<h1>Moodle course formats</h1>
<h2>LAMS course format</h2>
-<ul>This format makes the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) interface central to the course. LAMS requires setting up by an administrator in order to use this format.</ul>
+<p class="indent">
+This format makes the Learning Activity Management System (LAMS) interface central to the course. LAMS requires setting up by an administrator in order to use this format.</p>
<h2>SCORM format</h2>
-<ul>This format displays a SCORM package in the first section of the course home page. (The SCORM/AICC module provides an alternative method of displaying a SCORM package in a course.)</ul>
+<p class="indent">
+This format displays a SCORM package in the first section of the course home page. (The SCORM/AICC module provides an alternative method of displaying a SCORM package in a course.)</p>
<h2>Social format</h2>
-<ul>This format is oriented around one main forum, the Social forum, which appears on the course home page. It is useful for situations that are more freeform. They may not even be courses. For example, it could be used as a departmental notice board.</ul>
+<p class="indent">
+This format is oriented around one main forum, the Social forum, which appears on the course home page. It is useful for situations that are more freeform. They may not even be courses. For example, it could be used as a departmental notice board.</p>
<h2>Topics format</h2>
-<ul>The course is organised into topic sections. Each topic section consists of activities.</ul>
+<p class="indent">
+The course is organised into topic sections. Each topic section consists of activities.</p>
<h2>Weekly format</h2>
-<ul>The course is organised week by week, with a clear start date and a finish date. Each week consists of activities.</ul>
+<p class="indent">
+The course is organised week by week, with a clear start date and a finish date. Each week consists of activities.</p>
<h2>Weekly format - CSS/No tables</h2>
-<ul>The course is organised week by week without using tables for layout.</ul>
+<p class="indent">
+The course is organised week by week without using tables for layout.</p>
<p>The full syntax of a directory path depends on your operating system:</p>
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
-<p>In <b>Windows Systems</b> use something like:
+<p>In <b>Windows Systems</b> use something like:</p>
<ul>
<li>c:\program files\data\moodle</li>
-<li>c:\documents and settings\moodle\temp\saved</li></p>
+<li>c:\documents and settings\moodle\temp\saved</li>
</ul>
<li>/home/moodle/tmp/saved</li>
</ul>
-
-</blockquote>
+</div>
<p>Note that it's usually a good idea to make sure the directory already exists.
Sometimes Moodle can create the directory when required but this is not always possible.</p>
-<p align="center"><b>Not only do I want to manually accept/deny payments, but also use autocapture to prevent cancelling payment. What should I do?</b>
+<p class="center">
+ <b>Not only do I want to manually accept/deny payments, but also use autocapture to prevent cancelling payment. What should I do?</b>
+</p>
+
<ul>
<li>Setup cron.</li>
<li>Check an_review.</li>
<li>Enter a number between 1 and 29 to an_capture_day field.
Card will be captured and user will be enrolled to course unless you capture it within an_capture_day.</li>
</ul>
-</p>
-<p align="center"><strong>Use these settings if you want to review orders before processing the credit card.</strong></p>
+<p class="center"><strong>Use these settings if you want to review orders before processing the credit card.</strong></p>
<p>Uncheck the 'an_review' field if students will be enrolled to courses immediately when they entered their card number.<br />
If you have checked 'an_review' field, the credit card will be authorized but not be captured and you will have 2 options:
'Manual-Capture' and 'Scheduled-Capture'.
+</p>
<ul>
<li>For Manual-Capture, enter '0' to an_capture_day field. Transaction will be cancelled unless you review it within 30 days.
Don't panic! Your business is important for us. In 'Email Sending Settings' section, you will be notified X days
you may accept or deny the payment after you have received email about new pending order.
