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Talk:Demo teacher role

2007-09-06T19:26:15Z

Beebee:

What is a demonstration teacher or "demo teacher" precisely?

Development talk:How groups work in Moodle

2007-08-28T21:51:24Z

Beebee:

It would be good if you could not only assign groups to activities, but also resources. That way you could give out different resources to different groups and then they could do assignments based on them.

(having two different courses doesn't solve this problem as it assumes that *everything* will be different).

Would be great if this could be added to Moodle 2.0

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Does "How groups work in Moodle" apply o Moodle 1.8.2?

Development talk:How groups work in Moodle

2007-08-28T21:51:08Z

Beebee:

It would be good if you could not only assign groups to activities, but also resources. That way you could give out different resources to different groups and then they could do assignments based on them.

(having two different courses doesn't solve this problem as it assumes that *everything* will be different).

Would be great if this could be added to Moodle 2.0

++++++++++++++++
Does "How groups work in Moodle" appliest o Moodle 1.8.2?

Talk:Groups FAQ

2007-08-28T21:01:09Z

Beebee:

How do I restrict a teacher to view only information about the groups that they are in?

Where do I see the rights for a teacher?

Talk:Groups FAQ

2007-08-28T21:00:16Z

Beebee:

Where do I see the rights for a teacher?

Talk:error/forum/nopostdiscussion

2007-08-28T20:21:36Z

Beebee:

How does this work with groups? Right now a course creator and teacher is not able to post. This course has several groups and the teacher is in all groups, of course. Can documentation about this issue be added, please?

Talk:error/forum/nopostdiscussion

2007-08-28T20:21:04Z

Beebee:

How does this work with groups? Right now a course creator and teacher is not able to post. This course has several groups and the teacher is in all groups, of courses. Can documentation about this issue be added, please?

Talk:Book module

2007-07-20T20:33:26Z

Beebee: /* What version of Moodle this module works with? */

Should we not have a link to this page from the [[Teacher_documentation#Activity_modules|Teacher documentation Activity modules]] section? --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 06:40, 19 February 2006 (WST)

:Hi Art, there is a link from [[:Category:Modules (non-standard)|Non-standard modules]]. Is this enough? --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 08:56, 19 February 2006 (WST)

::Oh, yes. That's very good, I think. --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 08:06, 21 February 2006 (WST)

== Is this about right? ==

I have begun to create this page, but am not sure if this is more or less what we are looking for. If I am on track, I will, of course, continue working on it. If not, just let me know, please. --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 07:35, 19 February 2006 (WST)

:It's great! Please keep up the good work :-) You may wish to further improve the page by adding borders and captions to the images. Please check the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Wikipedia Picture tutorial]] for how-to details. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 08:56, 19 February 2006 (WST)

::Thanks... Actually, I tried using frames and captions, but the images kept floating to the right and the formatting was not very readable. I will take another look. (It is '''really nice''' to be able to make a contribution!) --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 09:47, 19 February 2006 (WST)

==Book re-organisation==

Hi Art, hope you don't mind your excellent contribution being re-organised a little to ensure links from Moodle take you to appropriate documentation. Please continue to improve the pages [[Book]], [[Creating a book]] and [[Viewing a book]]. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 17:11, 21 February 2006 (WST)

: No, of course not! I will keep pecking away at it. :-) --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 18:03, 21 February 2006 (WST)

== What version of Moodle this module works with? ==

Would it be possible to add in each of the modules the version of Moodle that it was created for and if it still working for the current version?

Talk:Book module

2007-07-20T20:33:04Z

Beebee: What version of Moodle this module works with?

