Moodle as a Curriculum and Information Management System Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- Moodle as a Curriculum and Information Management System Beginner's Guide -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Welcome to Moodle as a Curriculum and Information Management System (CIMS)! -- What is Moodle? -- A VLE, LMS, and CMS -- Using Moodle as a CIMS -- Installing Moodle -- Installing MAMP and XAMPP packages -- Time for action - installing the Mac OS X package -- What just happened? -- Time for action - installing the Windows package -- What just happened? -- Basic setup and customization of your Moodle site -- Time for action - basic customization -- What just happened? -- Time for action - customizing the label area of the front page -- What just happened? -- Time for action - adding the Main Menu block -- What just happened? -- Installing third party contributions -- Blocks and modules -- Time for action - installing the My Courses block -- What just happened? -- Time for action - installing the Attendance package -- What just happened? -- Installing other plugins (themes) -- Time for action - installing the Aardvark Pro original theme -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 2. Building the Foundation-Creating Categories and Courses -- Course categories -- Manual creation of course categories -- Time for action - manually creating course categories -- What just happened? -- Teacher account creation -- Time for action - creating teacher accounts -- What just happened?.

Using the Bulk Course Upload tool -- Time for action - installing the Bulk Course Upload tool -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 3. Student Account Creation and Enrollment -- Bulk account creation and course enrollment -- Time for action - enrolling students when creating their accounts -- What just happened? -- Time for action - checking the enrollment status from the course context -- What just happened? -- Time for action - checking enrollment status from the user's profile page -- What just happened? -- Bulk enrollment for existing users -- Time for action - preparing the CSV file -- What just happened? -- Time for action - enroll existing users -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Pop quiz -- Other enrollment options -- Enrollment plugins -- CIMS enrollment review -- Summary -- 4. Incorporating Educational Standards -- Implementing standard policies and procedures in your Moodle site -- Attendance standards -- Bulk setup of the attendance module -- Time for action - creating a template course -- What just happened? -- Time for action - setting up the attendance template -- What just happened? -- Time for action - importing the attendance template to other courses -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Grading standards -- Time for action - creating a standard grading scale -- What just happened? -- Time for action - creating a Gradebook template -- What just happened? -- Time for action - preparing the target course -- What just happened? -- Time for action - importing the Gradebook template -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Implementing a final grade submission process -- The policy -- The process -- Time for action - locking courses for grade retrieval -- What just happened? -- Setting up a program-wide testing procedure -- Time for action - an exam administered outside of Moodle -- What just happened?.

An exam administered via the Moodle quiz module -- Summary -- 5. Enabling your Moodle Site to Function as an Information Portal -- Modifying display settings -- Time for action - removing course lists from the category page -- What just happened? -- Time for action - increasing the detailed summary setting -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz -- Time for action - increasing the number of courses displayed in a user's profile -- What just happened? -- Expanding content display possibilities -- Time for action - installation of Content Pages block -- What just happened? -- Time for action - customizing the Content Pages block -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Customization of third party themes -- Time for action - customizing the menu bar -- What just happened? -- Time for action - customizing the submenus -- What just happened? -- Time for action - adding links to the submenu items -- What just happened? -- Time for action - adjusting the display style of the Content Pages admin block -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Time for action - customizing the logo -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 6. Customized Roles -- Permissions and roles -- Creating a censored student role -- Time for action - creating and using a censored student role -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Assistant administrator role -- Time for action - creating and using an assistant administrator role -- What just happened? -- Time for action - testing the role -- What just happened? -- Administrative monitor role -- Time for action - creating and using an administrative monitor role -- What just happened? -- Time for action - assigning and testing the role -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- The Mentor, Advisor, and Parental Monitor role -- Time for action - creating and using the Parental Monitor role -- What just happened?.

Time for action - creating a new account and assigning the role to it -- What just happened? -- Time for action - installing the Mentees block -- What just happened? -- Time for action - checking the role functionality -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz -- Have a go hero -- Summary -- 7. Advanced Data Access and Display -- The Enhanced User Administration block -- Time for action - installation and use of the Enhanced User Admin block -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz -- Have a go hero -- Installation and use of PHPMyAdmin -- Time for action - installing and using PHPMyAdmin -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Installation and basic use of the Custom SQL query tool -- Time for action - install and experiment with the Custom SQL query tool -- What just happened? -- SQL queries -- Time for action - creating a sample query -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Installation and basic setup of the embedded Xataface database application -- Time for action - installation and basic setup of Xataface -- What just happened? -- Time for action - setup of our Xataface application -- What just happened? -- Time for action - limiting database table access -- What just happened? -- Time for action - another Xataface security measure -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz -- Summary -- 8. Setting Up a Mini SIS -- Custom user profile fields -- Time for action - setting up a user profile field for assessment test scores -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Time for action - a profile field for program enrollment information -- What just happened? -- Time for action - populating the fields -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz -- Have a go hero -- Using the user profile fields as the search criteria -- Time for action - searching using the Bulk user actions tool -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Time for action - searching using PHPMyAdmin.

What just happened? -- The Xataface database 'backside' application -- Time for action - customizing the Xataface table display -- What just happened? -- Time for action - setting up relationships in Xataface -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Time for action - using Xataface to modify core Moodle data -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz -- Time for action - Xataface as an enrollment table maintenance tool -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Summary -- 9. Promoting Efficient Communication -- Using Moodle as a hub for internal information distribution, collaboration, and communication -- Facilitating intra- or inter-departmental or program communication, collaboration, and information flow -- Time for action - setting up the meta course -- What just happened? -- Time for action - creating a group inside the meta course -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Time for action - setting up the forums inside the meta course -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Building a mentor, homeroom, advisor, or counselor system -- Time for action - setting up a mentor, advisor, or counseling system -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Feedback systems-using the questionnaire module -- Time for action - installing and using the questionnaire module -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero -- Summary -- 10. Advanced Enrollment Plugin -- Introducing the Registration Enrollment plugin -- Time for action - installing the Registration Enrollment plugin -- What just happened? -- Time for action - creating and populating the user profile fields -- What just happened? -- Time for action - setting up the Registration Enrollment plugin (default site-wide settings) -- What just happened? -- Time for action - registration enrollment system settings (course level) -- What just happened? -- Testing the Registration Enrollment plugin.

Time for action - testing the priority enrollment period setting for an eligible student.