Moodle

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Our Moodle integration is developed for schools, which want to avoid hour-long administrative tasks. The integration automatically creates, maintains and deletes users, based on data from your student administrative system. It also creates and maintains group rooms, which teachers and students can use for teaching purposes. The rooms are automatically get to use the language you require and can be categorized according to your needs, making them easier to find. Rooms that are no longer in use are deleted automatically. CONFIGURATION IN UMS The integration makes it possible to upload pictures of the users to Moodle, making it easy for teachers and students to see whom they are interacting with. If these pictures are replaced in UMS, they are automatically updated in Moodle. Last, but not least, the module can integrate with the AD. This allows users to log into Moodle with the same password they use to access the school’s IT-system. The Moodle integration gives you an easy overview and ensures that the users’ data is always managed correctly, without requiring any manual updates. This frees up time for the IT-department, who can focus on other tasks instead.

If you want to make it easy for students and teachers to keep track of their timetables, you can embed our Web Timetable module in Moodle as an iframe. By doing this, users can access homework and notes that are registered on the various timetable blocks in the timetable. Please note: To embed Web Time Table, the Web Timetable and SSO modules are required. In order to see homework, the Homework module is required.

Prerequisites

Module requirements

UMS

What to have ready

Moodle

Installation

Open UMS Configurator and go to Modules > Moodle > Organization settings

Click Add.

Organization settings

Description

Give your Organization setting a name.

DatabaseServer

Name of database server hosting the Moodle database.

DatabaseName

Name of Moodle database.

Database TablesPrefix

Table prefix set when installing Moodle.

UserName

UserName of the user that can access the database.

Password

Password of the user that can access the database.

URL

URL for your Moodle installation ex. http://moodle.inlogic.dk

Webservice Token

Token created in Moodle siteadministration. Guide to create access and token ( Remember: When adding functions to webservice, add all functions )

DataPath

Moodle data path ex. \\moodle.inlogic.dk\c$\Moodle\server\moodledata\filedir.

The user running moodle exe must have access to this path.

DatabaseType

Choose Database type used for Moodle. can only be one in the list below.

  • Microsoft SQL
  • MySQL
  • Oracle SQL

Moodle Site settings

From Configurator, Edit existing template > Moodle > Manage > Add or Configurator > Modules > Moodle > Site Settings > Add

File:Moodle Settings.png

Description:

Give the Site settings a name.

Organization settings

Choose the Organization setting you want to use for this site setting.

Default country

Choose default country. This is used when creating users.

Authentication method

Login method for the users

Mail domain for new students

The address appended to their username in moodle to give them an email address

Mail domain for new employees

The address appended to their username in moodle to give them an email address

Upload student information

Check these boxes to send and update information on students

  • Address
  • Phone (Phone1)
  • Mobile Phone (Phone 2)
  • Mail

Picture library

Upload pictures of students

See Picture libraries

Upload employee information

Check these boxes to send and upTemplate Settingsdate information on employees

  • Address
  • Phone (Phone1)
  • Mobile Phone (Phone 2)
  • Mail

Picture library

Upload pictures of employees

See Picture libraries

Course

File:Moodle Course Settings.png

Automation Type

This is not used yet

Remove learner method

When is a user removed from a site

  • Deleted in AD
    • When the user no longer has an active record in UMS. Normally the same time when the user is disabled in AD
    • This means that the user will have access to previous sites from all past terms
    • The user will be removed from the site if he stops being active on it while the activity/course is still active
    • The user will be removed from the site if he is removed from the activity/course in the administrative system while the activity/course is still active
  • Finished on activity/course
    • When the user stops on the activity/course in the administrative system.
    • The user will only have access to the site as long as he is active on it in the administrative system.

Delete sites

The site is considered to be deleted when there are no more students connected to it in UMS.

  • Auto delete
    • The site will be delete in the system automatically
  • Manual delete
    • The site will only be deleted in UMS and not in the system

Language

The language set on a site when is it created.

Send mail to teacher(s)

Send a mail to teachers when they are connected to a site

Create Days before

How many days before the site is active should it be created

Start publishing days before

How many days before the site is active should it be published and visible to the students

This must be a lower number than Create Days before

Delete Days after end

The end of a site is when all students have been removed.

How many days after end will the site still be in the system before UMS deletes it.

Teacher rights on sites

What access should the teachers have when added to the site

Learner rights on sites

What access should the students have when added to the site

Course category

Activity sites

Course sites

Cohort

Template Settings

FAQ