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This workshop is aimed at Moodle admins who already have done some Moodle admin before and want to understand the changes that Moodle 2 brings to the Admin, and how also how to help optimise their Moodle site. This will be structured as two distinct sessions. Moodle 2 Admin Workshop 1 (morning session) The first will be focusing on the new aspects of Moodle 2 covering: User Management Enrolment management Course management Plugin Management Backups management Security
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Jonathan MooreCTO and Vice President RL-UK
Koen RoggernansIT Manager Sint-Ritacollege
RL Background and Context
● Over 3000 hosted Moodle sites● Over 12 million registered Moodle
accounts● Over 2,000,000 Moodle courses● Hosting Moodle sites since 2004● Virtualized Infrastructure
Sint-Ritacollege Background and Context
● 1,500 pupils● Age 12 – 18● Dedicated server● Early adopter
Getting to Know You
● How many new admins?● How many running Moodle 2.x in
production?● How many running Moodle 2.4?● Are you a 'geeky admin'?
Format
● New high points in each area● Group input● Give some best practices● Hands-on
User Management
● What's New
– Cohorts● Plan ahead Moodle sites grow fast! ● Measure twice cut once● Automate
Hands-on
Setup a cohort
Roles
● Avoid changing built in roles
● Remember reset defaults option
● Know what level to apply roles at
– Admin: global
– Course Creator: global, or category
– Student, Teacher: course● Know what level capabilities work at
● Make new roles by copying most similar existing role
Just-in-Case Model
● Automate user creation, course creation and enrollments
● Use LDAP auth + external DB enrolment
● Get higher adoption rates from instructors
● Instructor can focus more time on teacher less on the technology
Enrolment Management
● Enrolments vs course role assignments
● Enrolments using cohorts
Hands-on
● Enrol a cohort into a course● Assign user role in course without
enrolment
Course Management
● Enrolment methods● Completion tracking● Conditional activities● Workshop
Hands-on
Enable completion tracking, conditional activities, and workshop
Consider automated course creation
● Just-in-Case model● Course request system
Hands-on
Enable course request system
Plug-in Management
● Enforce change management● Avoid kid-in-candy-store syndrome● Many plug-ins are poorly written or
abandoned● Many plug-ins are excellent
Common Plug-in Types
● Blocks● Activity modules● Filters● Auth● Enrollment
Hands-on
Install the certificate module
Backups Management
● Course backups not a full backup!● Disable automated course backups?● Yesterday instance● Backup Elements
– Moodle code
– Moodledata
– Database
Hands-on
Create a backup of your test site
Security
● Security report● Use password salts● User passwords – less secure then
ever● Don't give web server user write
permissions to Moodle source
General Security
● Select Enterprise class OS with long term update support.
● Automate updates / have set release schedule
● Moodledata outside of web root
● Try mod_sec
● Consider using weekly stable git for Moodle auto updates
● Consider forced logins
● HTTPS logins
More Security
● Consider turning off self registration● Set the Mysql root user password● See Moodle Docs Security Page
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Security
Hands-on
● Run security report● Enable force logins● Show secure logins setting● Show kpass/last pass password
manager● Go to Moodle Docs security FAQ
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