4TVirtualCon- Moodle Administration
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This document provides information about an online session on Moodle administration facilitated by Miguel Guhlin. It includes details on how to access session resources online as well as ways to continue the conversation on Moodle administration through online forums and social media using the hashtag #umvirtualcon. The facilitator hopes participants will gain knowledge on how to get started with Moodle administration and answers to any questions they may have.
4TVirtualCon- Moodle Administration
- 1. Thanks to Conference Organizers for allowing me to Tweet session with this tag...#umvirtualcon
- 2. The Moodle Administrator Adventure Session Facilitated by Miguel Guhlin (Twitter: mguhlin) http://mguhlin.net and http://mguhlin.org Get all web links Scan this QR Code Want to get Moodle started in your learning environment but don't know what questions to ask? Or, have questions but don't know the answers? Then this session can get you started down the road of Moodle administration. Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/agelakis/1661396714/
- 3. Want Session Resources? Get copies of the presentation, software and videos for Today's Session at http://bit.ly/4TBeAMoodleAdmin Join online Moodle course http://bit.ly/bemadmin Enrollment key - 4tadmin
- 4. Seeking New Horizons? Be sure to join the Moodle Mayhem Email list and visit Moodle.org Forums!
- 5. How To Setup My Own Moodle How To Convince My Organization Server on to Adopt Moodle so I can Use It for My Laptop or Desktop Computer Instruction I want to know How Moodle Can I'm Not Sure, just looked Help Me Be a Better Educator interesting! Mark It Up – What is 1 thing that you hope to get out of today's workshop that will make it a success?
- 6. What I hope you’ll get out today’s session!
- 7. http://goo.gl/1XgJ9 Source: http://goo.gl/Idt8a When you see a slide like this one, it means, “jump in” and share your ideas, questions, comments (no tomatoes, please!)
- 8. Meet the Problem When Sandra awoke Tuesday morning, she just knew that she had to get through to the people in her organization. For her student population, learning online could present opportunities just not possible in face to face settings. She'd already spoken to Juan and Lorena—fellow teachers—and they were supportive. She'd sent an email late Monday night advocating for the use of Moodle, a free open source course management system. Though brief, she had asked to meet with her boss and others this morning. Maybe she'd been too hasty to press SEND. As she walked into the office, George the Network Director, stood near the Jacob's (their boss) office. His red face sent a message all its own. “We've got that new server yesterday and we're a Microsoft shop!” George's voice carried down the hall, more pleading than angry. As Jacob and George became aware of her, their conversation grew silent. “Good morning,” she said warmly. “I'm wondering if we could meet about a new way of better serving our students?”
- 9. Hunches/Guesses In order to help Sandra, let's share what our hunches are about this situation, what we know, what we need to know to help the person/people in this situation.
- 10. Meet the Problem When Sandra awoke Tuesday morning, she just knew that she had to get through to the people in her organization. For her student population, learning online could present opportunities just not possible in face to face settings. She'd already spoken to Juan and Lorena—fellow teachers—and they were supportive. She'd sent an email late Monday night advocating for the use of Moodle, a free open source course management system. Though brief, she had asked to meet with her boss and others this morning. Maybe she'd been too hasty to press SEND. As she walked into the office, George the Network Director, stood near the Jacob's (their boss) office. His red face sent a message all its own. “We've got that new server yesterday and we're a Microsoft shop!” George's voice carried down the hall, more pleading than angry. As Jacob and George became aware of her, their conversation grew silent. “Good morning,” she said warmly. “I'm wondering if we could meet about a new way of better serving our students?”
- 11. What We Know In order to help Sandra, let's share what our hunches are about this situation, what we know, what we need to know to help the person/people in this situation.
- 12. Meet the Problem When Sandra awoke Tuesday morning, she just knew that she had to get through to the people in her organization. For her student population, learning online could present opportunities just not possible in face to face settings. She'd already spoken to Juan and Lorena—fellow teachers—and they were supportive. She'd sent an email late Monday night advocating for the use of Moodle, a free open source course management system. Though brief, she had asked to meet with her boss and others this morning. Maybe she'd been too hasty to press SEND. As she walked into the office, George the Network Director, stood near the Jacob's (their boss) office. His red face sent a message all its own. “We've got that new server yesterday and we're a Microsoft shop!” George's voice carried down the hall, more pleading than angry. As Jacob and George became aware of her, their conversation grew silent. “Good morning,” she said warmly. “I'm wondering if we could meet about a new way of better serving our students?”
