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− | ==Moodle for SME 7.x==
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| ===Maintainer=== | | ===Maintainer=== |
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| ===Installation=== | | ===Installation=== |
− | Install from the dungog repo, or download moodle and smeserver-moodle from any [[http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smedev/i386/RPMS/ smedev mirror]]
| + | This contrib can be found in the smecontribs repository. |
− | {{Repository|Dungog}}
| + | yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install moodle smeserver-moodle |
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| + | No need to reboot. |
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| + | ====Setup==== |
| + | Edit /opt/moodle/html/config.php the first time you install to set mysql details, domain name and moodle paths. |
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| + | cd /opt/moodle/html |
| + | cp config-dist.php config.php |
| + | nano -w config.php |
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| + | // 1. DATABASE SETUP |
| + | $CFG->dbuser = 'moodle'; // your database username is moodle |
| + | $CFG->dbpass = '439321584876185'; // find your database password with 'config show moodle' |
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| + | // 2. WEB SITE LOCATION |
| + | $CFG->wwwroot = 'http://YOURDOMAIN.COM/moodle'; |
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| + | // 3. SERVER FILES LOCATION |
| + | $CFG->dirroot = '/opt/moodle/html'; |
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| + | // 4. DATA FILES LOCATION |
| + | $CFG->dataroot = '/opt/moodle/moodledata'; |
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| + | To setup moodle start your browser with the URL ''http://YOURDOMAIN.COM/moodle'' and complete the forms. |
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− | To install
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− | yum enablerepo=dungog install moodle smeserver-moodle
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− | For uninstall
| + | ====Update==== |
− | yum remove moodle smeserver-moodle
| + | Review http://docs.moodle.org/en/Upgrading |
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− | For both you can ignore the yum-comments ''signal event post-upgrade'' and ''signal-event reboot''.
| + | yum update moodle --enablerepo=smecontribs |
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− | ===Setup===
| + | Visit your moodle site to trigger the upgrade and complete the install |
− | To setup moodle start your browser with the URL ''http://servername/moodle'' and complete the forms.
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− | {{Note box|Apply any changes to the domain property before setting up moodle. eg moodle.yourserver.org}}
| + | ====Usage==== |
| + | Begin with reading the [http://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_Moodle_book Moodle book] |
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| * Authentication | | * Authentication |
| + | Email based self registration is the default method. |
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− | To authenticate SME users against moodle configure moodle to use POP3 | + | To authenticate SME users against moodle, configure moodle to use POP3. |
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| With regular POP3, port 110, 127.0.0.1 in Moodle and "allow private" in SME server-manager > Email. | | With regular POP3, port 110, 127.0.0.1 in Moodle and "allow private" in SME server-manager > Email. |
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| Also seems to work with POP3cert port 995 in Moodle and "allow private and public" in SME server manager > Email. | | Also seems to work with POP3cert port 995 in Moodle and "allow private and public" in SME server manager > Email. |
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| + | * Privileged Users |
| + | Assign new moodle system administrators, course creators and teachers. |
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| + | * Courses |
| + | Add course categories before adding courses. Then assign a teacher to a course. |
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| + | * Students |
| + | The default is for students to create their own account and join courses themselves. |
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| + | === Uninstallation === |
| + | To remove this package issue the following command on the SME Server shell: |
| + | rpm -e moodle smeserver-moodle |
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| + | To remove mysql database and user, both are moodle, see [[MySQL#Remove a database]] and [[MySQL#Remove a user]]. There is no need to reboot. |
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| === Options === | | === Options === |
− | You can fine tune access to moodle with DB settings. | + | * You can fine tune access to moodle with DB settings. |
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− | http://wiki.contribs.org/Generic_WebApp_rpm#New_DB_settings
| + | For details have a look at [[Web Application RPM#New DB settings]]. |
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− | === Local Settings ===
| + | To see the current DB settings for Moodle do |
− | The config file is now templated, so changes need to be made in a new fragment
| + | config show moodle |
− | ll /etc/e-smith/templates/opt/moodle/html/config.php
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− | If you think your setting should be the default raise a bug
| + | To allow "normal" public access to Moodle do the following |
| + | config setprop moodle PublicAccess global |
| + | expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf |
| + | sv h /service/httpd-e-smith |
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| === Bugs === | | === Bugs === |
| Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in {{BugzillaFileBug|product=|component=|title=bugzilla}}and select the smeserver-moodle component or use {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Contribs|component=smeserver-moodle|title=this link}}. | | Please raise bugs under the SME-Contribs section in {{BugzillaFileBug|product=|component=|title=bugzilla}}and select the smeserver-moodle component or use {{BugzillaFileBug|product=SME%20Contribs|component=smeserver-moodle|title=this link}}. |
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− | === Tested software versions ===
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− | * Host: SMEserver v7.2
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− | * Installed: smeserver-moodle 1.0-1.el4.sme
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− | * Dependency Installed: moodle 1.8.1-1.el4.sme
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− | === Additional information ===
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| [[Category: CMS]] | | [[Category: CMS]] |
| [[Category: Dungog]] | | [[Category: Dungog]] |
| + | [[Category: Webapps]] |