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Course settings

2009-09-04T11:48:30Z

Mc2ctr: /* Course start date */

{{Course admin}}

[[Image:Settings.gif]]'''Course settings''' control how the things appear to the participants in a course. It is the first page viewed after creating a course. It can be edited through the '''Settings''' link in the [[Course administration block]] menu. This page has links to other pages that may describe a setting in more detail. Different versions of Moodle may not have all the settings listed below.

==General==
[[Image:generalsettings1.gif|thumb|General settings]]
===Phy5070===

===Phy5070===

[[#top|Top]]

===Format===
[[Image:generalsettings3.gif|thumb|Format section in course settings]]
See [[Course formats]]

===Week 1 on Measurement===

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===Course Commencement===
Monday - Measurement 1
Wednesday - Measurement 2

:''TIP:'' In general, if your course does not have a real starting date then set the date to yesterday and use the availability setting to reveal the course to students.

===Hidden sections===
This option allows you to decide how the hidden sections in your course are displayed to students. By default, a small area is shown (in collapsed form, usually gray) to indicate where the hidden section is, though they still cannot actually see the hidden activities and texts. This is particularly useful in the Weekly format, so that non-class weeks are clear, or if you have quizes you don't want your students to see.

:''TIP:'' If you choose, these non-available items can be completely hidden, so that students do not even know that sections or an activity in the course are hidden.

[[#top|Top]]
===Show grades===
Many of the activities allow [[Grades|grades]] to be set. By default, the results of all grades within the course can be seen in the Grades page, available from the main course page for students and teachers.

:''TIP:'' If a teacher is not interested in using grades in a course, or just wants to hide grades from students, then they can disable the display of grades with this option. This does not prevent the teacher using or setting grades for an individual activities, it just disables the results from being displayed to students.

===Show activity reports===
[[Activity_report#Individual_Activity_Report|Activity reports]] are available to each student. These reports or logs shows their activity and contributions in the current course. These reports include their detailed access log.

Student access to their own reports is controlled by the teacher via this course setting. For some courses, these reports can be a useful tool for a student to reflect on their involvement and appearance within the online environment, but for some courses, this may not be necessary.

Teachers always have access to these reports. Teachers can use the button or tab visible on each person’s profile page or use the [[Reports]] link in the course administration block.

Your site administrator may ask you to turn this feature off. Showing activity reports can place a load on the server, slowing it down at times. For large or long classes it may be more efficient to keep it off.

[[#top|Top]]
===Maximum upload size===
[[Image:Changeupload.jpg|thumb|Maximum upload size setting]]
This setting defines the largest size of file that can be uploaded by students in this course. The site administrator can determine [[Site_policies#Maximum_uploaded_file_sizefile |sizes available]] for the teacher to select. Teachers should be aware of a course's [[Files|file structure]].

It is possible to further restrict this size through settings within each activity module.

===Force theme===
If the site administrator has allowed the teacher to set a course [[Themes|theme]], this pull down menu will appear with a list of themes on the site.

===Is this a meta course?===
A [[Metacourses|metacourse]] automatically enrolls its participants from other courses. For example, for every course that is a "child" of the metacourse, all students in the child course are enrolled in the metacourse.

''TIP:'' Turning this on prematurely before the meta courses are properly setup will cause Moodle to return 'This course does not allow public access' when users would ordinarily be able to access through internal enrollment. Verify parent and child meta courses exist before leaving this in the 'Yes' setting.

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==Enrolments==
[[Image:generalsetting4.gif|thumb|Enrolment settings]]
===Enrolment plugins===
This setting allows you to choose an interactive [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], such as [[Internal enrolment|internal enrolment]] or [[Paypal]]. If you use a non-interactive enrolment plugin, this setting has no effect.

===Default role===

From Moodle 1.7 onwards, a default course role, such as student, may be set.

===Course enrollable===
This setting only affects interactive enrolment plugins, such as [[Internal enrolment|internal enrolment]] and [[Paypal]]. It has no affect at all on non-interactive plugins (e.g. External Database, LDAP). Setting it to "no" or if it is outside the specified date range will result in the student being told the course is "Not enrollable" and being returned to the front page, if they are attempting to enroll using an interactive plugin.

:''TIP:'' If you are using Internal enrolment and you have not set an enrolment key, you should seriously consider setting this to ''No'' otherwise any user can enrol on your course.

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===Enrolment duration===
This setting specifies the number of days a student can be enrolled in this course (starting from the moment they enroll). Set this value with care - setting it when not required is a common origin of the complaint, "my students keep disappearing after n days".

:''TIP:'' This is useful for rolling courses without a specific start or end time. Students are automatically unenrolled after the number of days has expired in this setting.

:''TIP:'' This setting can be used as an alternative to a manually unenrolling students or using a clean-up function to remove defunct students at some future time.
:''TIP:'' If this course is a metacourse, the enrolment period will not be used.

==Enrolment expiry notification==
[[Image:generalsettings5.gif|thumb|Enrolment expiry notification settings]]
These settings determine whether teachers and/or students are notified that their enrolment is about to expire and how much notice they should be given.

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==Groups==
[[Image:generalsettings6.gif|thumb|Groups settings]]
===Group mode===
Here you can define the [[Groups|group mode]] at the course level by a pull down menu. "[[Groups#No_groups|No groups]]", "[[Groups#Separate_groups|Separate groups]]" and "[[Groups#Visible_groups|Visible groups]]" are the choices. The selected setting will be the default group mode for all activities defined within that course. The group setting can affect what users see in the [[Participants]] list.

:''TIP:'' You may leave it set to "No groups" and still have specific activities use groups. In this case the force setting below should be set to "no". For example, the teacher can use a group setting to completely separate cohorts of students such that each group is unaware of the other in the course.

===Force===
If the group mode is "forced" at a course-level, then this particular group mode will be applied to every activity in that course. This will override any activities that may have a special group setting.

:''TIP:''The force setting is useful when the teacher wants to set up a course and not have to change each activities group settings.

[[#top|Top]]
===Default grouping===

{{Moodle 1.9}}If [[Groupings|groupings]] are enabled (in Moodle 1.9 onwards), a default grouping for course activities and resources may be set.

==Availability==

[[Image:generalsettings7.gif|thumb|Availability settings]]
This option allows you to "hide" your course completely. It will not appear on any course listings, except to teachers of the course and administrators. Even if students try to access the course URL directly, they will not be allowed to enter.

:''TIP:'' The [[Course_settings#Course_start_date|Start Date]] of the course can also effect course visibility.

[[#top|Top]]
===Enrolment key===
A course [[Enrolment key|enrolment key]] enables access to courses to be restricted to those who know the key. This feature is typically used on sites which encourage self enrolments or use an external database process to register students in a course. The idea is that Teachers or course administrators will supply the key to authorized people using another means like private email, snail mail, on the phone or even verbally in a face-to-face class.

When the key is left blank and [[Course_settings#Course_enrollable|self enrolment]] is allowed, then anyone who has a Moodle username on the site will be able to enrol in the course.

:''TIP:'' A student can be manually enroled in the course and will not have to supply the required key when they enter the course for the first time.

:''TIP:'' If this password "gets out" and you have unwanted people enrolling, you can unenrol them (see their user profile page or unassign them from the [[Assign roles|student role]] in the course) and change this key. Any legitimate students who have already enrolled will not be affected, but the unwanted people will not be able to get back in.

:''TIP:'' If you are using a non-interactive enrolment, system (e.g., External Database, LDAP) and you do not want students who fail the initial check to be asked for an enrolment key that they will not have, set ''Course Enrolable'' to ''No''.

:''TIP:'' You can control who is displayed as providing the Key when someone is requested to supply the key. See [[Internal enrolment]]

[[#top|Top]]
===Guest access===

Allows any authenticated user (i.e. logged in) to access the course (as a [[Guest role|guest]]), including those who have logged in "as guest". You can choose if they need an enrolment key or may enter without one.

People can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button on a login screen, where that feature is enabled for the site. When the user tries to enter a course, they will see the [[Log in|login screen]]. If you only need people authenticated via your normal authentication method to access courses (as Guest or not) it is probably wise to disable "Login as a guest" for a slight improvement in site security. See [[Manage authentication]].

Guests in a course ALWAYS have "read-only" access - meaning they cannot leave any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students. No use information is stored for a guest.

:''TIP:'' This can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to look around at your work, or to let students see a course before they have decided to enroll.
:''TIP:'' You have a choice between two types of guest access: with the enrolment key or without. If you choose to allow guests who have the key, then the guest will need to provide the current enrolment key EVERY TIME they log in (unlike students who only need to do it once). This lets you restrict your guests. If you choose to allow guests without a key, then anyone can get straight into your course.

For more information see [[Guest role]].

[[#top|Top]]
===Cost===

If [[Paypal]] or [[Authorize.net Payment Gateway]] is set as the [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], then the course cost can be set in the cost field.

==Language==
[[Image:generalsettings8.gif|thumb|Language settings]]

If you force a language in a course, the interface of Moodle in this course will be in this particular language, even if a student has selected a different preferred language in his/her personal profile.

[[#top|Top]]
==Role renaming==
[[Image:rolesimages.gif|thumb|Role renaming settings]]
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, you can rename the [[Roles|roles]] used in your course. For example, you may wish to rename the [[Teacher role]] as "Facilitator", "Tutor" or "Guide". These new role names will appear within the course. For example on the [[Participants|participants]] and the override permissions pages.

Please note that the site administrator or a [[Course managers|course manager]] may have changed the names or added new roles. These names will appear and the teacher may rename them.

[[Roles FAQ]] contains information on changing the name for teacher in Moodle 1.7 and 1.8. Prior to Moodle 1.7, the words for teacher and student may be changed in the course settings.

:''Tip'': Do not worry about changing every role name. Only change the site roles which are used in your course. For example, you may want to ignore renaming roles such as the [[Administrator role]] or the [[Authenticated user role]].

:''Tip'': To include new role names in a course backup, users should be included in the backup.

[[#top|Top]]
==Default course settings==

An administrator can set course settings defaults in ''Administration > Courses > [[Course default settings]]'' in Moodle 1.9.5 onwards.
[[#top|Top]]

==See also==

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWOp1oq-TvI Video showing how to create a course in Moodle]

[[Category:Course]]

[[de:Kurseinstellungen]]
[[es:Configuración del curso]]
[[eu:Ikastaroaren_ezarpenak]]
[[fr:Paramètres]]
[[ja:コース設定]]
[[ru:course/edit]]

Course settings

2009-09-04T11:46:56Z

Mc2ctr: /* week1/topic1 measurement */

{{Course admin}}

[[Image:Settings.gif]]'''Course settings''' control how the things appear to the participants in a course. It is the first page viewed after creating a course. It can be edited through the '''Settings''' link in the [[Course administration block]] menu. This page has links to other pages that may describe a setting in more detail. Different versions of Moodle may not have all the settings listed below.

==General==
[[Image:generalsettings1.gif|thumb|General settings]]
===Phy5070===

===Phy5070===

[[#top|Top]]

===Format===
[[Image:generalsettings3.gif|thumb|Format section in course settings]]
See [[Course formats]]

===Week 1 on Measurement===

[[#top|Top]]

===Course start date===
This is where you specify the starting time of the course (in your own time zone). The first week will start on the date you set here when you use the "Weekly" course format.

This setting will not affect courses using the 'social' or 'topics' formats.