- 13. What Do We Need to Know? In order to help Sandra, let's share what our hunches are about this situation, what we know, what we need to know to help the person/people in this situation. 13
- 14. Who are the Stakeholders? 14
- 15. What are the Most Important Questions that need to be answered? 15
- 16. Image Source: http://www.hdmx.com/images1/original/phpbb.jpg Miguel's Story – I started looking for an online space to facilitate meetings but found it easier to just setup our own.
- 17. Apache/MySQL/PHP server: These 3 components are often referred to as "AMP" with one of the following letters in front of it to represent an operating system. For example, you'll see the term "WAMP" as representative of "Windows Apache MySQL PHP." Macintosh users might refer to it as "MAMP" and GNU/Linux users as "LAMP." Where We Started Where We Ended Up So, we turned off Internet Information Server and installed Apache/PHP/MySQL on the Server.
- 18. Apache Software. . .must remain a platform upon which individuals and institutions can build reliable systems, both for experimental purposes and for mission-critical purposes. We believe that the tools of online publishing should be in the hands of everyone, and that software companies should make their money by providing value- Web Server added services such as specialized modules and support, amongst other things. Database (MySQL) and web pages (PHP) that allow us to interact with the database. We had a server running Windows, but switched to Apache/MySQL/PHP in time.
- 19. Image Source: http://intouch.saisd.net/plc Then, I started to wonder, how could we facilitate online professional learning?
- 20. How would you facilitate professional learning with Moodle (or are you already) ?
- 21. Also, how could we facilitate blended instruction for our Middle School students?
- 22. How could Moodle be used to facilitate Organizational communications?
- 23. Key Challenge #1: Optimizing eLearning Opportunities...explore this challenge in tomorrow's session.
- 24. Cost? $575 to $3000 Key Challenge #2 – How to provide in- house Moodle support with minimal “technical” expertise?
- 25. Anyone dealt with this key challenge already? If so, how?
- 26. Solution – Get Techies to Setup Server Initially but grant rights to.... PhpMyAdmin – Allows you to interact with databases
- 27. Solution – Get Techies to Setup Server Initially but grant rights to.... Or, if not phpMyAdmin, SQLYog (on Windows).
- 28. Solution – Get Techies to Setup Server Initially but grant rights to.... You also need File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Rights to the Moodle PHP folder and the MoodleData folder
- 29. What terms are we having trouble with?
- 30. Play on your own with XAMPP – Installation instructions available!
- 31. Moodle Administration Overview Go to Moodle.org and get Install XAMPP for Create the Moodle dbase Moodle 1.9.x Your Computer Using phpMyAdmin or Only get 2.0 if feeling Operating system SQLYog Dangerous. Navigate to Moodle Make your MoodleData Admin directory: Choose unattended Subdirectory and Moodle Localhost/moodleinstall/ operation and let it go. Folder to house PHP files admin To start Moodle install
- 32. 3 Parts of a Moodle Installation View video online in the Moodle Course or on YouTube or via Dropbox links shown above. Then, try the installation on your own computer.
- 33. Video: Installing XAMPP on Windows View video online in the Moodle Course or on YouTube or via Dropbox links shown above. Then, try the installation on your own computer.
- 34. Video: Starting XAMPP on Windows View video online in the Moodle Course or on YouTube or via Dropbox links shown at start of preso. Then, try the installation on your own computer.
- 35. Video: Accessing XAMPP on Windows View video online in the Moodle Course or on YouTube or via Dropbox links shown above. Then, try the installation on your own computer.
- 36. Video: Accessing XAMPP on Windows View video online in the Moodle Course or on YouTube or via Dropbox links shown above. Then, try the installation on your own computer.
- 37. Create Your Moodle Data Folder at C: XAMPP Create your MoodleData folder and add shortcuts to your Windows Desktop so you can access content quickly!
- 38. Creating Your Moodle Database Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin to create your Moodle Database. Video tutorial walks you through this part.
- 39. Creating Your Moodle Database When creating a new database, make sure to use “utf8_general_ci”
- 40. Creating Your Moodle Database What success looks like!
- 41. Restoring Courses from Other Locations Get free courses you can adapt or modify online...here are a few sources: lMoodleMayhem provides a list of sites - http://moodlemayhem.org/moodle-courses lMoodleShare - http://moodleshare.org l Open High School of Utah - http://goo.gl/cPfyQ l JISC RSC East Midlands - http://goo.gl/xz1cp l Just ask Moodle Mayhem members to share....
- 42. Sharing Courses with Others
- 43. Reflecting on Today's Session
- 44. Extending the Conversation.... Join Moodle Mayhem.org email list or Facebook page.... Send a tweet to @mguhlin Connect with folks on Moodle.org Forums.... Search on the #moodle hashtag Tweet session with this tag...#umvirtualcon