Users can also be mailed for welcome message if you check enrol_mailstudents.</li>
</ul>
-</p>
-<p align="center"><strong>In Moodle 1.6, you can accept/deny/refund the payments in Payment Managament page.</strong></p>
+<p class="center"><strong>In Moodle 1.6, you can accept/deny/refund the payments in Payment Managament page.</strong></p>
-<p align="center"><b>How will I manually accept/deny payments?</b>
+<p class="center"><b>How will I manually accept/deny payments?</b></p>
+
<ul>
<li>Check an_review.</li>
<li>Enter '0' to an_capture_day field.</li>
</ul>
-</p>
-<p align="center"><b>How will students be enrolled to courses immediately when they entered their card number?</b>
+<p class="center"><b>How will students be enrolled to courses immediately when they entered their card number?</b></p>
+
<ul>
<li>Uncheck an_review.</li>
</ul>
-</p>
<ul><li>A <member> element which specifies the given student and course, and with the "recstatus" attribute of the <role> element set to 3 (which means "delete"). THIS IS NOT YET IMPLEMENTED IN THE MOODLE PLUGIN.</li>
-<li> A <member> element which specifies the given student and course, and with the <status> element set to 0 (which means "inactive").</li></ul>
-
+<li> A <member> element which specifies the given student and course, and with the <status> element set to 0 (which means "inactive").</li>
+</ul>
<p>The third method is slightly different. It does not require this config setting to be activated, and can be specified well in advance of the unenrolment date:</p>
-<ul><li>A <member> element which specifies a <timeframe> for the enrolment can specify the begin and/or end dates for enrolment of this particular student. These dates are loaded into Moodle's enrolment data table if present, and so after the end-date, a student will no longer be able to access that particular course.</li></ul>
+<ul>
+ <li>A <member> element which specifies a <timeframe> for the enrolment can specify the begin and/or end dates for enrolment of this particular student. These dates are loaded into Moodle's enrolment data table if present, and so after the end-date, a student will no longer be able to access that particular course.</li>
+</ul>
-Individual posts can be rated using a scale based on the theory of <strong>separate and connected knowing</strong>.
-
+<h1> Ratings </h1>
+<p>Individual posts can be rated using a scale based on the theory of <strong>separate and connected knowing</strong>.
This theory may help you to look at human interactions in a new way. It describes two different ways that we can evaluate and learn about the things we see and hear.
-
-
Although each of us may use these two methods in different amounts at different times, it may be useful to imagine two people as examples, one who is a mostly separate knower (Jim) and the other a mostly connected knower (Mary).
+</p>
<ul>
</ul>
-Did you notice in these examples that the separate knower is male and the connected knower is female? Some studies have shown that statistically this tends to be the case, however individual people can be anywhere in the spectrum between these two extremes.
-
-
+<p>Did you notice in these examples that the separate knower is male and the connected knower is female? Some studies have shown that statistically this tends to be the case, however individual people can be anywhere in the spectrum between these two extremes.
For a collaborative and effective group of learners it may be best if everyone were able to use BOTH ways of knowing.
-
-
In a particular situation like an online forum, a single post by a person may exhibit either of these characteristics, or even both. Someone who is generally very connected may post a very separate-sounding message, and vice versa. The purpose of rating each post using this scale is to:
+</p>
-<blockquote>
+<ol style="list-style:lower-alpha">
-a) help you think about these issues when reading other posts
+ <li> help you think about these issues when reading other posts </li>
-b) provide feedback to each author on how they are being seen by others
+ <li> provide feedback to each author on how they are being seen by others </li>
-</blockquote>
+</ol>
The results are not used towards student assessment in any way, they are just to help improve communication and learning.
<hr />
-
+<p>
In case you're interested, here are some references to papers by the authors who originally developed these ideas:
+</p>
<ul>
-
<li>Belenky, M.F., Clinchy, B.M., Goldberger, N.R., & Tarule, J.M. (1986).
Women's ways of knowing: the development of self, voice, and mind. New York,
as learning styles: Learning MAGIC with a partner. Sex Roles, 44(7/8), 419-436.
- <br />
-
</li>
</ul>
-
-
<h1>Display format</h1>
<p>This setting specifies the way that each entry will be shown within the glossary. The default formats are:</p>
-<blockquote>
-<dl>
+
+<dl class="indent">
<dt><b>Simple Dictionary</b>:</dt>
<dd>looks like a conventional dictionary with separate entries. No authors are displayed and attachments are shown as links.</dd>
<dt><b>Continuous</b>:</dt>
<dt><b>FAQ</b>:</dt>
<dd>Useful for displaying lists of Frequently Asked Questions. It automatically appends the words QUESTION and ANSWER in the concept and definition respectively.</dd>
</dl>
-</blockquote>
+
<hr />
<p>Moodle Administrators can create new formats following the instructions in
<h2>Glossary</h2>
-<ul class="unlist">
+<ul class="un__list">
<li><h3>Glossary level help files</h3>
<ul>
</p>
<p>
The responses are color-coded as follows:
+</p>
<ul>
<li><font color="red"><b>Correct answers</b></font></li>
<li><font color="brown"><b>Ignored answers</b></font> (if any)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
-</p>
</ul>
<p>Smilies (emoticons) will be converted into their graphical equivalent, and
- bare URLs will be converted into links.</p>
-
+ bare URLs will be converted into links.