However, this setting will have an effect on the display of logs, which use this date as the earliest possible date you can display. It can also make your course not visible to students even if when the course is available to students (see below).

:''TIP:'' If your institution runs on a weekly schedule, you may want to consider setting the start date for courses on the first day of the week, like a Monday.

:''TIP:'' In general, if your course does not have a real starting date then set the date to yesterday and use the availability setting to reveal the course to students.

===Hidden sections===
This option allows you to decide how the hidden sections in your course are displayed to students. By default, a small area is shown (in collapsed form, usually gray) to indicate where the hidden section is, though they still cannot actually see the hidden activities and texts. This is particularly useful in the Weekly format, so that non-class weeks are clear, or if you have quizes you don't want your students to see.

:''TIP:'' If you choose, these non-available items can be completely hidden, so that students do not even know that sections or an activity in the course are hidden.

[[#top|Top]]
===Show grades===
Many of the activities allow [[Grades|grades]] to be set. By default, the results of all grades within the course can be seen in the Grades page, available from the main course page for students and teachers.

:''TIP:'' If a teacher is not interested in using grades in a course, or just wants to hide grades from students, then they can disable the display of grades with this option. This does not prevent the teacher using or setting grades for an individual activities, it just disables the results from being displayed to students.

===Show activity reports===
[[Activity_report#Individual_Activity_Report|Activity reports]] are available to each student. These reports or logs shows their activity and contributions in the current course. These reports include their detailed access log.

Student access to their own reports is controlled by the teacher via this course setting. For some courses, these reports can be a useful tool for a student to reflect on their involvement and appearance within the online environment, but for some courses, this may not be necessary.

Teachers always have access to these reports. Teachers can use the button or tab visible on each person’s profile page or use the [[Reports]] link in the course administration block.

Your site administrator may ask you to turn this feature off. Showing activity reports can place a load on the server, slowing it down at times. For large or long classes it may be more efficient to keep it off.

[[#top|Top]]
===Maximum upload size===
[[Image:Changeupload.jpg|thumb|Maximum upload size setting]]
This setting defines the largest size of file that can be uploaded by students in this course. The site administrator can determine [[Site_policies#Maximum_uploaded_file_sizefile |sizes available]] for the teacher to select. Teachers should be aware of a course's [[Files|file structure]].

It is possible to further restrict this size through settings within each activity module.

===Force theme===
If the site administrator has allowed the teacher to set a course [[Themes|theme]], this pull down menu will appear with a list of themes on the site.

===Is this a meta course?===
A [[Metacourses|metacourse]] automatically enrolls its participants from other courses. For example, for every course that is a "child" of the metacourse, all students in the child course are enrolled in the metacourse.

''TIP:'' Turning this on prematurely before the meta courses are properly setup will cause Moodle to return 'This course does not allow public access' when users would ordinarily be able to access through internal enrollment. Verify parent and child meta courses exist before leaving this in the 'Yes' setting.

[[#top|Top]]
==Enrolments==
[[Image:generalsetting4.gif|thumb|Enrolment settings]]
===Enrolment plugins===
This setting allows you to choose an interactive [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], such as [[Internal enrolment|internal enrolment]] or [[Paypal]]. If you use a non-interactive enrolment plugin, this setting has no effect.

===Default role===

From Moodle 1.7 onwards, a default course role, such as student, may be set.

===Course enrollable===
This setting only affects interactive enrolment plugins, such as [[Internal enrolment|internal enrolment]] and [[Paypal]]. It has no affect at all on non-interactive plugins (e.g. External Database, LDAP). Setting it to "no" or if it is outside the specified date range will result in the student being told the course is "Not enrollable" and being returned to the front page, if they are attempting to enroll using an interactive plugin.

:''TIP:'' If you are using Internal enrolment and you have not set an enrolment key, you should seriously consider setting this to ''No'' otherwise any user can enrol on your course.

[[#top|Top]]
===Enrolment duration===
This setting specifies the number of days a student can be enrolled in this course (starting from the moment they enroll). Set this value with care - setting it when not required is a common origin of the complaint, "my students keep disappearing after n days".

:''TIP:'' This is useful for rolling courses without a specific start or end time. Students are automatically unenrolled after the number of days has expired in this setting.

:''TIP:'' This setting can be used as an alternative to a manually unenrolling students or using a clean-up function to remove defunct students at some future time.
:''TIP:'' If this course is a metacourse, the enrolment period will not be used.

==Enrolment expiry notification==
[[Image:generalsettings5.gif|thumb|Enrolment expiry notification settings]]
These settings determine whether teachers and/or students are notified that their enrolment is about to expire and how much notice they should be given.

[[#top|Top]]
==Groups==
[[Image:generalsettings6.gif|thumb|Groups settings]]
===Group mode===
Here you can define the [[Groups|group mode]] at the course level by a pull down menu. "[[Groups#No_groups|No groups]]", "[[Groups#Separate_groups|Separate groups]]" and "[[Groups#Visible_groups|Visible groups]]" are the choices. The selected setting will be the default group mode for all activities defined within that course. The group setting can affect what users see in the [[Participants]] list.

:''TIP:'' You may leave it set to "No groups" and still have specific activities use groups. In this case the force setting below should be set to "no". For example, the teacher can use a group setting to completely separate cohorts of students such that each group is unaware of the other in the course.

===Force===
If the group mode is "forced" at a course-level, then this particular group mode will be applied to every activity in that course. This will override any activities that may have a special group setting.

:''TIP:''The force setting is useful when the teacher wants to set up a course and not have to change each activities group settings.

[[#top|Top]]
===Default grouping===

{{Moodle 1.9}}If [[Groupings|groupings]] are enabled (in Moodle 1.9 onwards), a default grouping for course activities and resources may be set.

==Availability==

[[Image:generalsettings7.gif|thumb|Availability settings]]
This option allows you to "hide" your course completely. It will not appear on any course listings, except to teachers of the course and administrators. Even if students try to access the course URL directly, they will not be allowed to enter.

:''TIP:'' The [[Course_settings#Course_start_date|Start Date]] of the course can also effect course visibility.

[[#top|Top]]
===Enrolment key===
A course [[Enrolment key|enrolment key]] enables access to courses to be restricted to those who know the key. This feature is typically used on sites which encourage self enrolments or use an external database process to register students in a course. The idea is that Teachers or course administrators will supply the key to authorized people using another means like private email, snail mail, on the phone or even verbally in a face-to-face class.

When the key is left blank and [[Course_settings#Course_enrollable|self enrolment]] is allowed, then anyone who has a Moodle username on the site will be able to enrol in the course.

:''TIP:'' A student can be manually enroled in the course and will not have to supply the required key when they enter the course for the first time.

:''TIP:'' If this password "gets out" and you have unwanted people enrolling, you can unenrol them (see their user profile page or unassign them from the [[Assign roles|student role]] in the course) and change this key. Any legitimate students who have already enrolled will not be affected, but the unwanted people will not be able to get back in.

:''TIP:'' If you are using a non-interactive enrolment, system (e.g., External Database, LDAP) and you do not want students who fail the initial check to be asked for an enrolment key that they will not have, set ''Course Enrolable'' to ''No''.

:''TIP:'' You can control who is displayed as providing the Key when someone is requested to supply the key. See [[Internal enrolment]]

[[#top|Top]]
===Guest access===

Allows any authenticated user (i.e. logged in) to access the course (as a [[Guest role|guest]]), including those who have logged in "as guest". You can choose if they need an enrolment key or may enter without one.

People can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button on a login screen, where that feature is enabled for the site. When the user tries to enter a course, they will see the [[Log in|login screen]]. If you only need people authenticated via your normal authentication method to access courses (as Guest or not) it is probably wise to disable "Login as a guest" for a slight improvement in site security. See [[Manage authentication]].

Guests in a course ALWAYS have "read-only" access - meaning they cannot leave any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students. No use information is stored for a guest.

:''TIP:'' This can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to look around at your work, or to let students see a course before they have decided to enroll.
:''TIP:'' You have a choice between two types of guest access: with the enrolment key or without. If you choose to allow guests who have the key, then the guest will need to provide the current enrolment key EVERY TIME they log in (unlike students who only need to do it once). This lets you restrict your guests. If you choose to allow guests without a key, then anyone can get straight into your course.

For more information see [[Guest role]].

[[#top|Top]]
===Cost===

If [[Paypal]] or [[Authorize.net Payment Gateway]] is set as the [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], then the course cost can be set in the cost field.

==Language==
[[Image:generalsettings8.gif|thumb|Language settings]]

If you force a language in a course, the interface of Moodle in this course will be in this particular language, even if a student has selected a different preferred language in his/her personal profile.

[[#top|Top]]
==Role renaming==
[[Image:rolesimages.gif|thumb|Role renaming settings]]
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, you can rename the [[Roles|roles]] used in your course. For example, you may wish to rename the [[Teacher role]] as "Facilitator", "Tutor" or "Guide". These new role names will appear within the course. For example on the [[Participants|participants]] and the override permissions pages.

Please note that the site administrator or a [[Course managers|course manager]] may have changed the names or added new roles. These names will appear and the teacher may rename them.

[[Roles FAQ]] contains information on changing the name for teacher in Moodle 1.7 and 1.8. Prior to Moodle 1.7, the words for teacher and student may be changed in the course settings.

:''Tip'': Do not worry about changing every role name. Only change the site roles which are used in your course. For example, you may want to ignore renaming roles such as the [[Administrator role]] or the [[Authenticated user role]].

:''Tip'': To include new role names in a course backup, users should be included in the backup.

[[#top|Top]]
==Default course settings==

An administrator can set course settings defaults in ''Administration > Courses > [[Course default settings]]'' in Moodle 1.9.5 onwards.
[[#top|Top]]

==See also==

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWOp1oq-TvI Video showing how to create a course in Moodle]

[[Category:Course]]

[[de:Kurseinstellungen]]
[[es:Configuración del curso]]
[[eu:Ikastaroaren_ezarpenak]]
[[fr:Paramètres]]
[[ja:コース設定]]
[[ru:course/edit]]

Course settings

2009-09-04T11:45:32Z

Mc2ctr: /* ID number */

{{Course admin}}

[[Image:Settings.gif]]'''Course settings''' control how the things appear to the participants in a course. It is the first page viewed after creating a course. It can be edited through the '''Settings''' link in the [[Course administration block]] menu. This page has links to other pages that may describe a setting in more detail. Different versions of Moodle may not have all the settings listed below.

==General==
[[Image:generalsettings1.gif|thumb|General settings]]
===Phy5070===

===Phy5070===

[[#top|Top]]

===Format===
[[Image:generalsettings3.gif|thumb|Format section in course settings]]
See [[Course formats]]

===Number of weeks/topics===
This setting is only used by the 'weekly' and 'topics' course formats. In the 'weekly' format, it specifies the number of weeks that the course will run for, starting from the course starting date. In the 'topics' format, it specifies the number of topics in the course. Both of these translate to the number of "boxes" down the middle of the course page.

[[#top|Top]]
===Course start date===
This is where you specify the starting time of the course (in your own time zone). The first week will start on the date you set here when you use the "Weekly" course format.

This setting will not affect courses using the 'social' or 'topics' formats.

However, this setting will have an effect on the display of logs, which use this date as the earliest possible date you can display. It can also make your course not visible to students even if when the course is available to students (see below).

:''TIP:'' If your institution runs on a weekly schedule, you may want to consider setting the start date for courses on the first day of the week, like a Monday.

