Managing a Moodle site: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:52, 31 July 2015

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.

New to the role of site admin? See our Guide for new administrators.

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
Location - how to set time zones for the site and users, and default city and country
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 DB search and replace and 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
Moodle Mobile - about the official mobile app for Moodle
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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-{{Managing a Moodle site}}
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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]]:
+'''New to the role of site admin? See our [[Guide for new administrators]].'''
-:*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
+*[[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
+*[[Location]] - how to set time zones for the site and users, and default city and country
+*[[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
+*[[Moodle Mobile]] - about the official mobile app for Moodle
+*[[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]]
-:*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.
+==See also==
-:*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]].
+* [[Administration FAQ]]
-:*Learn how keep your Moodle [[Security|secure]].
+[[Category:Site administration]]
-:*Ensure you don't lose valuable information by performing regular [[Site backup & restore|site backup & restore]].
+[[de:Moodle administrieren]]
+[[es:Gestionando un sitio Moodle]]
-:*See Moodle's [[Sitewide communication tools|sitewide communication tools]]: [[Comments|comments]], [[Blogs|blogs]], [[Messaging|messaging]], [[Calendar|calendar]], [[Notes|notes]] and [[Tags|tags]].
+[[fr:Gestion_d'un_site_Moodle]]
-:*Check the [[Server settings|server settings]].
-:*Use Moodle's [[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.
-This is a wiki. You are welcome to add or edit any page, these [[Page notes|page notes]] notes may help.
-'''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 19:52, 31 July 2015

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