</p>
<li><a href="help.php?file=langedit.html">Language editing</a></li>
<li><a href="help.php?file=uploadgroups.html">Upload groups</a></li>
<li><a href="help.php?file=uploadusers.html">Upload users</a></li>
+
+ <li><a href="help.php?file=install.html">Installation</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Setting up courses</h2>
<h1>Installing Moodle</h1>
<h2>Don't panic! <img src="http://moodle.org/pix/s/smiley.gif" alt="" /></h2>
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This guide explains how to install Moodle for the first time. For some of these steps it goes into a lot of detail to try and cover the majority of possible
web server setups, so this document may look long and complicated. Don't panic, once you know how to do it you can install Moodle in minutes!</p>
- <p>If you have problems please read this document carefully - most common issues are answered in here.
+ <p>If you have problems please read this document carefully – most common issues are answered in here.
If you still have trouble, you can seek help from
<a href="http://moodle.org/help">Moodle Help</a></p>
<p>Another option is to contact a <a href="http://moodle.com/hosting/">web hosting company</a>
who can completely maintain Moodle for you, so that you can ignore all this and get straight into educating!
</p>
- <p> </p>
+
<p>Sections in this document:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="#requirements">Requirements</a></li>
<li><a href="#course">Create a new course</a></li>
</ol>
<p> </p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
+
<h3 class="sectionheading" id="requirements">1. Requirements</h3>
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Moodle is primarily developed in Linux using Apache, MySQL and PHP (also
sometimes known as the LAMP platform), but is also regularly tested with PostgreSQL
and on Windows XP, Mac OS X and Netware 6 operating systems</p>
<p>If you want to run Moodle on your own computer and all this looks a bit daunting,
then please take a look at <a href="http://docs.moodle.org/en/Administrator_documentation">the administrator documentation</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
+
<h3 class="sectionheading" id="downloading">2. Download and copy files into place </h3>
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>There are two ways to get Moodle, as a compressed package and via CVS. These
are explained in detail on the download page: <a href="http://moodle.org/download/">http://moodle.org/download/</a></p>
<p>After downloading and unpacking the archive, or checking out the files via
or you can copy all the contents straight into the main web server documents
directory, in which case the site will be simply <b>http://yourwebserver.com</b>.</p>
<p>If you are downloading Moodle to your local computer and then uploading it to your web site, it is usually better to upload the whole archive as one file, and then do the unpacking on the server. Even web hosting interfaces like Cpanel allow you to uncompress archives in the "File Manager". </p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
<p> </p>
+
<h3 class="sectionheading" id="site">3. Site structure</h3>
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>You can safely skip this section, but here is a quick summary of the contents of the Moodle folder, to help get
you oriented:</p>
- <blockquote>
- <table><tr>
+ <div class="indent">
+ <table class="indent"><tr>
<td valign="top">config.php</td>
<td valign="top">-</td>
<td valign="top">
<li>user/ - code to display and manage users</li>
</ul>
<p> </p>
- </blockquote>
-</blockquote>
+ </div>
+</div>
+
<h3 class="sectionheading" id="installer">4. Run the Installer script to create config.php </h3>
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>To run the installer script (install.php), just try to access your Moodle main URL using a web browser, or access <strong>http://yourserver/install.php</strong> directly. </p>
<p>(The Installer will try to set a session cookie. If you get a popup warning in your browser make sure you accept that cookie!) </p>
<p>Moodle will detect that configuration is necessary and will lead you through some screens to help you create a new configuration file called <strong>config.php. </strong>At the end of the process Moodle will try and write the file into the right location, otherwise you can press a button to download it from the installer and then upload config.php into the main Moodle directory on the server. </p>
<p>Along the way the installer will test your server environment and give you suggestions about how to fix any problems. For most common issues these suggestions should be sufficient, but if you get stuck, look below for more information about some of common things that might be holding you up. <br />
</p>
-</blockquote>
-<blockquote>
-<h3 class="sectionheading" id="webserver">4.1 General web server settings </h3>