:''TIP:'' In general, if your course does not have a real starting date then set the date to yesterday and use the availability setting to reveal the course to students.

===Hidden sections===
This option allows you to decide how the hidden sections in your course are displayed to students. By default, a small area is shown (in collapsed form, usually gray) to indicate where the hidden section is, though they still cannot actually see the hidden activities and texts. This is particularly useful in the Weekly format, so that non-class weeks are clear, or if you have quizes you don't want your students to see.

:''TIP:'' If you choose, these non-available items can be completely hidden, so that students do not even know that sections or an activity in the course are hidden.

[[#top|Top]]
===Show grades===
Many of the activities allow [[Grades|grades]] to be set. By default, the results of all grades within the course can be seen in the Grades page, available from the main course page for students and teachers.

:''TIP:'' If a teacher is not interested in using grades in a course, or just wants to hide grades from students, then they can disable the display of grades with this option. This does not prevent the teacher using or setting grades for an individual activities, it just disables the results from being displayed to students.

===Show activity reports===
[[Activity_report#Individual_Activity_Report|Activity reports]] are available to each student. These reports or logs shows their activity and contributions in the current course. These reports include their detailed access log.

Student access to their own reports is controlled by the teacher via this course setting. For some courses, these reports can be a useful tool for a student to reflect on their involvement and appearance within the online environment, but for some courses, this may not be necessary.

Teachers always have access to these reports. Teachers can use the button or tab visible on each person’s profile page or use the [[Reports]] link in the course administration block.

Your site administrator may ask you to turn this feature off. Showing activity reports can place a load on the server, slowing it down at times. For large or long classes it may be more efficient to keep it off.

[[#top|Top]]
===Maximum upload size===
[[Image:Changeupload.jpg|thumb|Maximum upload size setting]]
This setting defines the largest size of file that can be uploaded by students in this course. The site administrator can determine [[Site_policies#Maximum_uploaded_file_sizefile |sizes available]] for the teacher to select. Teachers should be aware of a course's [[Files|file structure]].

It is possible to further restrict this size through settings within each activity module.

===Force theme===
If the site administrator has allowed the teacher to set a course [[Themes|theme]], this pull down menu will appear with a list of themes on the site.

===Is this a meta course?===
A [[Metacourses|metacourse]] automatically enrolls its participants from other courses. For example, for every course that is a "child" of the metacourse, all students in the child course are enrolled in the metacourse.

''TIP:'' Turning this on prematurely before the meta courses are properly setup will cause Moodle to return 'This course does not allow public access' when users would ordinarily be able to access through internal enrollment. Verify parent and child meta courses exist before leaving this in the 'Yes' setting.

[[#top|Top]]
==Enrolments==
[[Image:generalsetting4.gif|thumb|Enrolment settings]]
===Enrolment plugins===
This setting allows you to choose an interactive [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], such as [[Internal enrolment|internal enrolment]] or [[Paypal]]. If you use a non-interactive enrolment plugin, this setting has no effect.

===Default role===

From Moodle 1.7 onwards, a default course role, such as student, may be set.

===Course enrollable===
This setting only affects interactive enrolment plugins, such as [[Internal enrolment|internal enrolment]] and [[Paypal]]. It has no affect at all on non-interactive plugins (e.g. External Database, LDAP). Setting it to "no" or if it is outside the specified date range will result in the student being told the course is "Not enrollable" and being returned to the front page, if they are attempting to enroll using an interactive plugin.

:''TIP:'' If you are using Internal enrolment and you have not set an enrolment key, you should seriously consider setting this to ''No'' otherwise any user can enrol on your course.

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===Enrolment duration===
This setting specifies the number of days a student can be enrolled in this course (starting from the moment they enroll). Set this value with care - setting it when not required is a common origin of the complaint, "my students keep disappearing after n days".

:''TIP:'' This is useful for rolling courses without a specific start or end time. Students are automatically unenrolled after the number of days has expired in this setting.

:''TIP:'' This setting can be used as an alternative to a manually unenrolling students or using a clean-up function to remove defunct students at some future time.
:''TIP:'' If this course is a metacourse, the enrolment period will not be used.

==Enrolment expiry notification==
[[Image:generalsettings5.gif|thumb|Enrolment expiry notification settings]]
These settings determine whether teachers and/or students are notified that their enrolment is about to expire and how much notice they should be given.

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==Groups==
[[Image:generalsettings6.gif|thumb|Groups settings]]
===Group mode===
Here you can define the [[Groups|group mode]] at the course level by a pull down menu. "[[Groups#No_groups|No groups]]", "[[Groups#Separate_groups|Separate groups]]" and "[[Groups#Visible_groups|Visible groups]]" are the choices. The selected setting will be the default group mode for all activities defined within that course. The group setting can affect what users see in the [[Participants]] list.

:''TIP:'' You may leave it set to "No groups" and still have specific activities use groups. In this case the force setting below should be set to "no". For example, the teacher can use a group setting to completely separate cohorts of students such that each group is unaware of the other in the course.

===Force===
If the group mode is "forced" at a course-level, then this particular group mode will be applied to every activity in that course. This will override any activities that may have a special group setting.

:''TIP:''The force setting is useful when the teacher wants to set up a course and not have to change each activities group settings.

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===Default grouping===

{{Moodle 1.9}}If [[Groupings|groupings]] are enabled (in Moodle 1.9 onwards), a default grouping for course activities and resources may be set.

==Availability==

[[Image:generalsettings7.gif|thumb|Availability settings]]
This option allows you to "hide" your course completely. It will not appear on any course listings, except to teachers of the course and administrators. Even if students try to access the course URL directly, they will not be allowed to enter.

:''TIP:'' The [[Course_settings#Course_start_date|Start Date]] of the course can also effect course visibility.

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===Enrolment key===
A course [[Enrolment key|enrolment key]] enables access to courses to be restricted to those who know the key. This feature is typically used on sites which encourage self enrolments or use an external database process to register students in a course. The idea is that Teachers or course administrators will supply the key to authorized people using another means like private email, snail mail, on the phone or even verbally in a face-to-face class.

When the key is left blank and [[Course_settings#Course_enrollable|self enrolment]] is allowed, then anyone who has a Moodle username on the site will be able to enrol in the course.

:''TIP:'' A student can be manually enroled in the course and will not have to supply the required key when they enter the course for the first time.

:''TIP:'' If this password "gets out" and you have unwanted people enrolling, you can unenrol them (see their user profile page or unassign them from the [[Assign roles|student role]] in the course) and change this key. Any legitimate students who have already enrolled will not be affected, but the unwanted people will not be able to get back in.

:''TIP:'' If you are using a non-interactive enrolment, system (e.g., External Database, LDAP) and you do not want students who fail the initial check to be asked for an enrolment key that they will not have, set ''Course Enrolable'' to ''No''.

:''TIP:'' You can control who is displayed as providing the Key when someone is requested to supply the key. See [[Internal enrolment]]

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===Guest access===

Allows any authenticated user (i.e. logged in) to access the course (as a [[Guest role|guest]]), including those who have logged in "as guest". You can choose if they need an enrolment key or may enter without one.

People can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button on a login screen, where that feature is enabled for the site. When the user tries to enter a course, they will see the [[Log in|login screen]]. If you only need people authenticated via your normal authentication method to access courses (as Guest or not) it is probably wise to disable "Login as a guest" for a slight improvement in site security. See [[Manage authentication]].

Guests in a course ALWAYS have "read-only" access - meaning they cannot leave any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students. No use information is stored for a guest.

:''TIP:'' This can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to look around at your work, or to let students see a course before they have decided to enroll.
:''TIP:'' You have a choice between two types of guest access: with the enrolment key or without. If you choose to allow guests who have the key, then the guest will need to provide the current enrolment key EVERY TIME they log in (unlike students who only need to do it once). This lets you restrict your guests. If you choose to allow guests without a key, then anyone can get straight into your course.

For more information see [[Guest role]].

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===Cost===

If [[Paypal]] or [[Authorize.net Payment Gateway]] is set as the [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], then the course cost can be set in the cost field.

==Language==
[[Image:generalsettings8.gif|thumb|Language settings]]

If you force a language in a course, the interface of Moodle in this course will be in this particular language, even if a student has selected a different preferred language in his/her personal profile.

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==Role renaming==
[[Image:rolesimages.gif|thumb|Role renaming settings]]
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, you can rename the [[Roles|roles]] used in your course. For example, you may wish to rename the [[Teacher role]] as "Facilitator", "Tutor" or "Guide". These new role names will appear within the course. For example on the [[Participants|participants]] and the override permissions pages.

Please note that the site administrator or a [[Course managers|course manager]] may have changed the names or added new roles. These names will appear and the teacher may rename them.

[[Roles FAQ]] contains information on changing the name for teacher in Moodle 1.7 and 1.8. Prior to Moodle 1.7, the words for teacher and student may be changed in the course settings.

:''Tip'': Do not worry about changing every role name. Only change the site roles which are used in your course. For example, you may want to ignore renaming roles such as the [[Administrator role]] or the [[Authenticated user role]].

:''Tip'': To include new role names in a course backup, users should be included in the backup.

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==Default course settings==

An administrator can set course settings defaults in ''Administration > Courses > [[Course default settings]]'' in Moodle 1.9.5 onwards.
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==See also==

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWOp1oq-TvI Video showing how to create a course in Moodle]

[[Category:Course]]

[[de:Kurseinstellungen]]
[[es:Configuración del curso]]
[[eu:Ikastaroaren_ezarpenak]]
[[fr:Paramètres]]
[[ja:コース設定]]
[[ru:course/edit]]

Course settings

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{{Course admin}}

[[Image:Settings.gif]]'''Course settings''' control how the things appear to the participants in a course. It is the first page viewed after creating a course. It can be edited through the '''Settings''' link in the [[Course administration block]] menu. This page has links to other pages that may describe a setting in more detail. Different versions of Moodle may not have all the settings listed below.

==General==
[[Image:generalsettings1.gif|thumb|General settings]]
===Phy5070===

===ID number===
The ID number is an alphanumeric field. It has several potential uses. Generally, it is not displayed to students. However, it can be used to match this course against an external system's ID, as your course catalog ID or can be used in the certificate module as a printed field.

:''TIP:'' If the ID number field is not editable, the site administrator has disabled that user's ability by unassigning the moodle/course:changeidnumber capability.

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===Format===
[[Image:generalsettings3.gif|thumb|Format section in course settings]]
See [[Course formats]]

===Number of weeks/topics===
This setting is only used by the 'weekly' and 'topics' course formats. In the 'weekly' format, it specifies the number of weeks that the course will run for, starting from the course starting date. In the 'topics' format, it specifies the number of topics in the course. Both of these translate to the number of "boxes" down the middle of the course page.

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===Course start date===
This is where you specify the starting time of the course (in your own time zone). The first week will start on the date you set here when you use the "Weekly" course format.

This setting will not affect courses using the 'social' or 'topics' formats.

However, this setting will have an effect on the display of logs, which use this date as the earliest possible date you can display. It can also make your course not visible to students even if when the course is available to students (see below).

:''TIP:'' If your institution runs on a weekly schedule, you may want to consider setting the start date for courses on the first day of the week, like a Monday.

:''TIP:'' In general, if your course does not have a real starting date then set the date to yesterday and use the availability setting to reveal the course to students.

