Moodle Administration Tutorial: Beginner, Intermediate Guide

Learn World Class Moodle LMS Admin, Configure, Theme, Manage Courses, Users, Permissions, Roles, Security, Plugins, Inst

What you'll learn
Create a fully functional Moodle Learning Management System from GROUND UP
Decide when to use Moodle as a solution. And when NOT to.
Install Moodle TEST/DEMO server on your own Windows Machine. Very similar for Linux machines also.
Apache, PHP, MySQL and Moodle tech stack installation included
Customize Moodle's blocks and Dashboards
Learn WHERE to find themes, WHICH to choose as best solution, HOW to install the selected theme
Build a high engagement Front Page for Moodle - using several plugins.
Manage Categories Hierarchy like a PRO
Create Courses - using different COURSE FORMATS. Detailed examples shown
Understand Moodles RBAC - Role Based Access Control mechanism. Understand Standard Roles and Permissions
User Management - Create users manually and bulk upload
Requirements
NO Special Requirements - You can access Moodle's excellent DEMO site - if you do not have access to your own Moodle installation. You will even be taught to install Moodle on your own laptop!
Description
Want to create and run a world-class online Learning Management System? Want to learn Moodle Administration trusted by 80 million users worldwide? Want a powerful skill on your resume?
Whatever your motivation to learn Moodle 3.0x Administration, you've come to the right place.
This course is the FIRST, most comprehensive, cost effective Moodle 3.0x Administration course on the entire web - or your money back.
COURSE UPDATE - 01-Nov-2017
One-click Moodle installation over Softaculous - Webserver Installation (public) Two additional debug lessons added to Moodle installation sectionRESOURCES section updated with new content

Moodle
is trusted by institutions and organizations large and small, including
Shell, London School of Economics, State University of New York,
Microsoft and the Open University.
Moodle's worldwide numbers of
more than 65,000+ Institutions and 80 million users across both academic
and enterprise level usage makes it the world's most widely used learning platform.
Master the World's Most Popular Learning Management System - MOODLE ADMINISTRATION in this Comprehensive Course.
Learn the LATEST version - Moodle 3.0x - and stay miles AHEAD of the curveStart from the very basics - this course makes no assumptionsEarn promotions with your new skills - Become indispensable in your institution Learn how to install Moodle 3.0x on your Windows laptop - or just use
Moodle's powerful and full fledged DEMO site for all of your learning
and experimentationLearn to install Moodle on a hosting Webserver - One-click Softaculous installLEARN TO LEVERAGE from thousands of FREE themes and plugins - learning activities, plagiarism, reporting, course formatting - and a whole lot moreLearn World Class Moodle LMS Admin, Configure, Theme, Manage Courses, Users, Permissions, Roles, Security, Plugins, Installation

Learn MOODLE 3.0x ADMINISTRATION to create Powerful Learning Experiences for your Learners
Any Device, Any Where - learn to create online classes that can be used on ANY device with a screen and learners can access from AnywhereHigh Engagement with Social Tools - like the Discussion forum, WIKI, blogsSave
Hundreds of hours and Thousands of dollars - with automated tools such
as bulk upload for students, courses etcINSTANTLY change the entire look and feel with top class themesSupport FLIP
classes, BLENDED learning or PURE online!! Whatever the game may be.
What am I going to get from this course?
A step-by-step video tutorial starting from the absolute basics - all the way to advanced topics.  SIX hours of videos & lecture - over 64 separate lessonsCountless hours saved with Moodle's automation tools Respect of your Peers, Educators, Students, School AdministratorsA powerful and absolutely essential teaching tool that is indispensable in the future of educationA lifetime access to this course - and all future updates, enhancementsVery detailed instructions on how to
install on a Windows computer (non-production usage)Tips,
tricks, pitfalls and other points distilled from a lot of experience -
these are distributed through out the course lessons

Overview

Section 1: WELCOME to the Moodle Administration Course!

Lecture 1 Introduction and Welcome

Lecture 2 This course is brought to you in High Definition

Section 2: Basic & Important Decisions

Lecture 3 WHAT is an LMS? What is Moodle?

Lecture 4 When to Use Moodle (and When NOT)?

Lecture 5 WHICH Moodle Versions used in this course?

Lecture 6 Moodle 3.0 Frequently Asked Questions

Lecture 7 HELP is always at hand!!!

