exceptions

made in upload and summary of number of users • Upload users results - click "Continue" • Returns to Upload users screen

Adding users to courses

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• Manually• Via a CSV file• By Cohort

Course administration > Users > Enrolled Users

Plug ins

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Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Plugins overview

Plug Ins

Plug Ins

Plug Ins Moodle 2.5

Multimedia Plug insSupported Media Formats

* .mp3 - MPEG Audio Stream, Layer III * .swf - Macromedia Flash Format File (Adobe, Inc.) * .mov - QuickTime Video Clip (Apple Computer, Inc.) * .wmv - Windows Media File (Microsoft) * .mpg - MPEG Animation * .avi - Audio Video Interleave File * .flv - Flash Video File (Macromedia, Inc.) * .ram - RealMedia Metafile (RealNetworks, Inc.) * .rpm - RealMedia Player Plug-in (RealNetworks) * .rm - RealMedia Streaming Media (Real Networks, Inc.) * .mp4 * .m4v

Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Media embedding

Multimedia Embedding

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Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Media embedding

Filters• Filters can be used to add links, insert multimedia players, convert Mathematical expressions or emoticons into images etc.

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Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters> Manage Filters

Filter settings

Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Filters> Manage Filters

Other settings

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Password PolicySettings > Site administration > Security > Site Policies

Back up and Restore Courses (inside a course)http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Course_backuphttp://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Course_restore

http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Backup_and_restore_FAQ

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http://docs.moodle.org

Thank youMichael Gwythermick@yumstudio.com.au@mickgwyther