- <blockquote>
+
+<h4 class="sectionheading" id="webserver">4.1 General web server settings </h4>
+ <div class="indent">
<p>Firstly, make sure that your web server is set up to use index.php as a default
page (perhaps in addition to index.html, default.htm and so on).</p>
<p>In Apache, this is done using a DirectoryIndex parameter in your httpd.conf
file. Mine usually looks like this:</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre><strong>DirectoryIndex</strong> index.php index.html index.htm </pre>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>Just make sure index.php is in the list (and preferably towards the start
of the list, for efficiency).</p>
<p>Secondly, <b>if you are using Apache 2</b>, then you should turn on the <i>AcceptPathInfo</i>
This is essential to allow relative links between your resources, and also
provides a performance boost for people using your Moodle web site. You can
turn this on by adding these lines to your httpd.conf file.</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre><strong>AcceptPathInfo</strong> on </pre>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>Thirdly, Moodle requires a number of PHP settings to be active for it to
work. <b>On most servers these will already be the default settings.</b>
However, some PHP servers (and some of the more recent PHP versions) may
have things set differently. These are defined in PHP's configuration
file (usually called php.ini):</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>magic_quotes_gpc = 1 (preferred but not necessary)
magic_quotes_runtime = 0 (necessary)
file_uploads = 1
session.auto_start = 0
-session.bug_compat_warn = 0
- </pre>
- </blockquote>
+session.bug_compat_warn = 0</pre>
+
<p>If you don't have access to httpd.conf or php.ini on your server, or you
have Moodle on a server with other applications that require different settings,
then don't worry, you can often still OVERRIDE the default settings.
<p>To do this, you need to create a file called <b>.htaccess</b> in Moodle's
main directory that contains lines like the following.
This only works on Apache servers and only when Overrides have been allowed in the main configuration. </p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
php_flag magic_quotes_runtime 0
php_flag file_uploads 1
php_flag session.auto_start 0
-php_flag session.bug_compat_warn 0</pre>
- </blockquote>
+php_flag session.bug_compat_warn 0
+</pre>
+
<p>You can also do things like define the maximum size for uploaded files:
</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>
LimitRequestBody 0
php_value upload_max_filesize 2M
-php_value post_max_size 2M
- </pre>
- </blockquote>
+php_value post_max_size 2M</pre>
+
<p>The easiest thing to do is just copy the sample file from <strong>lib/htaccess</strong> and edit it to suit your needs. It contains further instructions. For
example, in a Unix shell:
</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>cp lib/htaccess .htaccess</pre>
- </blockquote>
- </blockquote>
+
+ </div>
<p> </p>
-<h3 class="sectionheading" id="database">4.2 Creating a database</h3>
- <blockquote>
+<h4 class="sectionheading" id="database">4.2 Creating a database</h4>
+
+ <div class="indent">
<p>You need to create an empty database (eg "<em>moodle</em>") in your database system
along with a special user (eg "moodleuser") that has access to that database
(and that database only). You could use the "root" user if you wanted to for a test server, but
<p>If you have access to Unix command lines then you can do the same sort of thing by typing commands. </p>
<p>Here are some example Unix command lines for MySQL: </p>
<pre>
- # mysql -u root -p
- > CREATE DATABASE moodle;
- > GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,INDEX,ALTER ON moodle.*
- TO moodleuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
- > quit
- # mysqladmin -p reload
- </pre>
+# mysql -u root -p
+> CREATE DATABASE moodle;
+> GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,INDEX,ALTER ON moodle.*
+ TO moodleuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
+> quit
+# mysqladmin -p reload</pre>
+
<p>And some example command lines for PostgreSQL: </p>
<pre>
- # su - postgres
- > psql -c "create user moodleuser createdb;" template1
- > psql -c "create database moodle;" -U moodleuser template1
- > psql -c "alter user moodleuser nocreatedb;" template1</pre>
- </blockquote>
+# su - postgres
+> psql -c "create user moodleuser createdb;" template1
+> psql -c "create database moodle;" -U moodleuser template1
+> psql -c "alter user moodleuser nocreatedb;" template1</pre>
+ </div>
<p> </p>
-<h3 class="sectionheading" id="data">4.3 Creating a data directory </h3>
+<h4 class="sectionheading" id="data">4.3 Creating a data directory </h4>
- <blockquote>
+ <div class="indent">