Section 3: Moodle Installation on WINDOWS DESKTOP / LAPTOP

Lecture 8 Apache 2.4 installation

Lecture 9 Do this before you go ahead - TESTING YOUR APACHE INSTALLATION

Lecture 10 PHP 5.5 installation

Lecture 11 Do this before you go ahead - TESTING YOUR PHP

Lecture 12 MySQL 5.6 Installation

Lecture 13 Moodle 3.0 dev installation - PREP WORK

Lecture 14 Moodle 3.0 dev installation

Lecture 15 Moodle CRON Scheduler installation

Section 4: A WARM WELCOME to Moodle 3.0

Lecture 16 Admin LOGIN for the First Time

Lecture 17 DISCOVER the Moodle Interface - Elementary features

Lecture 18 CONFIGURE your Profile Settings

Section 5: CUSTOMIZE the User Interface

Lecture 19 Administration Block - Site Administration

Lecture 20 IMPT: Customize Blocks and Dashboards - Editing Block Settings

Lecture 21 IMPT: Customize Blocks and Dashboards - Hiding and Deleting

Lecture 22 Site Information - Fundamental and Necessary

Section 6: MOODLE THEMES: CUSTOMIZE the Look and Feel

Lecture 23 HOW far can you go with the UX? - 8 examples

Lecture 24 Working with Themes - The Basics

Lecture 25 How To Choose a Theme - WHERE to find Themes?

Lecture 26 How To Choose a Theme - Making a DECISION

Lecture 27 How to Install a new FREE Theme

Lecture 28 EVEN MORE on Theme Customization

Section 7: ADVANCED User Interface Design

Lecture 29 Front Page - Adding a LOGIN block

Lecture 30 Front Page - Settings Page

Lecture 31 Front Page - Additional Blocks - HTML Block

Lecture 32 BONUS - 100+ Additional Languages!

Section 8: Managing Categories and Courses

Lecture 33 Understanding Categories

Lecture 34 Manually Creating Category Hierarchy

Lecture 35 Course Creation - PART 1 - General Sections

Lecture 36 Course Creation - PART 2 - Format Types - SEE EXAMPLES

Lecture 37 Course Creation - PART 3 - Role Renaming and FINISH

Section 9: User Enrolment into Moodle

Lecture 38 Adding a new User

Lecture 39 Bulk Upload Users

Section 10: Moodle 3.x Groups Administration

Lecture 40 Fundamentals of Groups in Moodle

Lecture 41 Usage cases for Moodle COHORTS

Lecture 42 Creating and Using COHORTS

Lecture 43 Moodle Cohorts - FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Section 11: BONUS: Student Management - TEACHER Perspective!

Lecture 44 Teacher role: Learner Enrollment - Manual Method

Lecture 45 Teacher role: Learner self-registration Method

Lecture 46 Teacher role: Batch Enrollment Method

Section 12: Understand Roles and Permissions

Lecture 47 Roles in Moodle

Lecture 48 Moodle Permission Settings

Lecture 49 Customize Titles for all Roles

Section 13: Moodle 3.0 SECURITY

Lecture 50 Security Recommendations - FIRST line of DEFENCE

Lecture 51 IMPORTANT: Moodle 3.0 Site POLICIES

Lecture 52 Understanding Risks with Roles and Permissions

Lecture 53 Block IP Addresses

Lecture 54 Security Overview REPORT

Lecture 55 Moodle 3.0 Security FAQ

Section 14: Moodle 3.x: WEBSERVER SOFTACULOUS INSTALLATION

Lecture 56 Moodle Softaculous Installation - Part 1 - Introduction and Caveats

Lecture 57 Moodle Softaculous Installation - Part 2 - CPANEL Introduction

Lecture 58 Moodle Softaculous Installation - Part 3 - FINAL INSTALLATION

Section 15: RESOURCES for the Course

Lecture 59 FAQ: File Upload Size Manipulation

Lecture 60 Example SCORM Package for your experiments - Creative Commons License

Lecture 61 HOWTO: Recover from accidental BLOCK IP page mistakes

Lecture 62 Downloadable and Printable Moodle Administration Guide

Lecture 63 Moodle 3.0: ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP Diagram - Thanks Marcus Green - Creative Commons

Section 16: A Thank You Gift For You

Lecture 64 BONUS LECTURE: ***Thank You GIFTs for you!!***

Administrators seeking to explore Moodle for implementation in their Instituition,Administrators, Managers, Course Creators who want to build Moodle LMS,IT Professionals tasked with creating a scalable, open source Learning Platform,NOT FOR EDUCATORS - This course will not teach you to build a course within Moodle. I have a different course for that.