Moodle

Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.

The installation script will gather all the previously entered information and create the “config.php” file. Once this file has been successfully created, then you will have Moodle installed.

After the installation wizard has successfully created the “config.php” file, it will perform few processes that will upgrade the database table, the system modules and some system information.

Managing Moodle

Administrative Backend

The administrative backend of Moodle contains several options that the administrator or even a user can benefit from. From modules to security settings and Authentication methods, the administrator can control even the smallest settings of Moodle. To access the administrative backend, all what you have to do is to login using the administrative username/password created previously upon the Moodle installation.

Create a Course

  • Login to the administrative backend of Moodle.
  • Under the right panel, click on “Courses”.
  • Click on “Add/Edit Courses”.
  • Click on the “Add a new course” button.
  • Fill in the required fields and when done with that, click on the “save changes” button.

Enroll user in a course

  • Login to the administrative backend of Moodle.
  • Under the right panel, click on “Courses”.
  • Select the respective category from the main panel.
  • Select the course that you need to enroll students to.
  • Once inside the course, you will find an administrative course menu on the left, click on “Assign Roles” Step 6: From the list available, click “Student”
  • A list of available users are on the left side. To enroll a user, just select it and press the left arrow button.

Upload a file to a course

  • Login to the administrative backend of Moodle.
  • Under the right panel, click on “Courses”.
  • Select the respective category from the main panel.
  • Select the course that you need to upload the file to.
  • Once inside the course, you will find an administrative course menu on the left, click on “files”
  • To upload the file, click on the “Upload a file” button.
  • Provide the location of the file and click “Upload this file”.

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