Should we not have a link to this page from the [[Teacher_documentation#Activity_modules|Teacher documentation Activity modules]] section? --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 06:40, 19 February 2006 (WST)

:Hi Art, there is a link from [[:Category:Modules (non-standard)|Non-standard modules]]. Is this enough? --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 08:56, 19 February 2006 (WST)

::Oh, yes. That's very good, I think. --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 08:06, 21 February 2006 (WST)

== Is this about right? ==

I have begun to create this page, but am not sure if this is more or less what we are looking for. If I am on track, I will, of course, continue working on it. If not, just let me know, please. --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 07:35, 19 February 2006 (WST)

:It's great! Please keep up the good work :-) You may wish to further improve the page by adding borders and captions to the images. Please check the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Picture tutorial|Wikipedia Picture tutorial]] for how-to details. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 08:56, 19 February 2006 (WST)

::Thanks... Actually, I tried using frames and captions, but the images kept floating to the right and the formatting was not very readable. I will take another look. (It is '''really nice''' to be able to make a contribution!) --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 09:47, 19 February 2006 (WST)

==Book re-organisation==

Hi Art, hope you don't mind your excellent contribution being re-organised a little to ensure links from Moodle take you to appropriate documentation. Please continue to improve the pages [[Book]], [[Creating a book]] and [[Viewing a book]]. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 17:11, 21 February 2006 (WST)

: No, of course not! I will keep pecking away at it. :-) --[[User:Art Lader|Art Lader]] 18:03, 21 February 2006 (WST)

== What version of Moodle this module works with? ==

Would it be possible to add in each of the modules the versin of Moodle that it was created for and if it still working for the current version?

Course creator role

2007-05-09T20:32:32Z

Beebee:

In version 1.7 and up?
A user assigned to the predefined course creator role in Moodle can [[Adding/editing_a_course|create courses]], [[Assign_teacher_to_course|assign teachers]] and act as an editing teacher. In contrast to an administrator, a course creator cannot modify settings for the entire Moodle site unless they have been specifically assigned permission to these functions. For example, a course creator can assign a teacher to a course and [[Students#Course_enrolment_administration|enrol students]] in that course, but they cannot [[Edit_user_accounts|edit user accounts]] or change site policies for security.

The course creator role might be assigned to a master teacher, department head or program coordinator.

== See also ==
*[[Assign roles]]
*Issue [http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-8874 MDL-8874] re. "Add a new course" button in 1.8

[[Category:Roles]]

login/index

2007-01-15T17:50:01Z

Beebee:

The editing login/index provides the user full or partial access into the Learning Management System.

Each individual course may also have a one-time "enrolment key". To take a course that requires an enrolment key, a registered user will need that key form the instructor.

File or website link

2007-01-06T22:09:47Z

Beebee: /* Location */

{{Resources}}

==Name==

A short name of the resource. This will be displayed on the course's homepage.

==Summary==

You may type the summary of the resource here. This will be displayed on the [[Resources|resources index page]]. The summary is also displayed below the Moodle navigation controls in the top frame, if the window settings are set to open the linked resource in frames.

==Location==

Type in the url of the file or web page here. You may use the two buttons below to help you.

* '''Choose or upload a file...''' - If you click on this button, a popup window will appear with the [[Files|course files]]. You will be able to browse the files and '''choose''' (option located to the right of the file) the one which you want to make available as a resource. If the file is not there you can upload it first.
* '''Search for web page...''' - If you click on this button, a popup window will appear with the Google search engine. You can use Google to search the web for a webpage which you want to make available as a resource.

==Window==

These settings can be hidden/shown by clicking the button labeled Hide settings or Show settings.

Usually, resources are displayed in a normal framed window with the Moodle navigation controls in the top frame. If you choose, you can remove this frame and have the resource fill the window like a normal web page.
Determine the size window you wish to open.<br>Many people still use an average screen resolution of 800x600. In most cases it's best if you initially size your window a little smaller than that, like 600 high and 480 wide.<br>If you leave these fields blank then the new popup window will be exactly the same size as the window they clicked on to get the popup.

==Parameters==

'''Note''': parameters are quite an advanced feature. Some knowledge of how web forms pass information to web pages is required.

The parameter settings are completely optional, and are only useful when you need to pass some Moodle information to the resource file or web site. If you define any parameters they will be passed to the resource as part of the URL (using the GET method). The left column allows you to choose information to send, and the right column allows you to give it a name. Note that the user information will be from the user who is looking at this resource, and the course information is from the course that this resource is part of.

An example is to send users to the URL [http://www.google.com/search http://www.google.com/search]. This is the page that returns search results for your Google searches but, if you go there directly, without specifying what you wish to search for, you just get the standard Google search screen. Google expects a parameter called ''q'' that tells it what to look for. If you select a parameter, any will do but in this example we'll use Surname, and give it the name ''q'' then every user will see a page of search results based upon the Surname stored in their profile.

