Moodle Administrators Manual

Table of Contents

Users: Accounts: Manage Authentication ........................................................... 2
Users: Accounts: Browse List of Users .............................................................. 4
Users: Accounts: Add a new user ......................................................................... 6
Users: Accounts: Bulk user actions ...................................................................... 7
Users: Accounts: Upload users ............................................................................. 8
Users: Permissions: Add a new role ..................................................................... 9
User: Permissions: Assign System Roles ...........................................................10
Course: Add a new course ....................................................................................11
Course: Add a course category .............................................................................14
Backup a course .......................................................................................................15
Course: Restore a course .......................................................................................18
Import Course Content ..........................................................................................20
Import/update Language Packs ............................................................................22
Edit Master Language Pack ...................................................................................23
Manage Modules ......................................................................................................25
Manage Blocks and Filters .....................................................................................27
Manage Front Page Settings ..................................................................................32
Manage Site Files .....................................................................................................35

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Users: Accounts: Manage Authentication
Managing users for your Moodle site





1. In the Site Administration block, click Manage Authentication



2. Click Settings for External database



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3. Enter your external database information


4. Choose which fields to map/lock/update:




5. Click Save changes






Expand: Consider implications of authentication method.



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Users: Accounts: Browse List of Users
Browsing users in your Moodle site





1. In Site Administration, click Browse list of users



2. Click Show Advanced



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3. Enter your search criteria



4. Click Add filter



5. View results





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Users: Accounts: Add a new user
Adding users to your Moodle site





1. To add a new user to your Moodle site, click Add a new user in the site
administration block:


2. Enter the new users data:


(N.B. Items in red with * are required.)




3. Click Update profile







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Users: Accounts: Bulk user actions
Performing bulk user actions to your Moodle site





1. To perform bulk user actions in your Moodle site, click Bulk user actions in your
Site Administration block:


2. Select users and perfom the action by clicking Go





Expand: Discuss possible bulk user actions and reasons for them


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Users: Accounts: Upload users
Uploading users to your Moodle site





1. To upload users to your Moodle site, click Upload users


2. Browse to your file to upload users:

demoTeacherDataforUpload.csv


Click Upload users


3. Preview your upload and select settings:














Click Continue


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Users: Permissions: Add a new role
Adding a new role to your Moodle site




1. Click Define roles


2. Click Add a new role


3. Add a parent role by filling in the name, short
name and description:



4. Allow the parent to view
user profiles and activity
reports by clicking Allow
as shown here:



5. Click Add a new role






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User: Permissions: Assign System Roles
Assigning a system role to your Moodle site


1. Click on Assign system roles



2. Click on the role to assign:

(N.B. This is a site wide setting).



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3. Select the user to assign the role to and click
Add:



Course: Add a new course
Adding a new course to your Moodle site


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1. Click Add/edit a new course


2. Name and describe your course:


3. Click Save changes:


4. Assign a teacher to your
new course by clicking the
Teacher link:



5. Select a teacher for your new course by
choosing a user and clicking Add:


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6. Go to your course by clicking the Demo course link:


7. Click your participants link to see your new teacher in your new course:


8. View participants:




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Course: Add a course category
Adding a course category to your Moodle site


1. Click Add/edit courses


2. Click Add new category


3. Name and describe your
category:



4. Click Create category



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Backup a course
Backing up a course on your Moodle site


1. Click the name of the course to backup:



2. Click Backup in the course administration block:


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3. Configure your backup:












Click Continue

4. Optionally rename your backup and click
Continue:




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5. View the successful backup and click Continue:


6. View your
Backupdata folder:


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Course: Restore a course
Restoring a course on your Moodle site


1. Click Restore


2. View the course to restore and
click Yes:


3. View the restore settings and click
Continue


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4. Change any/none of the settings and
click Continue


5. Click Restore this
course now!


6. View successful restore and click Continue








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Import Course Content
Importing Course Content into your Moodle site



1. Click Import


2. Select the course to import the data from:


3. Select data to be imported:


4. Confirm data to be imported and click Continue:


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5. View successful backup of course to begin the import
and click Continue:


6. View successful import into the course you
selected and click Continue:



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Import/update Language Packs
Importing/updating language packs into your Moodle site


1. Click Language Packs in the site administration block




2. Select Language pack to be imported:


3. To update your language pack, click on the button called Update all
installed language packs






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Edit Master Language Pack
Editing the Master Language Pack your Moodle course


1. Allow Admin to edit master language pack by editing admin permissions. In Site
Administration block, click Users, Permissions, Define roles.



2. Click the edit icon for the Administrator role:


3. Click Allow for Edit master
language pack


4. Click Save changes at the bottom of the screen:

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5. Click Language editing in the Site administration block:



6. Click to check for missing strings:


7. Click the
access.php
link









8. Click the access link again:


9. Type your translation:


10. Click Save changes
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Manage Modules
Managing Modules in your Moodle site


1. In the Site Administration block, Click on Manage Activities







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2. Click Hide/Show to enable and disable:




Click Assignment Settings to adjust
them.

3. Change settings and click Save
Changes






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Manage Blocks and Filters
Managing blocks and filters in your Moodle site


1. In the Site Administration block, Click on Manage Blocks






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2. Click on Hide/Show





Click on Settings for Courses

3. Change settings



Click Save Changes

4. Click Manage filters





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5. Click on Disable/Enable





Click Settings for Multimedia
Plugins









6. Click checkbox for shockwave:


7. Click Sticky blocks link:


8. Select My Moodle from the dropdown menu:
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9. Select blocks to add to My
Moodle screen:


10. Click Remote RSS feeds


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11. Change
settings for
RSS feeds:







Click Save
Changes


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Manage Front Page Settings
Managing the front page of your Moodle site


1. Click Front Page Settings



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2. Change your site name



3. Make any other changes












Click Save Changes


4. Click Turn editing on


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5. Click Add and select blocks to add to your front page





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Manage Site Files
Manage site files for your Moodle site



# Instructions and screenshots of tasks
1. Click on Front page and Site files



2. Click Upload a file


3. Click Browse



Then click Upload
this file

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4. Click file names to download them:



5. Click OK to save file


6. Click Make a folder


7. Name the folder and click Create


8. Select the file(s) to zip, then click With chosen files and select Create zip archive



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9. Name the zip archive and
click Create zip archive


10. Select the file(s) to delete, then click With chosen files and select Delete
completely


11. Confirm the deletion by clicking Yes


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12. Select a file to move, then click With chosen files and select Move to another folder


13. Click on the
folder to move
to by clicking its
link


14. Click Move
files to here


15. View your
moved file(s)
in the new
folder and
click Parent
folder to move back to the main directory