Managing a Moodle site

A user with the role of Administrator is typically in charge of a Moodle site once it has been installed, although some tasks may be delegated to others by assigning them a role such as Manager. The links below provide more information about how to manage your Moodle site.

• Authentication - different methods of adding new users to your Moodle
• Managing accounts - how to search for, edit, delete or perform bulk actions on users
• Enrolments - different methods of adding users to courses.
• Roles and permissions - how to add or remove permissions from students, teachers and other users on your Moodle
• Security - how to keep your Moodle safe
• Performance - ways to check the efficiency and smooth running of your Moodle
• Backup - how to backup your site and courses
• Site appearance - ways to change the display and navigation of your site
• Language - how to add new languages and alter the default terms used.
• Server settings - registration, maintenance and default settings
• Site-wide reports - a list of useful reports for administrators
• Developer tools - how to debug your site, purge caches and tools for test sites only
• Web services - how to connect other systems to Moodle to perform operations
• Community hubs - search for, download, enrol in or add your own courses to public directories.
• More features - Blogs, Comments, Tags, Messaging, Notes, RSS feeds, Calendar