A slightly more useful example can be seen on the front page of [http://moodle.org Moodle.org]. The ''Documentation'' link (second from the top on the left-hand side) uses paramaters to add the language specified in the user's profile to the link. Try changing your language before clicking on the link and see where you end up. (Bear in mind that if no MoodleDocs exists for a language, you will be redirected to the English documentation).

In general this feature provides a powerful way to connect Moodle to external web resources that are logically divided up by Geographic Region, Course or User details etc. For example you may already have all your past course papers available ordered by course code. This allows a standard course template to be created that points to different places when the course code is changed. If the external source cannot accept connections in the standard format that Moodle provides, and you have access and control over the external source, then a server add-on called mod_rewrite could be used to make them interoperate.

==Visible to students==

You can hide the resource from students by selecting "Hide" here. It is useful if you wouldn't like to make the activity available immediately.

==See also==

*[[PowerPoint]]
*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27774 Overwriting resource files] forum discussion

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Resource]]

[[fr:Lien vers un fichier ou un site web]]
[[ja:ファイルまたはウェブサイトにリンク]]

Files

2007-01-06T21:49:44Z

Beebee:

{{Course admin}}

This option in the administration block is only available to course teachers and site administrators. It allows teachers to upload files such as PDFs, Multimedia, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and so on into your course. In fact it allows you to upload any digital content for inclusion in an activity, resource, course section or a direct download.

Following the Files link in the administration block lets you see a list of uploaded course files arranged under four headings:
*file name,
*file size,
*the last time a given file was modified,
*and the action you can do with a given file (or folder).

By ticking the box on the left to the file name and using the drop down box on the left below the file list, you can:
*move the files you choose to another folder,
*delete them completely or
*create a zip archive.

There are two more actions you can undertake:
*'Make a folder' and
*'Upload a file' -

Both are positioned on the right-hand side of the screen under the list.

To upload a file from your hard drive use the 'Upload a file' action. If necessary you can first Make a Folder and open it before to upload the file.

'''NOTE:''' Whilst uploading is restricted to one file at a time you can upload a zip containing many files. Once uploaded Moodle will recognise the file as a zip and show on unzip link. You can then follow the unzip link which will extract the file(s) within.

To preview any file you have uploaded just click on its name. Your web browser will take care of either displaying it or downloading it to your computer.

HTML and text files can be edited in-place online. Other files will need to be edited on your local computer and uploaded again. if you upload a file with the same name as an existing file it will automatically be overwritten.

When viewing the course files in a new course you will notice there are already directories present. These are for storing course data and any course backup zip files.

You can also create a directory and display the whole contents of that directory using the setting in the add resource drop down in a course section.

==Moodle Sub-directories==
There are two standard sub-directories that are used by Moodle for storing data, namely the [[backupdata]] and [[moddata]] directories which are not available to students and teachers without editing privilages. As mentioned above, there are other subdirectories that can be seen by students.

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Lesson]]
[[Category:Files]]

[[fr:Fichiers]]
[[ja:ファイル]]

Files

2007-01-06T21:48:57Z

Beebee:

{{Course admin}}

This option in the administration block is only available to course teachers and site administrators. It allows teachers to upload files such as PDFs, Multimedia, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and so on into your course. In fact it allows you to upload any digital content for inclusion in an activity, resource, course section or a direct download.

Following the Files link in the administration block lets you see a list of uploaded course files arranged under four headings:
*file name,
*file size,
*the last time a given file was modified,
*and the action you can do with a given file (or folder).

By ticking the box on the left to the file name and using the drop down box on the left below the file list, you can:
*move the files you choose to another folder,
*delete them completely or
*create a zip archive.

There are two more actions you can undertake:
*'Make a folder' and
*'Upload a file' -

Both are positioned on the right-hand side of the screen under the list.

To upload a file from your hard drive use the Upload a file action. If necessary you can first Make a Folder and open it before to upload the file.

