Site administration block

Moodle1.8

The site administration block is seen on the home page of the Moodle site by administrators. This block was reorganized in Moodle 1.7. This page is under development and a linking system to the robust site administration block menu is being worked out.

General Links

Site Administration block menu 1.8

• Links in Moodle Docs
  • Notifications
  • Users
  • Courses
  • Location: Location settings, Timezone
  • Language
  • Modules
  • Security
  • Appearance
  • Front Page
  • Server Proposed page [[Server links {administrator)]]
  • Networking
  • Reports
  • Miscellaneous: Experimental and Moodle global word editor

Notifications

This links to a page with several purposes.

• Cron can be run from this page
• The site's Moodle Version and most recent update file information can be found here
• If a new version of Moodle has been loaded, notification can begin the install process
• There is a Moodle site registration link

Users

Users page has a site admin block section

• Authentication
• Accounts
  • Browse
  • Add a new user
  • Upload users
• Permissions
  • Define roles
  • Assign roles
  • User policies

Courses

The site administration block under the courses folder has

• Add/edit courses
• Enrollment (settings page)
• Course request
• Backup settings

Location

• Location settings
• Update timezones

Language

• Language settings
• Language editing
• Language packs

Modules

• Activities
• Blocks
• Filters

Security

• Site policies
• HTTP security
• Module security
• Notifications
• Anti-virus

Appearance

• Themes folder
  • Theme selector
  • Theme settings

Front Page

Front Page is often administered as a type of course.

• Front Page settings
• Front Page roles Assign roles page
• Front Page backup Course backup page
• Front Page restore General Restore page
• Site files

Server

• System paths
• Email
• Session handling
• RSS
• Debugging
• Statistics
• HTTP
• Maintenance mode
• Cleanup
• Environment
• PHP info
• Performance

Networking

• Settings
• Peers Moodle Network page
• SSO Access Control Moodle Network page
• Enrolments
• XML-RPC hosts Moodle Network page

Reports

• Course overview
• Logs
• Unit tests
• Statistics

Miscellaneous

• Experimental
• XMLDB editor