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Got your Moodle installed? If not, check the [[Getting your Moodle]] section.  
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.


[[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]]:
*[[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
*[[Admin tools]] - a list of useful tools, such as [[Search and replace|DB search and replace]] and [[Database transfer|database transfer]]
*[[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.
*[[Special Case Uses]] - Using Moodle for Special Uses that don't follow the traditional Moodle use.
*[[More features]] - [[Blogs]], [[Comments]], [[Tags]], [[Messaging]], [[Notes]], [[RSS feeds]], [[Calendar]]


:*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]].
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:*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.
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:*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]].
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:*Learn how keep your Moodle [[Security|secure]].
 
:*Ensure you don't lose valuable information by performing regular [[Site backup & restore|site backup & restore]].
 
:*See Moodle's [[Sitewide communication tools|sitewide communication tools]]: [[Comments|comments]], [[Blogs|blogs]], [[Messaging|messaging]], [[Calendar|calendar]], [[Notes|notes]] and [[Tags|tags]].
 
:*Check the [[Server settings|server settings]].
 
:*Use Moodle's [[Networking|networking]] features.
 
:*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 you 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.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 06:44, 23 April 2014

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.