'''NOTE:''' Whilst uploading is restricted to one file at a time you can upload a zip containing many files. Once uploaded Moodle will recognise the file as a zip and show on unzip link. You can then follow the unzip link which will extract the file(s) within.

To preview any file you have uploaded just click on its name. Your web browser will take care of either displaying it or downloading it to your computer.

HTML and text files can be edited in-place online. Other files will need to be edited on your local computer and uploaded again. if you upload a file with the same name as an existing file it will automatically be overwritten.

When viewing the course files in a new course you will notice there are already directories present. These are for storing course data and any course backup zip files.

You can also create a directory and display the whole contents of that directory using the setting in the add resource drop down in a course section.

==Moodle Sub-directories==
There are two standard sub-directories that are used by Moodle for storing data, namely the [[backupdata]] and [[moddata]] directories which are not available to students and teachers without editing privilages. As mentioned above, there are other subdirectories that can be seen by students.

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Lesson]]
[[Category:Files]]

[[fr:Fichiers]]
[[ja:ファイル]]

Files

2007-01-06T21:42:49Z

Beebee:

{{Course admin}}

This option in the administration block is only available to course teachers and site administrators. It allows teachers to upload files such as PDFs, Multimedia, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and so on into your course. In fact it allows you to upload any digital content for inclusion in an activity, resource, course section or a direct download.

Following the Files link in the administration block lets you see a list of uploaded course files arranged under four headings:
*file name,
*file size,
*the last time a given file was modified,
*and the action you can do with a given file (or folder).

Using the box on the left below the file list, you can:
move the files you choose (by ticking a box on the left to the file name) to another *folder,
*delete them completely or
*create a zip archive.

There are two more actions you can undertake:
*'Make a folder' and
*'Upload a file' -

Both are positioned on the right-hand side of the screen under the list.

'''NOTE:''' Whilst uploading is restricted to one file at a time you can upload a zip containing many files. Once uploaded Moodle will recognise the file as a zip and show on unzip link. You can then follow the unzip link which will extract the file(s) within.

To preview any file you have uploaded just click on its name. Your web browser will take care of either displaying it or downloading it to your computer.

HTML and text files can be edited in-place online. Other files will need to be edited on your local computer and uploaded again. if you upload a file with the same name as an existing file it will automatically be overwritten.

When viewing the course files in a new course you will notice there are already directories present. These are for storing course data and any course backup zip files.

You can also create a directory and display the whole contents of that directory using the setting in the add resource drop down in a course section.

==Moodle Sub-directories==
There are two standard sub-directories that are used by Moodle for storing data, namely the [[backupdata]] and [[moddata]] directories which are not available to students and teachers without editing privilages. As mentioned above, there are other subdirectories that can be seen by students.

[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Lesson]]
[[Category:Files]]

[[fr:Fichiers]]
[[ja:ファイル]]

Viewing a resource

2007-01-06T15:15:40Z

Beebee:

{{Resources}}
Resources may display in the same or a new window and different sizes.

To change how a Text, a Web Page or a Link resource displays:
*click the "Show Setting" button next to '''Window''' under the HTML Editor field.

'''Note:''' the default window size for a New Window is 620 by 450.

{{stub}}
[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Resource]]

Viewing a resource

2007-01-06T15:15:14Z

Beebee:

{{Resources}}
Resources may display in the same or a new window and different sizes.

To change how a Text, a Web Page or a Link resource displays:
*click the "Show Setting" button next to '''Window''' under the HTML Editor field.
'''Note:''' the default window size for a New Window is 620 by 450.

{{stub}}
[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Resource]]

Viewing a resource

2007-01-06T15:14:55Z

Beebee:

{{Resources}}
Resources may display in the same or a new window and in different sizes.

To change how a Text, a Web Page or a Link resource displays:
*click the "Show Setting" button next to '''Window''' under the HTML Editor field.
'''Note:''' the default window size for a New Window is 620 by 450.

{{stub}}
[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Resource]]

Viewing a resource

2007-01-06T15:12:08Z

Beebee:

{{Resources}}
Resources may display in the same or a new window and in different sizes.

To change how a resource displays:
*click the "Show Setting" button next to '''Window''' under the HTML Editor field.
'''Note:''' the default window size for a New Window is 620 by 450.

