Managing a Moodle site: Difference between revisions

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A user with the role of Administrator is typically in charge of a Moodle site once it has been installed, although some tasks may be delegated to others by assigning them a role such as Manager. The links below provide more information about how to manage your Moodle site.

Authentication - different methods of adding new users to your Moodle
Managing accounts - how to search for, edit, delete or perform bulk actions on users
Enrolments - different methods of adding users to courses.
Roles and permissions - how to add or remove permissions from students, teachers and other users on your Moodle
Security - how to keep your Moodle safe
Performance - ways to check the efficiency and smooth running of your Moodle
Backup - how to backup your site and courses
Site appearance - ways to change the display and navigation of your site
Language - how to add new languages and alter the default terms used.
Server settings - registration, maintenance and default settings
Site-wide reports - a list of useful reports for administrators
Developer tools - how to debug your site, purge caches and tools for test sites only
Web services - how to connect other systems to Moodle to perform operations
Community hubs - search for, download, enrol in or add your own courses to public directories.
More features - Blogs, Comments, Tags, Messaging, Notes, RSS feeds, Calendar

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-Got your Moodle installed? If not, check the [[Getting your Moodle]] section.
-[[Managing a Moodle site]] section of Moodle Docs contains information and resources useful '''after''' Moodle site is installed and needs to be managed, most likely by the [[Administrator|Moodle Admin]] or [[Manager]]:
+A user with the role of [[Administrator|Administrator]] is typically in charge of a Moodle site once it has been installed,  although some tasks may be delegated to others by assigning them a role such as [[Manager|Manager]]. The links below provide more information about how to manage your Moodle site.
-:*Learn about the [[Moodle site - basic structure|basic structure]] of a Moodle site, how to [[Navigation|navigate]], [[Editing settings|edit things]] and turn on the site's [[Advanced features|advanced features]].
+*[[Authentication]] - different methods of adding new users to your Moodle
+*[[Managing accounts]] - how to search for, edit, delete or perform bulk actions on users
-:*See how you can [[Managing site users|manage site users]], [[Authentication|authenticate]] them, create [[Accounts|accounts]] and define, manage [[Roles and capabilities|roles and capabilities]] on your site.
+*[[Enrolments]] - different methods of adding users to courses.
+*[[Roles and permissions]] - how to add or remove permissions from students, teachers and other users on your Moodle
-:*Check how the [[Customising appearance|appearance]] of your Moodle and its [[Front Page|front page]] can be customised with different [[Themes|themes]], [[Blocks|blocks]], [[Language|languages]] and other [[Sitewide display settings|sitewide display settings]].
+*[[Security]] - how to keep your Moodle safe
+*[[Performance]] - ways to check the efficiency and smooth running of your Moodle
-:*Learn how keep your Moodle [[Security|secure]].
+*[[Backup]] - how to backup your site and courses
+*[[Site appearance]] - ways to change the display and navigation of your site
-:*Ensure you don't lose valuable information by performing regular [[Site backup & restore|site backup & restore]].
+*[[Language]] - how to add new languages and alter the default terms used.
+*[[Server settings]] - registration,  maintenance and default settings
-:*See Moodle's [[Sitewide communication tools|sitewide communication tools]]: [[Comments|comments]], [[Blogs|blogs]], [[Messaging|messaging]], [[Calendar|calendar]], [[Notes|notes]] and [[Tags|tags]].
+*[[Site-wide reports]] - a list of useful reports for administrators
+*[[Developer tools]] - how to debug your site, purge caches and tools for test sites only
-:*Check the [[Server settings|server settings]].
+*[[Web services]] - how to connect other systems to Moodle to perform operations
+*[[Community hubs]] - search for, download, enrol in or add your own courses to public  directories.
-:*Use Moodle's [[Networking|networking]] features.
+*[[More features]] - [[Blogs]], [[Comments]], [[Tags]], [[Messaging]], [[Notes]], [[RSS feeds]], [[Calendar]]
-:*Keep an eye on actions across your site with a range of [[Sitewide reports|sitewide reports]].
-:*Connect with a range of newly developed [[Web Services|web services]].
-:*Explore how you can [[Extending standard Moodle|extend your Moodle]] by a range of contributed, non-standard modules, filters and plugins.
-:*Use [[Developer tools|developer tools]] to further customise and manage your Moodle.
-For information on how to use Moodle as a teacher or similar, head over to [[Managing a Moodle course]] and [[Learning and evaluation tools]] sections.
-'''If you come across information that is NOT accurate or relevant to Moodle 2.0 please delete and/or adjust it accordingly. Thank you!'''

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Managing a Moodle site: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:25, 2 November 2011