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==Moodle for SME 7.x==
      
===Maintainer===
 
===Maintainer===
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===Installation===
 
===Installation===
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Install from the dungog repo, or download moodle and smeserver-moodle from any [[http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dungog/packages/smeserver/7.0/i386/html/index_dungog.html mirror]]
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This contrib can be found in the smecontribs repository.
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{{Repository|Dungog}}
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yum --enablerepo=smecontribs install moodle smeserver-moodle
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No need to reboot.
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====Setup====
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Edit /opt/moodle/html/config.php the first time you install to set mysql details, domain name and moodle paths.
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To install
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cd /opt/moodle/html
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  yum --enablerepo=dungog install moodle smeserver-moodle
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  cp config-dist.php config.php
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nano -w config.php
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For uninstall
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// 1. DATABASE SETUP
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  yum remove moodle smeserver-moodle
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$CFG->dbuser    = 'moodle';            // your database username is moodle
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$CFG->dbpass    = '439321584876185';    // find your database password with 'config show moodle'
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// 2. WEB SITE LOCATION
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  $CFG->wwwroot  = 'http://YOURDOMAIN.COM/moodle';
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// 3. SERVER FILES LOCATION
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$CFG->dirroot  = '/opt/moodle/html';
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// 4. DATA FILES LOCATION
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$CFG->dataroot = '/opt/moodle/moodledata';
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For both you can ignore the yum-comments ''signal event post-upgrade'' and ''signal-event reboot''.
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===Setup===
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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 setup moodle start your browser with the URL ''http://servername/moodle'' and complete the forms.
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* Choose and set the URL moodle will be accessed with.
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Apply any changes to the URL or domain property before setting up moodle. refer to options below <br>eg. config setprop moodle domain moodle.yourserver.org
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====Update====
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Review http://docs.moodle.org/en/Upgrading
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yum update moodle --enablerepo=smecontribs
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Visit your moodle site to trigger the upgrade and complete the install
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====Usage====
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Begin with reading the [http://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_Moodle_book Moodle book]
    
* Authentication
 
* Authentication
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To authenticate SME users against moodle configure moodle to use POP3
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Email based self registration is the default method.
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To authenticate SME users against moodle, configure moodle to use POP3.
    
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.
    
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
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Assign new moodle system administrators, course creators and teachers.
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* Courses
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Add course categories before adding courses. Then assign a teacher to a course.
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* Students
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The default is for students to create their own account and join courses themselves.
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=== Uninstallation ===
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To remove this package issue the following command on the SME Server shell:
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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.
    
=== Options ===
 
=== Options ===
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You can fine tune access to moodle with DB settings.
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* You can fine tune access to moodle with DB settings.  
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http://wiki.contribs.org/Generic_WebApp_rpm#New_DB_settings
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For details have a look at [[Web Application RPM#New DB settings]].
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=== Local Settings ===
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To see the current DB settings for Moodle do
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The config file is now templated, so changes need to be made in a new fragment
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config show moodle
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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
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To allow "normal" public access to Moodle do the following
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config setprop moodle PublicAccess global
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expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
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sv h /service/httpd-e-smith
    
=== 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 1.8.3-1.el4.sme
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=== Additional information ===
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[[Category: CMS]]
 
[[Category: CMS]]
 
[[Category: Dungog]]
 
[[Category: Dungog]]
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[[Category: Webapps]]
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