{{stub}}
[[Category:Teacher]]
[[Category:Resource]]

Talk:Courses Navigation block

2006-12-19T22:22:10Z

Beebee:

Whare can this block be found?????

Development talk:Stats package

2006-10-25T16:59:42Z

Beebee:

It is not working!
"Statistics is currently in catchup mode. So far 0 day(s) have been processed and 7 are pending. Check back soon!"

Setting up a questionnaire

2006-09-26T19:01:16Z

Beebee: /* Name */

{{Questionnaire}}

If you are creating a new survey or editing an existing template you will be able to define the overall settings via the Editing survey page.

==Name==

Give your questionnaire a filename, the default is to use the title from the [[Adding/editing a questionnaire|adding a questionnaire]] form. The name entered here will be how this questionnaire is identified in future, especially if it is a template or public questionnaire.

==Owner==

This is determined in the [[Adding/editing a questionnaire|adding a questionnaire]] options.

==Title/Sub-title==

Give the questionnaire a title and optional sub-title. The title will appear on every page of the survey.

==Additional Info==

This will appear before the questions of your survey and should include any relevant details on the purpose of the questionnaire and instructions for completion.

==Confirmation Page==

If you have created a custom completion page you can enter the URL to it here, or you can type in the title and text you would like displayed as a confirmation page for users who complete the survey.

==Email==
If you want copies of each submission emailed to an address fill it out here.

==Theme==

Select a theme for your questionnaire. These appear to be stored in "mod\questionnaire\phpESP\public\css".

[[Category:Teacher]]

Installation guide - Moodle for Windows on a USB Memory Stick

2006-05-26T14:05:51Z

Beebee:

[http://www.chsoftware.net/en/useware/wos/wos.htm CH Software's WOS - Webserver on a Stick] packages a complete Apache/PHP/MySQL webserver with a wrapper that automatically configures and starts the servers; the Small Edition takes only 20 Mb. It is published under the GNU GPL.

The complete package with a vanilla Moodle 1.5.3, WOS Portable SE 1.1.1, Apache 2.0.5, PHP 5.1.2 (and 4.4.1), and MySQL 4.1.18-nt - all free, open source software - occupies less than 100Mb.

'''Installation'''

For best results you should always install and run WOS from the root directory of a drive. The first time it's run, WOS configures the paths for the servers based on the current directory.

<big>Note: Make sure you stop IIS service which may already be running on your PC.</big>

1. Start by downloading the latest versions of [http://www.chsoftware.net/en/useware/wos/wos.htm?action=download WOS Portable or WOS Portable Small Edition.]

2. Unzip the file and copy to your USB Stick.
Switch to the stick and double click start.exe to begin the WOS installation.

3. Choose your language, then click through the Terms of Use.
WOS starts up and displays the WOS Status dialog box and opens your web browser to the WOS start page

* You should now see the follow on the WOS startup page.
Apache 2.0.55 is running
PHP 5.1.2 works (or PHP4 if you configured it that way)
MySql 4.1.18-nt is running
Document Root is: F:/www

4. Setup your Database
Click on the PHPMyAdmin link on the Start page.
In PHPMyAdmin, type a name for your database. ie: 'moodle' and click Enter.

4. Now Download your preferred version of Moodle from [http://download.moodle.org/ the Moodle Download page]
and unzip the file to your www directory on the USB stick.

5. Run Moodle Installation.
Using the directory and settings above, the URL is http://localhost/moodle/install.php.
Now you simply work through the normal Moodle installation procedures.
NOTE: During the databases setup, use root as the database user and leave the password field blank (warning: security risk if opening to your LAN/WAN
It should work just like it does on the web or on your hard drive windows installation.

'''Troubleshooting'''

Moodle requires a number of PHP settings to be active for it to work. On most servers these will already be the default settings. However, I noticed the WOS package required register_globals needed to be turned off and magic_quotes gpc turned On. These are defined in PHP's configuration file (usually called php.ini):

WOS Portable is freeware, and there is no official support.

If you have a problem after running through the above, try the troubleshooting hints on the [http://www.woswiki.chsoftware.net/index.php/General_troubleshooting WOS Wiki].