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Why register my site?

Registering your site gives us a better picture of how Moodle is used worldwide and helps us make decisions about new features and plugins.

4 reasons to register

Stay up to date by email whenever there are new releases of Moodle or security alerts.
Be part of the statistics of the worldwide community.
List your site on our list of registered sites in your country. (But if you want to keep it private, that’s fine too!)
Make use of the messaging server https://messages.moodle.net/ for Moodle app notifications.

How about security?

We don’t share your information with anyone. We don’t go into your site. We use the aggregated anonymous data to publish the statistics of the worldwide community and use the other data to help us in our decision making around new features and plugins.

How do I register?

Register your site by logging in as an administrator and going to Site administration / Registration. If you’re not the admin, ask them nicely to check!

I don’t want my details public

Your registration is private to us unless you choose to make it public.

Do I have to register? What happens if I don’t?

Registration is optional, but we wouldn’t want you to miss out on any important security issues or upgrades and put your site at risk. The more people who register, the better a picture we get of how Moodle is used and which aspects we can improve. So registering is a win-win for you as well as for us.

However, if you only want to use Moodle for testing things out then you don't need to put your site online and you don't need to register it.

I can’t register my site!

Only sites which are online can be registered. If your site is online and you have problems registering, please use the Moodle.com contact form.

If you encounter a problem updating your registration, please try un-registering then re-registering your site. To un-register your site, click the ‘Unregister’ link at the bottom of the Registration page.

Note that it can take a while before your site is listed so please be patient.

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-{{Server settings}}
+{{Managing a Moodle site}}
-[[Image:Registration.png|thumb|Registration]]An administrator can register their site with the moodle.org open community hub, [http://hub.moodle.org/ MOOCH], and other community hubs in ''Settings > Site Administration > Registration'' (also in ''Settings > Site administration > Server > Site registration'').
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+[[File:Boost-Moodle-Registrations.jpg]]
+==Why register my site?==
+Registering your site gives us a better picture of how Moodle is used worldwide and helps us make decisions about new features and plugins.
-==Moodle.org registration==
+==4 reasons to register==
+# Stay up to date by email whenever there are new releases of Moodle or security alerts.
+# Be part of the [https://stats.moodle.org/ statistics of the worldwide community].
+# List your site on our [https://stats.moodle.org/sites/ list of registered sites in your country]. (But if you want to keep it private, that’s fine too!)
+# Make use of the messaging server https://messages.moodle.net/ for [[Moodle app notifications]].
-When you register your site with moodle.org, you are added to a low-volume mailing list for important notifications such as security alerts and new releases of Moodle. Statistics about your site, such as the number of users and number of courses will be added to the statistics of the worldwide Moodle community http://moodle.org/stats/.
+==How about security?==
+We don’t share your information with anyone. We don’t go into your site. We use the aggregated anonymous data to publish the statistics of the worldwide community and use the other data to help us in our decision making around new features and plugins.
-If you wish, you can choose for your site to be listed in http://moodle.org/sites/.
+==How do I register?==
+Register your site by logging in as an administrator and going to ''Site administration / Registration''. If you’re not the admin, ask them nicely to check!
-If you add the [[Community finder block]] to courses on your site, teachers, non-editing teachers and managers (and any other users with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/community:add|moodle/community:add]]) will be able to access [http://hub.moodle.org MOOCH] and search for courses for download or to enrol in.
+==I don’t want my details public==
+Your registration is private to us unless you choose to make it public.
-In addition, users with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/course:publish|moodle/course:publish]] can publish courses on MOOCH.
+==Do I have to register? What happens if I don’t?==
+Registration is optional, but we wouldn’t want you to miss out on any important security issues or upgrades and put your site at risk. The more people who register, the better a picture we get of how Moodle is used and which aspects we can improve. So registering is  a win-win for you as well as for us.
-To register your site with moodle.org
+However, if you only want to use Moodle for testing things out then you don't need to put your site online and you don't need to register it.
-# Click the 'Register with moodle.org now' button
+==I can’t register my site!==
-# Review the registration information, amending as necessary
+Only sites which are online can be registered. If your site is online and you have problems registering, please use the  [https://moodle.com/contact/support/?selection=community#form Moodle.com contact form].
-# Click the 'Update registration on moodle.org' button at the bottom of the page
-After registering, MOOCH will appear in the list of hubs you have registered with on the registration page.
+If you encounter a problem updating your registration, please try un-registering then re-registering your site. To un-register your site, click the ‘Unregister’ link at the bottom of the Registration page.
-You may change the registration information at any time by updating your registration.
+Note that it can take a while before your site is listed so please be patient.
-Updated site statistics are sent to moodle.org automatically every 7 days.
+==See also==
-==Specific hub registration==
-You may register your site with a specific hub by selecting the hub from a list or by entering a private hub URL and password.
-If you add the [[Community finder block]] to courses on your site, teachers, non-editing teachers and managers (and any other users with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/community:add|moodle/community:add]]) will be able to access the hub and search for courses for download or to enrol in.
+* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=362833 Annoying restored test Moodle] forum discussion about a test site and registration
-== Unregistering from a hub==
-You may unregister from a hub at any time by clicking the unregister button. You will then be given the option to remove all courses currently being advertised on the hub and remove all courses that were uploaded to the hub.
-==See also==
-*[[Usage]] for how statistics about Moodle sites are collected and maintained
-* [[Community hub]]
-* [[MOOCH FAQ]]
-[[Category:Hub]]
+[[Category:Site administration]]
+[[de:Moodle-Site registrieren]]
+[[es:Registro del sitio]]
+[[it:Registrazione del sito]]
 [[ja: サイト登録]]
+[[fr:Enregistrement du site]]

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