Moodle Installation

about Moodle

• Moodle - A Free, Open Source Course Management System for Online Learning(MoodleDocs, Release Notes, 中文MoodleDocs, BBS)
• Moodle 討論區:
  1. Moodle加油站的「你問我答-大家來討論」討論區、
  2. 林宏隆老師的 Moodle 討論區
  3. 台灣PHP聯盟(Taiwan PHP User Group) - 討論區 - 數位學習平台
• Moodle線上教學平台 電子書 - 簡介Moodle (ISBN 9861256598)
  • Moodle 1.5.3 架站錄影教學

Who use Moodle

• 科學園及其他有登記在Moodle官方網站的臺灣網站清單

or my bookmarks tagged with moodle+courses

install AppServ

download AppServ 2.4.x from AppServ Open Project

• select custom to check some options of installation
  • (Apache) Server Name: domain name or IP or localhost
  • (MySQL) change the password

install Moodle

download appserv AddOns for Moodle from AppServ Open Project

• install appserv-AddOns-Moodle-1.5.exe
  • default: admin, passwd: admin {moodle}/config.php
  • http://localhost/moodle

upgrade Moodle

• backup the (MySQL) data file
• backup the original {moodle data} files
• download the latest version of moodle
• (optional) Restart the server to refresh the cache and load the lang pack normally.
• run the {moodle}/install.php
  • note: the path of data should be file:\\aaa\\data at MS Windows
• move the {moodle}/theme/{cstomized theme files}

secure the phpMyadmin

• password or move to another verbose-named directory

系統設定 » Variables

• lang: en -> zhtw_utf-8 (Recommend: Download the lang pack from official website by yourself not your moodle.)
• langlist: en, zh_tw_utf8
• (optional) slasharguments: file.php?file=/pic.jpg
• smtphosts: ISP?
• enablerssfeeds: 是

• {moodle}/config.php

$CFG->dirroot   = 'C:\AppServ\www\moodle';
-> $CFG->dirroot = "c:\appserv\www\moodle";

cron.php maintenance script

• download from http://moodle.org/download/modules/moodle-cron-for-windows.zip
• add the URL of {moodle}/admin/cron.php to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MoodleCron\Sites

more on Moodle docs: Cron

modify the translation file

• Translation of Moodle

optional

move the data to another HD

• C:\AppServ\apache\conf\httpd.conf

move the webpages to another hard disk

DocumentRoot "C:/AppServ/www"
-> DocumentRoot "D:/www"

• restart apache service

• modify {moodle}/config.php

insert the tracking script

• modify the {moodle}/theme/{default_theme_name}/footer.html
• insert the tracking script ex: Google analytics codes

other notes

Moodle Assign roles for 1.7.x

Moodle wiki syntax (markup)

• CamelWord
• Free link

  • [Free_link]

  • or

    [Description | Free_link]