Moodle 4 Administration

An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle, 4th Edition

By: Alex Buchner

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eText | 31 October 2022 | Edition Number 4

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Take full control of Moodle - a one-stop reference guide to everything from installation to managing and troubleshooting

Key Features

Learn how to plan, install, customize, optimize, and configure Moodle and Moodle Workplace
Guarantee a cutting-edge learning experience in a secure and customizable environment while optimizing your day-to-day workload
Use real-world examples to solve day-to-day problems and always have a guide handy

Book Description

Moodle is the de facto standard for open-source learning platforms. However, setting up and managing a learning management system can be a complex task as it covers a wide range of technical, organizational, and pedagogical topics. This ranges from basic user and course management and configuring plugins and design elements, through to reporting, system settings, performance optimization, and so on.

This book concentrates on basic tasks such as setting up and configuring Moodle and performing day-to-day administration activities. Later, you'll progress to more advanced topics that show you how to customize and extend this course management system (CMS), manage authentication and enrolments, and how to work with roles and capabilities. Next, you'll learn how to configure Moodle plugins and integrations and ensure your LMS conforms to pedagogical and technical requirements in your organization such as GDPR. Finally, you'll get to grips with compiling custom reports, creating different types of learning analytics, and integrating the LMS via web services including the mobile Moodle app.

By the end of this book, you'll be able to set up an efficient, fully-fledged, and secure Moodle system.

What you will learn

Understand how to install Moodle and ensure that it is secure and performs as expected
Handle courses, categories and enrolments like an expert
Manage users, cohorts, roles, and authentication professionally
Configure and manage plugins and integrations like a pro
Explore different levels of technical and educational configuration
Create powerful custom reports and learning analytics
Make sure your Moodle or Moodle Workplace conforms to the latest GDPR regulations
Support different learning settings, including home-office based learning

Who This Book Is For

This book is for anyone who has to administer a Moodle system, from academic staff to system administrators and technicians. Whether you're dealing with a small-scale local Moodle site or a large-scale multi-site learning management system, this book will assist you with any administrative task. Basic Moodle or Moodle Workplace knowledge is helpful, but not essential.