===Hidden sections===
This option allows you to decide how the hidden sections in your course are displayed to students. By default, a small area is shown (in collapsed form, usually gray) to indicate where the hidden section is, though they still cannot actually see the hidden activities and texts. This is particularly useful in the Weekly format, so that non-class weeks are clear, or if you have quizes you don't want your students to see.

:''TIP:'' If you choose, these non-available items can be completely hidden, so that students do not even know that sections or an activity in the course are hidden.

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===Show grades===
Many of the activities allow [[Grades|grades]] to be set. By default, the results of all grades within the course can be seen in the Grades page, available from the main course page for students and teachers.

:''TIP:'' If a teacher is not interested in using grades in a course, or just wants to hide grades from students, then they can disable the display of grades with this option. This does not prevent the teacher using or setting grades for an individual activities, it just disables the results from being displayed to students.

===Show activity reports===
[[Activity_report#Individual_Activity_Report|Activity reports]] are available to each student. These reports or logs shows their activity and contributions in the current course. These reports include their detailed access log.

Student access to their own reports is controlled by the teacher via this course setting. For some courses, these reports can be a useful tool for a student to reflect on their involvement and appearance within the online environment, but for some courses, this may not be necessary.

Teachers always have access to these reports. Teachers can use the button or tab visible on each person’s profile page or use the [[Reports]] link in the course administration block.

Your site administrator may ask you to turn this feature off. Showing activity reports can place a load on the server, slowing it down at times. For large or long classes it may be more efficient to keep it off.

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===Maximum upload size===
[[Image:Changeupload.jpg|thumb|Maximum upload size setting]]
This setting defines the largest size of file that can be uploaded by students in this course. The site administrator can determine [[Site_policies#Maximum_uploaded_file_sizefile |sizes available]] for the teacher to select. Teachers should be aware of a course's [[Files|file structure]].

It is possible to further restrict this size through settings within each activity module.

===Force theme===
If the site administrator has allowed the teacher to set a course [[Themes|theme]], this pull down menu will appear with a list of themes on the site.

===Is this a meta course?===
A [[Metacourses|metacourse]] automatically enrolls its participants from other courses. For example, for every course that is a "child" of the metacourse, all students in the child course are enrolled in the metacourse.

''TIP:'' Turning this on prematurely before the meta courses are properly setup will cause Moodle to return 'This course does not allow public access' when users would ordinarily be able to access through internal enrollment. Verify parent and child meta courses exist before leaving this in the 'Yes' setting.

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==Enrolments==
[[Image:generalsetting4.gif|thumb|Enrolment settings]]
===Enrolment plugins===
This setting allows you to choose an interactive [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], such as [[Internal enrolment|internal enrolment]] or [[Paypal]]. If you use a non-interactive enrolment plugin, this setting has no effect.

===Default role===

From Moodle 1.7 onwards, a default course role, such as student, may be set.

===Course enrollable===
This setting only affects interactive enrolment plugins, such as [[Internal enrolment|internal enrolment]] and [[Paypal]]. It has no affect at all on non-interactive plugins (e.g. External Database, LDAP). Setting it to "no" or if it is outside the specified date range will result in the student being told the course is "Not enrollable" and being returned to the front page, if they are attempting to enroll using an interactive plugin.

:''TIP:'' If you are using Internal enrolment and you have not set an enrolment key, you should seriously consider setting this to ''No'' otherwise any user can enrol on your course.

[[#top|Top]]
===Enrolment duration===
This setting specifies the number of days a student can be enrolled in this course (starting from the moment they enroll). Set this value with care - setting it when not required is a common origin of the complaint, "my students keep disappearing after n days".

:''TIP:'' This is useful for rolling courses without a specific start or end time. Students are automatically unenrolled after the number of days has expired in this setting.

:''TIP:'' This setting can be used as an alternative to a manually unenrolling students or using a clean-up function to remove defunct students at some future time.
:''TIP:'' If this course is a metacourse, the enrolment period will not be used.

==Enrolment expiry notification==
[[Image:generalsettings5.gif|thumb|Enrolment expiry notification settings]]
These settings determine whether teachers and/or students are notified that their enrolment is about to expire and how much notice they should be given.

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==Groups==
[[Image:generalsettings6.gif|thumb|Groups settings]]
===Group mode===
Here you can define the [[Groups|group mode]] at the course level by a pull down menu. "[[Groups#No_groups|No groups]]", "[[Groups#Separate_groups|Separate groups]]" and "[[Groups#Visible_groups|Visible groups]]" are the choices. The selected setting will be the default group mode for all activities defined within that course. The group setting can affect what users see in the [[Participants]] list.

:''TIP:'' You may leave it set to "No groups" and still have specific activities use groups. In this case the force setting below should be set to "no". For example, the teacher can use a group setting to completely separate cohorts of students such that each group is unaware of the other in the course.

===Force===
If the group mode is "forced" at a course-level, then this particular group mode will be applied to every activity in that course. This will override any activities that may have a special group setting.

:''TIP:''The force setting is useful when the teacher wants to set up a course and not have to change each activities group settings.

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===Default grouping===

{{Moodle 1.9}}If [[Groupings|groupings]] are enabled (in Moodle 1.9 onwards), a default grouping for course activities and resources may be set.

==Availability==

[[Image:generalsettings7.gif|thumb|Availability settings]]
This option allows you to "hide" your course completely. It will not appear on any course listings, except to teachers of the course and administrators. Even if students try to access the course URL directly, they will not be allowed to enter.

:''TIP:'' The [[Course_settings#Course_start_date|Start Date]] of the course can also effect course visibility.

[[#top|Top]]
===Enrolment key===
A course [[Enrolment key|enrolment key]] enables access to courses to be restricted to those who know the key. This feature is typically used on sites which encourage self enrolments or use an external database process to register students in a course. The idea is that Teachers or course administrators will supply the key to authorized people using another means like private email, snail mail, on the phone or even verbally in a face-to-face class.

When the key is left blank and [[Course_settings#Course_enrollable|self enrolment]] is allowed, then anyone who has a Moodle username on the site will be able to enrol in the course.

:''TIP:'' A student can be manually enroled in the course and will not have to supply the required key when they enter the course for the first time.

:''TIP:'' If this password "gets out" and you have unwanted people enrolling, you can unenrol them (see their user profile page or unassign them from the [[Assign roles|student role]] in the course) and change this key. Any legitimate students who have already enrolled will not be affected, but the unwanted people will not be able to get back in.

:''TIP:'' If you are using a non-interactive enrolment, system (e.g., External Database, LDAP) and you do not want students who fail the initial check to be asked for an enrolment key that they will not have, set ''Course Enrolable'' to ''No''.

:''TIP:'' You can control who is displayed as providing the Key when someone is requested to supply the key. See [[Internal enrolment]]

[[#top|Top]]
===Guest access===

Allows any authenticated user (i.e. logged in) to access the course (as a [[Guest role|guest]]), including those who have logged in "as guest". You can choose if they need an enrolment key or may enter without one.

People can log in as guests using the "Login as a guest" button on a login screen, where that feature is enabled for the site. When the user tries to enter a course, they will see the [[Log in|login screen]]. If you only need people authenticated via your normal authentication method to access courses (as Guest or not) it is probably wise to disable "Login as a guest" for a slight improvement in site security. See [[Manage authentication]].

Guests in a course ALWAYS have "read-only" access - meaning they cannot leave any posts or otherwise mess up the course for real students. No use information is stored for a guest.

:''TIP:'' This can be handy when you want to let a colleague in to look around at your work, or to let students see a course before they have decided to enroll.
:''TIP:'' You have a choice between two types of guest access: with the enrolment key or without. If you choose to allow guests who have the key, then the guest will need to provide the current enrolment key EVERY TIME they log in (unlike students who only need to do it once). This lets you restrict your guests. If you choose to allow guests without a key, then anyone can get straight into your course.

For more information see [[Guest role]].

[[#top|Top]]
===Cost===

If [[Paypal]] or [[Authorize.net Payment Gateway]] is set as the [[Enrolment plugins|enrolment plugin]], then the course cost can be set in the cost field.

==Language==
[[Image:generalsettings8.gif|thumb|Language settings]]

If you force a language in a course, the interface of Moodle in this course will be in this particular language, even if a student has selected a different preferred language in his/her personal profile.

[[#top|Top]]
==Role renaming==
[[Image:rolesimages.gif|thumb|Role renaming settings]]
{{Moodle 1.9}}In Moodle 1.9 onwards, you can rename the [[Roles|roles]] used in your course. For example, you may wish to rename the [[Teacher role]] as "Facilitator", "Tutor" or "Guide". These new role names will appear within the course. For example on the [[Participants|participants]] and the override permissions pages.

Please note that the site administrator or a [[Course managers|course manager]] may have changed the names or added new roles. These names will appear and the teacher may rename them.

[[Roles FAQ]] contains information on changing the name for teacher in Moodle 1.7 and 1.8. Prior to Moodle 1.7, the words for teacher and student may be changed in the course settings.

:''Tip'': Do not worry about changing every role name. Only change the site roles which are used in your course. For example, you may want to ignore renaming roles such as the [[Administrator role]] or the [[Authenticated user role]].

:''Tip'': To include new role names in a course backup, users should be included in the backup.

[[#top|Top]]
==Default course settings==

An administrator can set course settings defaults in ''Administration > Courses > [[Course default settings]]'' in Moodle 1.9.5 onwards.
[[#top|Top]]

==See also==

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWOp1oq-TvI Video showing how to create a course in Moodle]

[[Category:Course]]

[[de:Kurseinstellungen]]
[[es:Configuración del curso]]
[[eu:Ikastaroaren_ezarpenak]]
[[fr:Paramètres]]
[[ja:コース設定]]
[[ru:course/edit]]

Course homepage

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== '''Welcome to MC2 health science''' ==

View profile

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Location: Administration > Browse list of Users > View or Edit

== '''''Physics Page Overview ''''' ==

== Change Password and Messages ==

Depending on your access rights there may also be buttons at the bottom of the view profile page:

;Change password
:This takes you to a form for changing your/another user's password.

;Messages
:This opens the Messaging pop-up. It only shows when viewing your profile.

;Send message
:This takes you to the Messaging pop-up and opens a messaging session with the user whose profile you were using. It only shows when viewing someone else's profile and if messaging is switched on by the administrator.

== Login As ==

The Login as tool allows users with appropriate access rights to log in as another user and view the site as this user would. This is particularly useful for troubleshooting any access problems or for checking configuration options.

To Login as another user navigate to their profile view and click the Login as button. When you will be advised You are logged in as [person] press the Continue button.

The site will display your logged in status as [Your name] You are logged in as [Other user name] (Logout). To return to your own login click your name or select Logout to log out of the site entirely.

It is important to note that the system Logs still record any action you undertake when loggedin as another user, under your account.

== Profile Tab ==

The Profile tab displays the general information regarding a user and reflects the profile details a standard (e.g. student) can access. If the user has entered in any additional information within their profile (such as MSN ID, phone number etc), this will be displayed on this page/tab.

The Profile tab also provides those users with appropriate access rights the Loginas and Send Message buttons.

== Edit Profile ==

The Edit Profile tab provides administrators etc with ability to update any (non-locked) profile information previously entered against the user. This includes the option to change or reset a user's password. It is recommended the Force password change option is used when resetting a password for a user.

== Forum Posts ==

The Forum Posts tab lists all Forum Posts (replies) and Discussions (threads) created by the user.

