Administrator documentation
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The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators.
Installation & Upgrading
- Installation Quickstart for an overview of the installation steps
- Installing Moodle for detailed installation instructions
- Installation FAQ
- Installing Apache, MySQL and PHP
- Upgrading Moodle
System-specific Instructions & Packages
- Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 operating system
- Step by Step Installation Guide for RedHat operating system
- Step by Step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux operating system
- Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu
- Complete Install Packages for Windows XP and instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers
- Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5
- Step-by-Step Guide for Installing Moodle using the internal web server on Mac OS X 10.4 Client
- Installation on 1and1 web hosting
Security, Performance and Roles
- Security contains important security procedures for a production site
- Performance and optimization for ideas on improving the speed of your installation
- Managing roles For Moodle 1.7 and later
FAQs
Configuration Settings
- Site administration block contains configuration setting links
- Notification page used to update versions
- Variables
- Site settings
- Themes
- Language
- Activity modules administration
- Blocks administration
- Filters
- Backup settings
- Editor settings
- Calendar settings
- Maintenance mode
User Management
- Authentication
- Edit user accounts
- Add a new user - on a site
- Upload users - from a file to a site
- Enrolment plugins
- Assigning user a role - typical assignments include:
- Enrol students in a course
- Assign teachers - to a course
- Assign course creators - in a site
- Assign administrators - in a site
Other
- Courses and course formats
- Reports (administrator) and Logs
- Site files
- Database
- Environment
- Moodle Network and Moodle Community Hub
- Streaming Media
- Case studies (administrator)
