WELCOME to the Moodle Administration Course!
  • Introduction and Welcome
  • This course is brought to you in High Definition
Basic & Important Decisions
  • WHAT is an LMS? What is Moodle?
  • When to Use Moodle (and When NOT)?
  • WHICH Moodle Versions used in this course?
  • Moodle 3.0 Frequently Asked Questions
  • HELP is always at hand!!!
Moodle Installation on WINDOWS DESKTOP / LAPTOP
  • Apache 2.4 installation
  • Do this before you go ahead - TESTING YOUR APACHE INSTALLATION
  • PHP 5.5 installation
  • Do this before you go ahead - TESTING YOUR PHP
  • MySQL 5.6 Installation
  • Moodle 3.0 dev installation - PREP WORK
  • Moodle 3.0 dev installation
  • Moodle CRON Scheduler installation
A WARM WELCOME to Moodle 3.0
  • Admin LOGIN for the First Time
  • DISCOVER the Moodle Interface - Elementary features
  • CONFIGURE your Profile Settings
CUSTOMIZE the User Interface
  • Administration Block - Site Administration
  • IMPT: Customize Blocks and Dashboards - Editing Block Settings
  • IMPT: Customize Blocks and Dashboards - Hiding and Deleting
  • Site Information - Fundamental and Necessary
MOODLE THEMES: CUSTOMIZE the Look and Feel
  • HOW far can you go with the UX? - 8 examples
  • Working with Themes - The Basics
  • How To Choose a Theme - WHERE to find Themes?
  • How To Choose a Theme - Making a DECISION
  • How to Install a new FREE Theme
  • EVEN MORE on Theme Customization
ADVANCED User Interface Design
  • Front Page - Adding a LOGIN block
  • Front Page - Settings Page
  • Front Page - Additional Blocks - HTML Block
  • BONUS - 100+ Additional Languages!
Managing Categories and Courses
  • Understanding Categories
  • Manually Creating Category Hierarchy
  • Course Creation - PART 1 - General Sections
  • Course Creation - PART 2 - Format Types - SEE EXAMPLES
  • Course Creation - PART 3 - Role Renaming and FINISH
User Enrolment into Moodle
  • Adding a new User
  • Bulk Upload Users
Moodle 3.x Groups Administration
  • Fundamentals of Groups in Moodle
  • Usage cases for Moodle COHORTS
  • Creating and Using COHORTS
  • Moodle Cohorts - FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
BONUS: Student Management - TEACHER Perspective!
  • Teacher role: Learner Enrollment - Manual Method
  • Teacher role: Learner self-registration Method
  • Teacher role: Batch Enrollment Method
Understand Roles and Permissions
  • Roles in Moodle
  • Moodle Permission Settings
  • Customize Titles for all Roles
Moodle 3.0 SECURITY
  • Security Recommendations - FIRST line of DEFENCE
  • IMPORTANT: Moodle 3.0 Site POLICIES
  • Understanding Risks with Roles and Permissions
  • Block IP Addresses
  • Security Overview REPORT
  • Moodle 3.0 Security FAQ
Moodle 3.x: WEBSERVER SOFTACULOUS INSTALLATION
  • Moodle Softaculous Installation - Part 1 - Introduction and Caveats
  • Moodle Softaculous Installation - Part 2 - CPANEL Introduction
  • Moodle Softaculous Installation - Part 3 - FINAL INSTALLATION
RESOURCES for the Course
  • FAQ: File Upload Size Manipulation
  • Example SCORM Package for your experiments - Creative Commons License
  • HOWTO: Recover from accidental BLOCK IP page mistakes
  • Downloadable and Printable Moodle Administration Guide
  • Moodle 3.0: ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP Diagram - Thanks Marcus Green - Creative Commons
A Thank You Gift For You
  • BONUS LECTURE: ***Thank You GIFTs for you!!***