== Blog ==

The Blog tab within the Profile view lists all Blog entries created by the user.

== Notes ==

The Notes tab provides users with appropriate access rights with the ability to create Notes about specific users. A note's status determines who can see the

* Personal - The note will be visible only to you (as the admin/teacher)
* Course - The note will be visible to other teachers in this course
* Site - The note will be visible to other teachers in all courses

Please note, the Notes area can also be accessed via the Participants page within a course

== Activity reports ==

The Activity reports tab provides all access to all reporting data for an individual user. This includes the following reports:

=== Outline report ===

The Outline report is a general summary of those non-course areas of the site the user has viewed/visited.

===Complete Report===

The Complete Report shows all of those areas of the site the user has viewed/visited and what action (if any) they have undertaken within these areas.

===Today's logs===

The Today's logs report lists all areas of the site the user has visited in the last 24 hours and any information available regarding their activity within that area (such as viewing a specific assignment activity or accessing a particular course). A hourly hit counter bar graph is also provided for comparative reporting across a single day.

===All logs===

The All logs report lists all areas of the site the user has visited since their account was created and any information available regarding their activity within that area. Depending on the amount of data available a hit counter bar graph is also provided for comparative reporting across a day, week, fortnight or month.

===Statistics===

The Statistics report gives comparative reporting across (weekly) periods of Views (accesses) and Posts (updates) for a user.

=== Grade ===

The Grade report gives a grade summary of all courses and graded items the user has participated in since their account was created.

=== Roles ===

The Roles tab gives a summary of all Roles currently assigned to the user and the ability to create new overrides or assign new roles at the user context

==See also==

* [[Update profile]]
*The capability [[Capabilities/moodle/user:viewdetails|moodle/user:viewdetails]]

[[cs:Profil uživatele]]
[[de:Nutzerprofil ansehen]]
[[eu:Informazio_pertsonala]]
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View profile

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Location: Administration > Browse list of Users > View or Edit

== Physics Page Overview ==

== Change Password and Messages ==

Depending on your access rights there may also be buttons at the bottom of the view profile page:

;Change password
:This takes you to a form for changing your/another user's password.

;Messages
:This opens the Messaging pop-up. It only shows when viewing your profile.

;Send message
:This takes you to the Messaging pop-up and opens a messaging session with the user whose profile you were using. It only shows when viewing someone else's profile and if messaging is switched on by the administrator.

== Login As ==

The Login as tool allows users with appropriate access rights to log in as another user and view the site as this user would. This is particularly useful for troubleshooting any access problems or for checking configuration options.

To Login as another user navigate to their profile view and click the Login as button. When you will be advised You are logged in as [person] press the Continue button.

The site will display your logged in status as [Your name] You are logged in as [Other user name] (Logout). To return to your own login click your name or select Logout to log out of the site entirely.

It is important to note that the system Logs still record any action you undertake when loggedin as another user, under your account.

== Profile Tab ==

The Profile tab displays the general information regarding a user and reflects the profile details a standard (e.g. student) can access. If the user has entered in any additional information within their profile (such as MSN ID, phone number etc), this will be displayed on this page/tab.

The Profile tab also provides those users with appropriate access rights the Loginas and Send Message buttons.

== Edit Profile ==

The Edit Profile tab provides administrators etc with ability to update any (non-locked) profile information previously entered against the user. This includes the option to change or reset a user's password. It is recommended the Force password change option is used when resetting a password for a user.

== Forum Posts ==

The Forum Posts tab lists all Forum Posts (replies) and Discussions (threads) created by the user.

== Blog ==

The Blog tab within the Profile view lists all Blog entries created by the user.

== Notes ==

The Notes tab provides users with appropriate access rights with the ability to create Notes about specific users. A note's status determines who can see the

* Personal - The note will be visible only to you (as the admin/teacher)
* Course - The note will be visible to other teachers in this course
* Site - The note will be visible to other teachers in all courses

Please note, the Notes area can also be accessed via the Participants page within a course

== Activity reports ==

The Activity reports tab provides all access to all reporting data for an individual user. This includes the following reports:

=== Outline report ===

The Outline report is a general summary of those non-course areas of the site the user has viewed/visited.

===Complete Report===

The Complete Report shows all of those areas of the site the user has viewed/visited and what action (if any) they have undertaken within these areas.

===Today's logs===

The Today's logs report lists all areas of the site the user has visited in the last 24 hours and any information available regarding their activity within that area (such as viewing a specific assignment activity or accessing a particular course). A hourly hit counter bar graph is also provided for comparative reporting across a single day.

===All logs===

The All logs report lists all areas of the site the user has visited since their account was created and any information available regarding their activity within that area. Depending on the amount of data available a hit counter bar graph is also provided for comparative reporting across a day, week, fortnight or month.

===Statistics===

The Statistics report gives comparative reporting across (weekly) periods of Views (accesses) and Posts (updates) for a user.

=== Grade ===

The Grade report gives a grade summary of all courses and graded items the user has participated in since their account was created.

=== Roles ===

The Roles tab gives a summary of all Roles currently assigned to the user and the ability to create new overrides or assign new roles at the user context

==See also==

* [[Update profile]]
*The capability [[Capabilities/moodle/user:viewdetails|moodle/user:viewdetails]]

[[cs:Profil uživatele]]
[[de:Nutzerprofil ansehen]]
[[eu:Informazio_pertsonala]]
[[fr:Voir le profil]]

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Full Course Admin block from demo.moodle

Sandbox

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['''International Institute for the Sociology of Law'''][http://www.iisj.es] ==
''''''[Library][http://www.iisje.es.bdiisj/]''''''''Master Course 2009-2010''

== [[Master Course Bibliography]] ==

== Testing ==[[Image:C:\Documents and Settings\hp user\My Documents\Joo Hin\My Pictures.clock2.jpg]]<nowiki><nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki><nowiki><nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki></nowiki></nowiki>

hello I want to try
[['''''
Melody is testing driving Moodle!''''']][www.mjbuckner.com]
Here is a tesst from Tom

Add text here

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== '''Major Heading'''[http://gallery.me.com/pnetterfield] ==

Hello World

Table Setup:

{| class="table"
|-
! Column 1
! Column 2
! Column 3
|-
| '''row 1, cell 1'''
| ''row 1, cell 2''
| [[row 1, cell 3]]
|-
| row 2, cell 1
| row 2, cell 2
| row 2, cell 3
|-
| row 3, cell 1
| row 3, cell 2
| row 3, cell 3
|}
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'''Testing Moodle'''... ''XD'' ...

[[Media:Example.ogg]] [[Image:Example.jpg]] [http://www.example.com link title]

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'''Trying to work out what this does'''

three apostrophes make things bold. '''What happens if I just type them''' Does the same thing work for ''italics''

''== Apparently so ==''

'''Glen is testing this page'''

== Headline text ==
[http://www.moodle.org]

Moodling around with LMS and links that work? [[Media:[www.moodle.org]]

===testing editing capabilities===
[[Image:Example.jpg ]]
[['''Finding it difficult to get going with my own page''']]'''Bold text'''==Example==
'''Editing in the Sandbox'''

This is the first time I have edited in Moodle.

[[Hello world!!!]][http://www.stuff.com Hello]
I don't really know how this all works, but I'm figuring it out slowly!!![http://www.example.com link title]

How is everyone?

'''Helloooooooooooooooooooooo'''

'''testing, 1,2,3'''
A link [http://www.google.com Google]

Seems very tedious to me.
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I have put in the following link that works:
[[About Moodle]]

'''I don't know''' ''what I'm doing.''

Visit this site
[http://www.midwiferytoday.com | Midwifery Today]

[Manage_roles]

<noinclude></noinclude>các bạn ơi vào đây lấy tài liệu Java

My first '''sandbox''' attempt.

test '''test''' [[test]]

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dvnsedn

[[Image:ndfcdnVC]]

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>I know HTML at least</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
U1 Features & Newswriting
 
Challenge 
<img src="file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Owner/Desktop/print-media.jpg" width="150" height="181">
Writing for the Media
Introduction
Become an Inependent Learner
Online learning is a little different from being
in the classroom. Working with the computer will challenge all your senses:
thinking, speaking, seeing, hearing, touching, often all at the same time. We
will begin with a topic you already know something about. In this case, writing
for the media. Both of us will explore and expand your knowledge and experience
of what it is like to be a reporter.
Let's begin by exploring what we will learn in
this unit.
Objectives
<ul>
<li>Review and practice keyboard skills</li>
<li>Develop an article for your local newspaper</li>
<li>Challenge your Grammar skills: Fragments.</li>
<li>Record your progress: Journal Entry</li>
</ul>

The Keyboard
<img src="Keyboard.jpg" width="149" height="72">
<a href="TheKeyboard">The Keyboard</a>
<ul>
<li>Select the link and warm up your mind and fingers</li>
<li>What about your <a href="http://www.powertyping.com/qwerty/lessonsq.html">speed
and accuracy?</a></li>
</ul>
 
Writing Skills
Writing Articles for the Media

<ul>
<li>What do the images below tell you about the difference between
news writing and feature writing?</li>
<li><a href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/news/step1.htm">How
would you describe each type?</a></li>
</ul>
News
<img src="front%20page.jpg" width="122" height="133">
5 W's Chart

<table width="49%" border="3">
<tr>
<td>What happened?
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Who was there?
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Why did it happen?
 
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>When did it happen?
 
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Where did it happen?
 
 </td>
</tr>
</table>

Feature
<img src="SportsStar.jpg" width="116" height="140">
 Holds Readers' Attention
<ul>
<li>Grab them or lose them!</li>
<li>Get the right quote!</li>
<li>Like a short story!</li>
<li>Make your readers care!</li>
</ul>
Would you like to view a <a href="http://www.stonesoup.com/pdfs/stone_soup.pdf">student
magazine?</a>
 
Grammar Skills
How about a Quick Grammar Quiz?
<ul>
<li>How can you recognize a<a href="http://www.quia.com/pop/13222.html?AP_rand=652226721">
fragment?</a></li>
</ul>
(Try for 10/10)
<ul>
<li>Can you create sentences from fragments?</li>
<li>Revise the fragments. </li>
</ul>
(Enter correct sentences to your Notes page.)
<img src="HappyFace.jpg" width="143" height="143">
Congratulations!! 
</body>
</html>

== Tracker autolinking ==

MDL-19398 doesn't work. (yes, it does - now!) ;-)

But now this doesn't: [http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-17284 tracker item desccription] --[[User:Olli Savolainen|Olli Savolainen]] 09:51, 6 June 2009 (UTC)
:Fixed! --[[User:Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)|Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)]] 22:34, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

What about this syntax? [[MDL-17284|tracker item desccription]] Doesn't work either. --[[User:Frank Ralf|Frank Ralf]] 20:08, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
:And never has worked before AFAIK, it's the syntax used within Moodle (something like a "interwiki" link), but not within Moodle Docs (where it's an standard link to named page). --[[User:Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)|Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)]] 22:34, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
:: Thanks for fixing this. The interwiki link was just a try, forget about it ;-) --[[User:Frank Ralf|Frank Ralf]] 14:34, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

This one does: MDL-19398.

