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Location: ''Administration > Appearance > Moodle Docs'' | Location: ''Administration > Appearance > Moodle Docs'' | ||
Moodle Docs is a short way of saying [[Main_Page|"Moodle Documentation"]] in Moodle speak. Most setup or editing pages have a page information link to Moodle. The default link is an external link to <nowiki>https://docs.moodle.org</nowiki>. This can be changed to another location. See tips below. | |||
Note: information links are different than help links which are internal links. They can be found in the Moodle site file structure. For example a lesson question's feedback help file might be found at <nowiki>C:\moodle18\moodle\lang\en_utf8\help\lesson\feedback.html</nowiki> | |||
==Moodle documentation== | |||
As you may have discovered, Moodle Docs contains many searchable pages which represents 1,000s of hours of refinement by the Moodle community. For example, it is common to see a link from a forum in Moodle.org to a specific page or section in a Moodle Docs page. Likewise, something can be added to Moodle Docs to cover a new feature or to give a more detail description of a process that is not possible or desirable in a forum or as part of the help files. | As you may have discovered, Moodle Docs contains many searchable pages which represents 1,000s of hours of refinement by the Moodle community. For example, it is common to see a link from a forum in Moodle.org to a specific page or section in a Moodle Docs page. Likewise, something can be added to Moodle Docs to cover a new feature or to give a more detail description of a process that is not possible or desirable in a forum or as part of the help files. | ||
Moodle Docs is a living document that is constantly changing at docs.moodle.org . Anyone in the Moodle community who sees a need is invited to make an addition or add their opinion in the page comments tab. | Moodle Docs is a living document that is constantly changing at docs.moodle.org . Anyone in the Moodle community who sees a need is invited to make an addition or add their opinion in the page comments tab. | ||
==Tips on alternative page information == | |||
It is possible to download am HTML copy of Moodle documentation at [http://wimski.org/docs/ wimski.org/docs] to another server. While useful, these are not Wiki pages and do not follow the file structure of docs.moodle.org . | |||
It is possible to export one or more docs.moodle.org pages and then import those to another wiki via functions found in Special pages, located in the wiki Toolbox. | |||
==See also == | ==See also == | ||
Revision as of 11:22, 4 October 2007
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Location: Administration > Appearance > Moodle Docs
Moodle Docs is a short way of saying "Moodle Documentation" in Moodle speak. Most setup or editing pages have a page information link to Moodle. The default link is an external link to https://docs.moodle.org. This can be changed to another location. See tips below.
Note: information links are different than help links which are internal links. They can be found in the Moodle site file structure. For example a lesson question's feedback help file might be found at C:\moodle18\moodle\lang\en_utf8\help\lesson\feedback.html
Moodle documentation
As you may have discovered, Moodle Docs contains many searchable pages which represents 1,000s of hours of refinement by the Moodle community. For example, it is common to see a link from a forum in Moodle.org to a specific page or section in a Moodle Docs page. Likewise, something can be added to Moodle Docs to cover a new feature or to give a more detail description of a process that is not possible or desirable in a forum or as part of the help files.
Moodle Docs is a living document that is constantly changing at docs.moodle.org . Anyone in the Moodle community who sees a need is invited to make an addition or add their opinion in the page comments tab.
Tips on alternative page information
It is possible to download am HTML copy of Moodle documentation at wimski.org/docs to another server. While useful, these are not Wiki pages and do not follow the file structure of docs.moodle.org .
It is possible to export one or more docs.moodle.org pages and then import those to another wiki via functions found in Special pages, located in the wiki Toolbox.
