Published on February 22, 2008
Author: BrianJamison
Source: slideshare.net
Created and displayed with open source software + Linux Making the Most of Moodle Content licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
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A brief review of Open Source and Software in General
People resist change.
Sometimes things break.
Software is complex.
Most software is awful .
Nothing is Free.
More minds are better than less minds.
Source Code: Human readable text files that a computer turns into software programs.
Moodle Course Management System (CMS) not to be confused with a CONTENT Management System (CMS)
Course Management System (CMS)
not to be confused with a CONTENT Management System (CMS)
Installation considerations server bandwidth backups access outside the firewall
server
bandwidth
backups
access outside the firewall
Use teacher forums for collaboration
Embed multimedia Administration -> Filters -> Configuration Multimedia Plugins
Administration -> Filters -> Configuration
Multimedia Plugins
Moodle logs /everything/ administration -> logs database
administration -> logs
database
Moodle backups Administration -> Configuration -> Backup Littering the server with zip files is /not/ enough recommendation: RAID 1 + offsite storage use backups to duplicate courses!
Administration -> Configuration -> Backup
Littering the server with zip files is /not/ enough
recommendation: RAID 1 + offsite storage
use backups to duplicate courses!
Modules Not all are created equal usefulness (birthday notifications vs. grading) quality speed of development Compatibility Configurability Freshness Version ('ware the 1.0)
Not all are created equal
usefulness (birthday notifications vs. grading)
quality
speed of development
Compatibility
Configurability
Freshness
Version ('ware the 1.0)
Speeding it up Find the bottleneck first Use Linux Maximize hardware add ram, gigabit NIC, hw RAID, swap, procs
Find the bottleneck first
Use Linux
Maximize hardware
add ram, gigabit NIC, hw RAID, swap, procs
Speeding it up, 2 Tune the database Eventually may need dedicated db server Services Apache PHP Check for other loads e.g. mail or spam/virus Tune Moodle Site admin -> Server -> Performance
Tune the database
Eventually may need dedicated db server
Services
Apache
PHP
Check for other loads e.g. mail or spam/virus
Tune Moodle
Site admin -> Server -> Performance
Upgrades Consider all third party plugins Security fixes inside firewall Murphy says “Use a test server” make and test a backup document all actions Ask for help
Consider all third party plugins
Security fixes inside firewall
Murphy says “Use a test server”
make and test a backup
document all actions
Ask for help
“ RTFM, n00b ”
How to ask for help on a forum (and get it) Look around first! Ask for one thing at a time Details, details, details specific need versions, operating systems, logs, exact error messages environment, class size your experience level things you already tried Don't feed trolls Use the bump Report progress and success! (with details)
Look around first!
Ask for one thing at a time
Details, details, details
specific need
versions, operating systems, logs, exact error messages
environment, class size
your experience level
things you already tried
Don't feed trolls
Use the bump
Report progress and success! (with details)
Greg Lund-Chaix Oregon Virtual School District Project
Oregon Virtual School District Project
Any questions? Visit us at our booth! Brian Jamison [email_address] (503) 544-3558 Thank you!
Any questions?
Visit us at our booth!
Brian Jamison
[email_address]
(503) 544-3558
Thank you!
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