And spaces in the text MDL-19398 also should be respected.
:Fixed! --[[User:Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)|Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)]] 11:03, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

And these:

MDL-19398

MDL-19398

# MDL-19398

* MDL-19398

== asdf ==
'''Bold text'''

External images not possible:
http://henrik.nyh.se/images/pug.png
[[Image:http://henrik.nyh.se/images/pug.png]]
[[http://pilpi.net/photos/d/2946-2/11P1120874.JPG]]

Another try:
[http://pilpi.net/photos/d/2946-2/11P1120874.JPG]

{{Work in progress}}

{{Work in progress|info= additional info

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== Image insertion test ==
[[Image:Example.jpg]]

'''Category Test'''
[[Category:Contributed code]]

Category:Course

2009-09-03T16:43:09Z

Mc2ctr:

TOPIC 1 Kinetic

Topic 2 Heat Engergy

Category:Teacher

2009-09-03T16:36:35Z

Mc2ctr:

== Headline text ==
MS '''CHONG - Physics Course Leader'''

Administrator documentation

2009-09-01T16:38:04Z

Mc2ctr: /* Table of Contents */

The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.

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==Table of Contents==
__TOC__
'''Welcome to Admin Page'''

Lesson 1
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Lesson 2
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== Installation & Upgrading ==

*[[Installation Quickstart]] for an overview of the installation steps
*[[Installing Moodle]] for detailed installation instructions
*[[Installation FAQ]]
*[[Installing AMP|Options for installing Apache, MySQL and PHP]]
*[[Upgrading|Upgrading Moodle]]
*[[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]

[[Administrator documentation#Table of Contents|Top]]

== System-specific Instructions & Packages ==

===Unix/Linux-based===
* [[SUSE Linux Server 10|Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10]] operating system
* [[RedHat Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for RedHat]] operating system
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu using apt-get]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step by Step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]

===Windows===
* [[Windows installation|Windows installations with instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers]]
* [[Windows installation using XAMPP|Windows installation using XAMPP: Apache, MySQL and PHP]]
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to

===Mac===
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5]]
* [[Step-by-step Guide for Installing Moodle on Mac OS X 10.4 Client|Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.4 Client using the internal web server]]
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 Server]]

===Web Hosts===
* [[1and1_MySQL_installation | Installation on '''1and1''' web hosting]]
* [[powweb_MySQL_installation | Step-by-step Installation on '''Powweb''' web hosting]]

===Database===
* [[Installing Oracle for PHP]]
* [[Installing MSSQL for PHP]]
* [[Installing Postgres for PHP]]

[[Administrator documentation#Table of Contents|Top]]

==Security, Performance and Roles==

*[[Security]] contains important security procedures for a production site
*[[Performance | Performance and optimization]] for ideas on improving the speed of your installation
*[[Manage roles | Managing roles]] For Moodle 1.7 and later.
*[[Reducing spam in Moodle]]
*[[suhosin]] is an advanced protection system for PHP installation. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.

[[Administrator documentation#Table of Contents|Top]]
== FAQs ==

*[[Installation FAQ]]
*[[Beginning Administration FAQ]]
*[[Administration FAQ]]
*[[Backup and restore FAQ]]
*[[Errors FAQ]]

[[Administrator documentation#Table of Contents|Top]]

== 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]]
*[[HTML editor settings]]
*[[Calendar settings]]
*[[Maintenance mode]]

* See also:
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]

[[Administrator documentation#Table of Contents|Top]]
==User Management==

*[[Authentication]]
*[[Add new user|Add a new user]] - on a site
*[[Upload users]] - from a file to a site, and into existing course and group, some existing user global updates
*[[User_profile_fields]]
*[[Enrolment plugins]]
**[[Flat file]] - enrol existing users in a course
*[[Roles and capabilities|Assigning user a role]] - typical assignments include:
**[[Students|Enrol students in a course]]
**[[Unenrolment]] Student
**[[Courses (administrator)|Assign teachers]] - to a course
**[[Assign creators|Assign course creators]] - in a site
**[[Assign administrators]] - in a site

[[Administrator documentation#Table of Contents|Top]]

==Other==

*[[Courses (administrator)|Courses]] and [[Course formats|course formats]]
*[[Reports (administrator)]] and [[Logs]]
*[[Site files]]
*[[Moodle database|Database]]
*[[Environment]]
*[[Moodle Network]] and Moodle [[Community hub]]
*[[Streaming Media]]
*[[Case studies (administrator)]]
*[[Anti-virus]]
*[[System Monitoring and Server Statistic Software]]
*[[Integrate Moodle, LDAP and SIMS.net]]
*[[How to rebuild context paths]]
*[[Hacking the Moodle 2.0 database transfer script to convert a Moodle 1.9 site]]
*[[Category:ProxyProblems]]

[[Administrator documentation#Table of Contents|Top]]

==See also==

*[[:Category:Administrator | Index of all Administrator-related pages]]
*[[Integrations]]
*[[CVS for Administrators]]
*[[Email processing]]
*[[Search engine optimization]]
*[[Messaging]]
*[[Migration]]
*[[Metacourses]]
*[[Block layout]]
*[[Customizing Moodle]]
*[[Administrator do's and don'ts]]
*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 16: Moodle Administration
*[[Administration hacks]]

[[Administrator documentation#Table of Contents|Top]]

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[[ko:관리자 문서]]
[[nl:Documentatie voor beheerders]]
[[pt:Documentação para administradores]]
[[ru:Администраторам]]
[[sk:Dokumentácia pre správcov]]
[[zh:管理员文档]]
[[pl:Administrator documentation]]
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[[de:Dokumentation für Administratoren]]

Lesson settings

2009-09-01T16:35:49Z

Mc2ctr: /* The Maximum Number of Answers / Branches in a Lesson */

{{Lessons}}
This page is about lesson settings (update this lesson) that can be changed by the teacher when they view the lesson in edit mode. There are excellent help files once Lesson settings window has been open. After selecting lesson with the "Add activity" pull down menu, Moodle will first show the lesson settings page. At any point in the design or compilation of the lesson, it is possible (almost desirable in some cases) to edit the lesson settings by using the "Update the Lesson" button.

After reviewing the lesson settings and saving them, you(the teacher) will jump back to the page list with its insert, edit, move or delete potentials.

There is some difference between Moodle 1.5 and 1.6 with additional settings. Please note that the settings group category is shown on this page for reference.

== General ==
'''Preparatory for O-level lessons'''
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===Timed===
[[Image:Lesson Timer.png|right]]
Allows teacher to set a time limit on the lesson. Students are shown a count down counter and the time is recorded in the database. The timer does not evict a student from the lesson when the time is up, but does not score a question after the time limit reaches 0:00:00. The time in the database is checked each time a student submits a question.

Question 1

Question 2

== Grade Options ==

===Practice Lesson===

A practice lesson will not show up in the Gradebook. A practice lesson can not be a dependent lesson.

===Custom Scoring===

This will allow you to put a numerical point value on each answer. Answers may have negative values or positive values. Imported questions will automatically be assigned 1 point for correct answers and 0 for incorrect, though you may change this after the import.

===Maximum Grade===
This value determines the percentage of the score of this lesson which will be used to calculate the overall score in the gradebook. The range is 0 to 100%. This value can be changed at any time during the lesson. Any change has an immediate effect in the Grades page and on the grades shown to the students in various lists.
*When the grade is set to 0 the Lesson does not appear in any of the Grades pages. Also at end of the lesson, the student will see their score (#y of #x) and that they received a grade of 0%. This should be a clue that the lesson is not part of their grade for the course.

===User can re-take===

This setting determines whether the students can take the lesson more than once or only once. The teacher may decide that the lesson contains material which the students ought to know thoroughly. In which case repeated viewing of the lesson should be allowed. If, however, the material is used more like an exam then the students should not be allowed to re-take the lesson.

When the students are allowed to re-take the lesson, the grades shown in the Grades page are either their average grade over the re-takes or their best grade for the lesson. The next parameter determines which of these two grading alternatives is used.

Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson, subsequent re-takes by students are ignored.

By default this option is Yes, meaning that students are allowed to re-take the lesson. It is expected that only in exceptional circumstances will this option be set to No.

===Handling of Re-takes===

When students are allowed to re-take the lesson, this option allows the teacher to show the grade for the lesson in, for example, the Grades page, as either the mean, this is average, of the grades over the first and subsequent tries or as the grade from the students' best tries.

This option can be changed at any time.

===Display ongoing score===

This setting will allow the student to see their current score.

== Flow Control ==

===Allow Student Review===

This will place a "Review Lesson" button on the last screen of the lesson to encourage the to student navigate through the lesson again from the start. Be sure to check other settings to allow them to change their answers.

===Display Review Button===

This will display a button after an incorrectly answered question, allowing a student to re-attempt it.

:''TIP:'' It is not compatible with essay questions, so leave this off if you are using essay questions. Sometimes this setting will override any "display default feedback" lesson setting, where the default feedback will always be displayed when the review button is shown.

===The Maximum Number of Attempts (by a Student)===

This value determines the maximum number of attempts a Student has in answering any of the questions in the lesson. Once reached, the student does not see the question again.

The default value is 5. Smaller values may discourage the student from trying different answers about a question. Larger values may lead to frustration when the student "does not get it". For example with a short answer or numerical question, the student is not given an opportunity to try different answer choices. This value provides an escape route to the next page in the lesson.

Setting this value to 1 gives the students just single chance to answer each question. This would be similar to a question in the Quiz module.

:''Note:'' this value is student global parameter and that it applies to all the questions in the lesson regardless of their type. However it does not apply to teachers checking of questions or navigating through the lesson. Checking the number of attempts relies on values stored in the database and question attempts by teachers are not recorded. The teacher should after all know the answers!

===Action after a Correct Answer===

The usual action is to follow the jump as specified in the answer. In most cases this will probably show the Next Page of the lesson. The student is taken through the lesson in a logical way, beginning at the start and ending at the end.

However, the lesson module can also be used as a type of Flash Card assignment. The student is shown some information (optional) and a question in basically a random order. There is no set beginning and no set end. Just a set of Cards shown one after another in no particular order.

This option allows two very similar variants of Flash Card behavior. The option "Show an unseen page" never shows the same page twice (even if the student did not answer the question associated with the Card/Page correctly). The other non-default option "Show an unanswered page" allows the student to see pages that may have appeared before but only if they answered the associated question wrongly.

In either of these Flash Card-type lessons the teacher can decide to use either all the Cards/Pages in the lesson or just a (random) sub-set. This is done through the "Number of Pages (Cards) to show" parameter.

'''If you want a student to be taken directly from one question to the next irrespective of their answer being correct or incorrect''': in the Lesson Settings, set Maximum number of attempts: to 1. Please note, however, that a message "correct / incorrect" will still be displayed to the student upon answering each question. If you do not want this (default) feedback message to be displayed then enter your own feedback message (i.e. "continue", "---", etc.) In case you want no visible message displayed then enter a non-breaking space as feedback, so you'll have to put a # after the answer which may be ~3 and write & n b s p ; after that.(without spaces between these characters) To find out how Moodle works - you may export a sample of your questions with GIFT and check them out!

===Display default feedback ===
{{Moodle 1.7}}
Feedback to a specific answer to a question can appear on the next page after the student makes a choice and submits it. The question, the student's answer and the feedback appear on a page with a continue button at the bottom. This lesson setting controls what appears as the feedback response and if the page appears at all.

When this option is set to Yes, the standard default response will appear. In most lessons, when this is set to yes, Lesson first looks for the teachers custom feedback and if it does not find one, will put in the default feedback. It is possible to change the words used in the standard [[Language editing|default feedbacks]] for the entire MoodleSite.

