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Setting Up Moodle: Installation, Configuration, and Customization Guide

This guide covers the essential steps for implementing the Moodle learning management system, including installation on various operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and Mac. It discusses prerequisites like Apache, PHP, and database options like MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MSSQL. Readers will learn how to download Moodle from the official site, set up databases, create directories, and manage permissions. The guide also touches on module customizations, bug tracking, and code changes, making it a comprehensive resource for both beginners and advanced users.

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Setting Up Moodle: Installation, Configuration, and Customization Guide

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  1. Implementation of Moodle

  2. Systems Basics

  3. Installation • Requires Apache/PHP • DB • MySQL • PostgreSQL • MSSQL • Systems • Mac • Linux • Windows

  4. Databases • MySQL • Open Source • Big Community • Support Available

  5. Getting Moodle

  6. Source • Download from moodle.org • Checkout from CVS • Allows direct updates • See docs.moodle.org/en/CVS

  7. Installation • Create DB • Place in web-directory • Create data-directory • Set permissions • Run Installer

  8. Demo

  9. Customizations

  10. Modules • Four main types: • Activities • Blocks • Enrollment (Enrolment) • Authentication • Find at http://moodle.org

  11. Module Demo

  12. Bugs • Try to narrow down • Search tracker.moodle.org • Patch may be available • May be in newer version • Sometime you just have to fix it yourself

  13. Code Changes • Can be easy to make • Hard to maintain • Moodle updates become hard • Use CVS

  14. Code Changes • Look in tracker.moodle.org • Patch Files • Contain only differences • Track Changes • Apply with command line

  15. Patch (diff) file --- moodle/backup/restore_form.html 2008-10-20 09:43:12.000000000 -0400 +++ moodleprod/backup/restore_form.html 2008-11-04 16:11:24.000000000 -0500 @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ } if (!isset($restore_users)) { - $restore_users = 1; + $restore_users = 2; } if (!isset($restore_groups)) {

  16. Upgrading

  17. CVS • Command line: • update –dP • In place • Shows conflicts

  18. By Download • Download from Moodle • More complicated • Copy all modules • Apply any code modifications • If still needed • Copy config file

  19. Hardware

  20. Server(s) • Single Server • All services on one system • Two Servers • Split DB from web-server • Many Servers • Cluster DB • Cluster web-server • VMWare

  21. Disks • Interfaces • IDE • SATA • SCSI • Raid • Stripe (0) • Mirror (1) • Parity (5)

  22. Questions

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