Selecting No, will only show the teacher's supplied feedbacks for each specific answer. If the teacher has not entered a response for a specific answer, then the feedback page is not displayed and the student will immediately go to the page that the specific answer's jump is set to.

:''TIP:'' Under some versions of Moodle, other lesson settings may cause the default feedback to appear, even when the teacher has supplied their own feedback. Changing the "Review button" lesson setting to "No" will show the teachers custom feedback.

===The Minimum Number of Questions in a Lesson===
This value determines the '''minimum''' number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score. It does not force students to answer that many questions in the lesson. When a lesson contains one or more [[Adding a branch table| branches]], the teacher should normally set this parameter.

For example, setting this parameter to 20, will ensure that grades are given as though the students have seen at least this number of questions. Take the case of a student who only looks at a single branch in a lesson with 5 pages and answers all the associated questions correctly. This student then choose to end the lesson (assuming there is that option in the "top level"Branch Table, a reasonable enough assumption). If this parameter was set to 0 their grade would be 5 out of 5, that is 100%. However, with it set to 20 their grade would be reduced to 5 out of 20, that is 25%. In the case of another student who goes through all the branches and sees, say, 25 pages and answers all but two of the questions correctly, then their grade would be 23 out of 25, that is 92%.

If this parameter is used, the teacher might want to add a statement on the opening page of the lesson. For example, if the teacher set the value to 20 they might say:

:In this lesson you are expected to attempt at least ''20'' questions. You can attempt more if you wish. However, if you attempt less than ''20'' questions your grade will be calculated as though you attempted ''20''.

When this parameter is set to a value more than 0, students are told how many questions they have attempted and how many they are expected to attempt.

===Number of Pages (Cards) to Show===

This parameter is only used in Flash Card type lessons. The default value is zero which means that all the Pages/Cards are shown in a lesson. Setting this parameter to a non-zero value shows that number of pages. After that number of Page/Cards have been shown the end of lesson is reached and the student is shown their grade.

If this parameter is set to a number greater than the number of pages in the lesson then the end of the lesson is reached when all the pages have been shown.

== Lesson formatting ==

===Slide Show===

This enables the display of the lesson as a slide show, with a fixed width, height, and custom background color. A CSS based scroll bar will be displayed if the width or height of the slide is exceeded by the content of a page. Questions will 'break out' of the slide show mode, only pages (branch tables) will be shown in a slide by default. Buttons labeled with the lang default for "Next" and "Back" will be shown at the far right and left of the slide if that option is chosen on the page. Other buttons will be centered below the slide. You can also decide on the width, height and the background colour of the slide show.

===Display Left Menu===

This will show a list of the pages (Branch Tables) in the lesson. Question pages, cluster pages, etc. will not be shown by default (you may choose to show question pages by checking that option on the question).

===Progress bar===
A simple bar at the bottom of the lesson which will give an approximate percentage of completion. Since lessons vary greatly in their navigation, this works best with lesson that follow the logical order and do not jump around.

== Access control ==

===Password Protected Lesson===

This will not allow a student to access the lesson unless they type the password.

=== Dependent on ===
{{Moodle 1.6}}
In Version 1.6 a lesson can be dependent upon another lesson. There are 3 possible dependencies which can be use separately or in combination with each other. Time Spent (minutes) refers to how long the student was in the lesson on their last attempt (it is not cumulative). Completed means the student has attempted one question. Grade as a percentage of a specific lesson means just that.
:''TIP:'' Dependency not working when is sent to "Completed" on another lesson? You must have a question for lesson to recognize that it is complete. Put a multiple choice question at the end of the lesson and ask: "In this lesson you learned A, B, and C." Do not put in an answer or a jump. The student will see "Continue" at the end and go to the end of the lesson and fulfil the requirement of completing the lesson. The dependent on lesson can not be a practice lesson.

===Available from & deadline dates===

Determine the dates for the opening and closing of the lesson. For example in Moodle 1.7 it is possible to close the course in the year 2020.

== Other ==
===Link to activity===
A pull down menu will allow the teacher to create a link to another activity when the lesson is finished. This link will appear as a button on the [[Lesson_Pages#End_of_Lesson_Page|"end of lesson page"]], with links to grades or back to the homepage of the course.

===Pop-up to file or web page===
At the start of the lesson, this creates a popup window. For example this might be a music file, an agreement or text which the student can refer while in the lesson.

===Tree View===
Found in pre 1.6 versions of Moodle. Similar to the setting under Lesson Formatting, display left menu in Moodle 1.6 and later.

===Display High Scores===

A list of the high scores for the lesson will be shown. Students who get a high score can choose a custom name to list their score by. There is a 'badwords' filter which checks for naughty names.

High scores do not display if the "Practice lesson" option is turned On.

===Number of High Scores Displayed===

Type a number to limit how many of the top scores are displayed.

===Use this lesson's settings as defaults===

Select yes before Saving the lesson, and the settings you have chosen for this lesson will be the default settings for the next time you create a lesson for this course.

===Visible to users===

Allows you to show or to hide the lesson from students. This can also be done from the course home page by the hide/unhide icon next to the Lesson's name, when editing is turned on.

==Common module settings==
*Groupings (advanced):
*Available for groups only check box (advanced)
*Visable
*ID number
*Grade category
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==Adding the first page in a Lesson==

After you decide on the lesson settings (above), you are taken to the lesson and you are asked which of the following you want to do now: import questions, add a Branch Table or add a Question Page. To read more about adding pages go to: [[Viewing_a_lesson]]. If you would like more information about lesson pages in general go to [[Lesson Pages]] or select something from the index at the top of this page or one of the overall indexes below.

==See also==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjXelUZguw Creating a Lesson video tutorial]

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Lesson settings

2009-09-01T16:34:42Z

Mc2ctr: /* Name */

{{Lessons}}
This page is about lesson settings (update this lesson) that can be changed by the teacher when they view the lesson in edit mode. There are excellent help files once Lesson settings window has been open. After selecting lesson with the "Add activity" pull down menu, Moodle will first show the lesson settings page. At any point in the design or compilation of the lesson, it is possible (almost desirable in some cases) to edit the lesson settings by using the "Update the Lesson" button.

After reviewing the lesson settings and saving them, you(the teacher) will jump back to the page list with its insert, edit, move or delete potentials.

There is some difference between Moodle 1.5 and 1.6 with additional settings. Please note that the settings group category is shown on this page for reference.

== General ==
'''Preparatory for O-level lessons'''
----

===Timed===
[[Image:Lesson Timer.png|right]]
Allows teacher to set a time limit on the lesson. Students are shown a count down counter and the time is recorded in the database. The timer does not evict a student from the lesson when the time is up, but does not score a question after the time limit reaches 0:00:00. The time in the database is checked each time a student submits a question.

===The Maximum Number of Answers / Branches in a Lesson===

This value determines the maximum number of answers the teacher can see and use when editing a lesson or a page. The default value is 12. This is a useful feature in older versions of Moodle that have no collapsed view. This value can reduce the number of screens a teacher might see in the lesson edit mode.

This parameter also sets the maximum number of Branches that can be seen by the teacher in a Branch Table.

It is safe to change the value of this parameter at any time. It only effects what the teacher sees, not the data. For example, a teacher starting to enter a series of multiple choice questions with 6 answers, might set this value to 6. Then when the teacher starts to enter a series of questions with 2 answers, they might set this value to 2 because they don't need to see 4 blank answers for every question in the design phase.

In a similar manner, changing the value does not effect what the student sees when they view a branch page, nor does it change previous information put in by the teacher.

== Grade Options ==

===Practice Lesson===

A practice lesson will not show up in the Gradebook. A practice lesson can not be a dependent lesson.

===Custom Scoring===

This will allow you to put a numerical point value on each answer. Answers may have negative values or positive values. Imported questions will automatically be assigned 1 point for correct answers and 0 for incorrect, though you may change this after the import.

===Maximum Grade===
This value determines the percentage of the score of this lesson which will be used to calculate the overall score in the gradebook. The range is 0 to 100%. This value can be changed at any time during the lesson. Any change has an immediate effect in the Grades page and on the grades shown to the students in various lists.
*When the grade is set to 0 the Lesson does not appear in any of the Grades pages. Also at end of the lesson, the student will see their score (#y of #x) and that they received a grade of 0%. This should be a clue that the lesson is not part of their grade for the course.

===User can re-take===

This setting determines whether the students can take the lesson more than once or only once. The teacher may decide that the lesson contains material which the students ought to know thoroughly. In which case repeated viewing of the lesson should be allowed. If, however, the material is used more like an exam then the students should not be allowed to re-take the lesson.

When the students are allowed to re-take the lesson, the grades shown in the Grades page are either their average grade over the re-takes or their best grade for the lesson. The next parameter determines which of these two grading alternatives is used.

Note that the Question Analysis always uses the answers from the first tries of the lesson, subsequent re-takes by students are ignored.

By default this option is Yes, meaning that students are allowed to re-take the lesson. It is expected that only in exceptional circumstances will this option be set to No.

===Handling of Re-takes===

When students are allowed to re-take the lesson, this option allows the teacher to show the grade for the lesson in, for example, the Grades page, as either the mean, this is average, of the grades over the first and subsequent tries or as the grade from the students' best tries.

This option can be changed at any time.

===Display ongoing score===

This setting will allow the student to see their current score.

== Flow Control ==

===Allow Student Review===

This will place a "Review Lesson" button on the last screen of the lesson to encourage the to student navigate through the lesson again from the start. Be sure to check other settings to allow them to change their answers.

===Display Review Button===

This will display a button after an incorrectly answered question, allowing a student to re-attempt it.

:''TIP:'' It is not compatible with essay questions, so leave this off if you are using essay questions. Sometimes this setting will override any "display default feedback" lesson setting, where the default feedback will always be displayed when the review button is shown.

===The Maximum Number of Attempts (by a Student)===

This value determines the maximum number of attempts a Student has in answering any of the questions in the lesson. Once reached, the student does not see the question again.

The default value is 5. Smaller values may discourage the student from trying different answers about a question. Larger values may lead to frustration when the student "does not get it". For example with a short answer or numerical question, the student is not given an opportunity to try different answer choices. This value provides an escape route to the next page in the lesson.

Setting this value to 1 gives the students just single chance to answer each question. This would be similar to a question in the Quiz module.

:''Note:'' this value is student global parameter and that it applies to all the questions in the lesson regardless of their type. However it does not apply to teachers checking of questions or navigating through the lesson. Checking the number of attempts relies on values stored in the database and question attempts by teachers are not recorded. The teacher should after all know the answers!

===Action after a Correct Answer===

The usual action is to follow the jump as specified in the answer. In most cases this will probably show the Next Page of the lesson. The student is taken through the lesson in a logical way, beginning at the start and ending at the end.

However, the lesson module can also be used as a type of Flash Card assignment. The student is shown some information (optional) and a question in basically a random order. There is no set beginning and no set end. Just a set of Cards shown one after another in no particular order.

This option allows two very similar variants of Flash Card behavior. The option "Show an unseen page" never shows the same page twice (even if the student did not answer the question associated with the Card/Page correctly). The other non-default option "Show an unanswered page" allows the student to see pages that may have appeared before but only if they answered the associated question wrongly.

In either of these Flash Card-type lessons the teacher can decide to use either all the Cards/Pages in the lesson or just a (random) sub-set. This is done through the "Number of Pages (Cards) to show" parameter.

'''If you want a student to be taken directly from one question to the next irrespective of their answer being correct or incorrect''': in the Lesson Settings, set Maximum number of attempts: to 1. Please note, however, that a message "correct / incorrect" will still be displayed to the student upon answering each question. If you do not want this (default) feedback message to be displayed then enter your own feedback message (i.e. "continue", "---", etc.) In case you want no visible message displayed then enter a non-breaking space as feedback, so you'll have to put a # after the answer which may be ~3 and write & n b s p ; after that.(without spaces between these characters) To find out how Moodle works - you may export a sample of your questions with GIFT and check them out!

===Display default feedback ===
{{Moodle 1.7}}
Feedback to a specific answer to a question can appear on the next page after the student makes a choice and submits it. The question, the student's answer and the feedback appear on a page with a continue button at the bottom. This lesson setting controls what appears as the feedback response and if the page appears at all.

When this option is set to Yes, the standard default response will appear. In most lessons, when this is set to yes, Lesson first looks for the teachers custom feedback and if it does not find one, will put in the default feedback. It is possible to change the words used in the standard [[Language editing|default feedbacks]] for the entire MoodleSite.

Selecting No, will only show the teacher's supplied feedbacks for each specific answer. If the teacher has not entered a response for a specific answer, then the feedback page is not displayed and the student will immediately go to the page that the specific answer's jump is set to.

:''TIP:'' Under some versions of Moodle, other lesson settings may cause the default feedback to appear, even when the teacher has supplied their own feedback. Changing the "Review button" lesson setting to "No" will show the teachers custom feedback.

===The Minimum Number of Questions in a Lesson===
This value determines the '''minimum''' number of questions that will be used to calculate a student's score. It does not force students to answer that many questions in the lesson. When a lesson contains one or more [[Adding a branch table| branches]], the teacher should normally set this parameter.

For example, setting this parameter to 20, will ensure that grades are given as though the students have seen at least this number of questions. Take the case of a student who only looks at a single branch in a lesson with 5 pages and answers all the associated questions correctly. This student then choose to end the lesson (assuming there is that option in the "top level"Branch Table, a reasonable enough assumption). If this parameter was set to 0 their grade would be 5 out of 5, that is 100%. However, with it set to 20 their grade would be reduced to 5 out of 20, that is 25%. In the case of another student who goes through all the branches and sees, say, 25 pages and answers all but two of the questions correctly, then their grade would be 23 out of 25, that is 92%.

If this parameter is used, the teacher might want to add a statement on the opening page of the lesson. For example, if the teacher set the value to 20 they might say:

:In this lesson you are expected to attempt at least ''20'' questions. You can attempt more if you wish. However, if you attempt less than ''20'' questions your grade will be calculated as though you attempted ''20''.

When this parameter is set to a value more than 0, students are told how many questions they have attempted and how many they are expected to attempt.

===Number of Pages (Cards) to Show===

This parameter is only used in Flash Card type lessons. The default value is zero which means that all the Pages/Cards are shown in a lesson. Setting this parameter to a non-zero value shows that number of pages. After that number of Page/Cards have been shown the end of lesson is reached and the student is shown their grade.

If this parameter is set to a number greater than the number of pages in the lesson then the end of the lesson is reached when all the pages have been shown.

== Lesson formatting ==

===Slide Show===

This enables the display of the lesson as a slide show, with a fixed width, height, and custom background color. A CSS based scroll bar will be displayed if the width or height of the slide is exceeded by the content of a page. Questions will 'break out' of the slide show mode, only pages (branch tables) will be shown in a slide by default. Buttons labeled with the lang default for "Next" and "Back" will be shown at the far right and left of the slide if that option is chosen on the page. Other buttons will be centered below the slide. You can also decide on the width, height and the background colour of the slide show.

===Display Left Menu===

This will show a list of the pages (Branch Tables) in the lesson. Question pages, cluster pages, etc. will not be shown by default (you may choose to show question pages by checking that option on the question).

===Progress bar===
A simple bar at the bottom of the lesson which will give an approximate percentage of completion. Since lessons vary greatly in their navigation, this works best with lesson that follow the logical order and do not jump around.

== Access control ==

===Password Protected Lesson===

This will not allow a student to access the lesson unless they type the password.

=== Dependent on ===
{{Moodle 1.6}}
In Version 1.6 a lesson can be dependent upon another lesson. There are 3 possible dependencies which can be use separately or in combination with each other. Time Spent (minutes) refers to how long the student was in the lesson on their last attempt (it is not cumulative). Completed means the student has attempted one question. Grade as a percentage of a specific lesson means just that.
:''TIP:'' Dependency not working when is sent to "Completed" on another lesson? You must have a question for lesson to recognize that it is complete. Put a multiple choice question at the end of the lesson and ask: "In this lesson you learned A, B, and C." Do not put in an answer or a jump. The student will see "Continue" at the end and go to the end of the lesson and fulfil the requirement of completing the lesson. The dependent on lesson can not be a practice lesson.

===Available from & deadline dates===

Determine the dates for the opening and closing of the lesson. For example in Moodle 1.7 it is possible to close the course in the year 2020.

== Other ==
===Link to activity===
A pull down menu will allow the teacher to create a link to another activity when the lesson is finished. This link will appear as a button on the [[Lesson_Pages#End_of_Lesson_Page|"end of lesson page"]], with links to grades or back to the homepage of the course.

===Pop-up to file or web page===
At the start of the lesson, this creates a popup window. For example this might be a music file, an agreement or text which the student can refer while in the lesson.

===Tree View===
Found in pre 1.6 versions of Moodle. Similar to the setting under Lesson Formatting, display left menu in Moodle 1.6 and later.

===Display High Scores===

A list of the high scores for the lesson will be shown. Students who get a high score can choose a custom name to list their score by. There is a 'badwords' filter which checks for naughty names.

High scores do not display if the "Practice lesson" option is turned On.

===Number of High Scores Displayed===

Type a number to limit how many of the top scores are displayed.

===Use this lesson's settings as defaults===

Select yes before Saving the lesson, and the settings you have chosen for this lesson will be the default settings for the next time you create a lesson for this course.

===Visible to users===

Allows you to show or to hide the lesson from students. This can also be done from the course home page by the hide/unhide icon next to the Lesson's name, when editing is turned on.

==Common module settings==
*Groupings (advanced):
*Available for groups only check box (advanced)
*Visable
*ID number
*Grade category
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==Adding the first page in a Lesson==

After you decide on the lesson settings (above), you are taken to the lesson and you are asked which of the following you want to do now: import questions, add a Branch Table or add a Question Page. To read more about adding pages go to: [[Viewing_a_lesson]]. If you would like more information about lesson pages in general go to [[Lesson Pages]] or select something from the index at the top of this page or one of the overall indexes below.

==See also==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xjXelUZguw Creating a Lesson video tutorial]

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Administrator documentation

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The purpose of this page is to list useful links by general topics for administrators of a Moodle site.
==Table of Contents==
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Welcome to Admin Page

== Installation & Upgrading ==

*[[Installation Quickstart]] for an overview of the installation steps
*[[Installing Moodle]] for detailed installation instructions
*[[Installation FAQ]]
*[[Installing AMP|Options for installing Apache, MySQL and PHP]]
*[[Upgrading|Upgrading Moodle]]
*[[Installing contributed modules or plugins]]

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== System-specific Instructions & Packages ==

===Unix/Linux-based===
* [[SUSE Linux Server 10|Automated Installation Guide for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10]] operating system
* [[RedHat Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for RedHat]] operating system
* [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Step-by-step Installation Guide for Debian GNU/Linux]] operating system
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Ubuntu using apt-get]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Zenwalk-5.0]]
* [[OLPC XS installation|Step by Step Installation Guide for the One Laptop per Child XS Server (Beta)]]
* [[Step-by-step Install Guide for Solaris 10 with Oracle 10]]

===Windows===
* [[Windows installation|Windows installations with instructions for Windows NT/2000/2003 servers]]
* [[Windows installation using XAMPP|Windows installation using XAMPP: Apache, MySQL and PHP]]
* [[Development:Windows_Installer_anywhere|MoodleAnywhere]] another Windows installation package
* [[Installing Moodle on Windows Vista]] - how to

===Mac===
* [[Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X | Complete Install Packages for Mac OS X 10.3/10.4/10.5]]
* [[Step-by-step Guide for Installing Moodle on Mac OS X 10.4 Client|Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.4 Client using the internal web server]]
* [[Step by Step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 Server|Step by step Installation on a Mac OS X 10.5 Server]]

===Web Hosts===
* [[1and1_MySQL_installation | Installation on '''1and1''' web hosting]]
* [[powweb_MySQL_installation | Step-by-step Installation on '''Powweb''' web hosting]]

===Database===
* [[Installing Oracle for PHP]]
* [[Installing MSSQL for PHP]]
* [[Installing Postgres for PHP]]

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==Security, Performance and Roles==

*[[Security]] contains important security procedures for a production site
*[[Performance | Performance and optimization]] for ideas on improving the speed of your installation
*[[Manage roles | Managing roles]] For Moodle 1.7 and later.
*[[Reducing spam in Moodle]]
*[[suhosin]] is an advanced protection system for PHP installation. It was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core.

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== FAQs ==

*[[Installation FAQ]]
*[[Beginning Administration FAQ]]
*[[Administration FAQ]]
*[[Backup and restore FAQ]]
*[[Errors FAQ]]

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== 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]]
*[[HTML editor settings]]
*[[Calendar settings]]
*[[Maintenance mode]]

* See also:
**[[Location of admin settings in 1.7|Comparison between configuration settings in Moodle 1.6 & 1.7]]

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==User Management==

*[[Authentication]]
*[[Add new user|Add a new user]] - on a site
*[[Upload users]] - from a file to a site, and into existing course and group, some existing user global updates
*[[User_profile_fields]]
*[[Enrolment plugins]]
**[[Flat file]] - enrol existing users in a course
*[[Roles and capabilities|Assigning user a role]] - typical assignments include:
**[[Students|Enrol students in a course]]
**[[Unenrolment]] Student
**[[Courses (administrator)|Assign teachers]] - to a course
**[[Assign creators|Assign course creators]] - in a site
**[[Assign administrators]] - in a site

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==Other==

*[[Courses (administrator)|Courses]] and [[Course formats|course formats]]
*[[Reports (administrator)]] and [[Logs]]
*[[Site files]]
*[[Moodle database|Database]]
*[[Environment]]
*[[Moodle Network]] and Moodle [[Community hub]]
*[[Streaming Media]]
*[[Case studies (administrator)]]
*[[Anti-virus]]
*[[System Monitoring and Server Statistic Software]]
*[[Integrate Moodle, LDAP and SIMS.net]]
*[[How to rebuild context paths]]
*[[Hacking the Moodle 2.0 database transfer script to convert a Moodle 1.9 site]]
*[[Category:ProxyProblems]]

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==See also==

*[[:Category:Administrator | Index of all Administrator-related pages]]
*[[Integrations]]
*[[CVS for Administrators]]
*[[Email processing]]
*[[Search engine optimization]]
*[[Messaging]]
*[[Migration]]
*[[Metacourses]]
*[[Block layout]]
*[[Customizing Moodle]]
*[[Administrator do's and don'ts]]
*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 16: Moodle Administration
*[[Administration hacks]]

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