<p>Moodle will also need some space on your server's hard disk to store uploaded files, such as course documents and user pictures. </p>
<p>The Moodle installer tries hard to create this directory for you but if it fails then you will have to create a directory for this purpose manually. </p>
<p>For security, it's best that this directory is NOT accessible directly via the web. The easiest way to do this is to simply locate it OUTSIDE the web directory, but if you must have it in the web directory then protect it by creating a file in the data directory called .htaccess, containing this line: </p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>deny from all<br />AllowOverride None</pre>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>To make sure that Moodle can save uploaded files in this directory, check that the web server software (eg Apache) has permission to read, write and execute in this directory. </p>
<p>On Unix machines, this means setting the owner of the directory to be something like "nobody" or "apache", and then giving that user read, write and execute permissions.</p>
<p>On Cpanel systems you can use the "File Manager" to find the folder, click on it, then choose "Change Permissions". On many shared hosting servers, you will probably need to restrict all file access to your "group" (to prevent other webhost customers from looking at or changing your files), but provide full read/write access to everyone else (which will allow the web server to access your files). </p>
<p>Speak to your server administrator if you are having trouble setting this up securely. In particular some sites that use a PHP feature known as "Safe Mode" may <em>require</em> the administrator to create this directory properly for you. </p>
- </blockquote>
+ </div>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
<h3 class="sectionheading" id="admin">5. Go to the admin page to continue configuration </h3>
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Once the basic <strong>config.php</strong> has been correctly created in the previous step, trying to access the front page of your site will take you the "admin" page for the rest of the configuration.</p>
<p>The first time you access this admin page, you will be presented with
a GPL "shrinkwrap" agreement with which you <strong>must</strong> agree before you
data. Firstly, the main database tables are created. You should see a number
of SQL statements followed by status messages (in green or red) that look
like this:</p>
- <blockquote>
+ <div class="indent">
<p>CREATE TABLE course ( id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, category
int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', password varchar(50) NOT NULL default
'', fullname varchar(254) NOT NULL default '', shortname varchar(15) NOT
'0', timemodified int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (id))
TYPE=MyISAM</p>
<p class="success">SUCCESS</p>
- </blockquote>
+ </div>
<p>...and so on, followed by: <span class="success">Main databases set up
successfully.</span> </p>
- <blockquote>
- <p class="style3">If you don't see these, then there must have been some problem with the database
+
+ <p class="style3 indent">If you don't see these, then there must have been some problem with the database
or the configuration settings you defined in config.php. Check that PHP isn't
in a restricted "Safe Mode" (commercial web hosts sometimes have safe mode
turned on). You can check PHP variables by creating a little file containing <strong><?php phpinfo() ?></strong> and looking at it through a browser. Check all these and
try this page again.</p>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>Scroll down the very bottom of the page and press the "Continue"
link.</p>
<p>You should now see a form where you can define more configuration variables
Don't worry too much about getting everything right just now - you can always
come back and edit these later on using the admin interface. The defaults are designed to be useful and secure for most sites. Scroll down to
the bottom and click "Save changes".</p>
- <blockquote>
- <p class="style3">If (and only if) you find yourself getting stuck on this page, unable to
+
+ <p class="style3 indent">If (and only if) you find yourself getting stuck on this page, unable to
continue, then your server probably has what I call the "buggy referrer" problem.
This is easy to fix: just turn off the "secureforms" setting, then
try to continue again.</p>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>Next you will see more pages that print lots of status messages as they set up all the tables required by the various Moodle module. As before, they should all be <span style="color:#006600">green</span>.</p>
<p>Scroll down the very bottom of the page and press the "Continue" link.</p>
<p>The next page is a form where you can define parameters for your Moodle site
email etc and then click "Save changes". Not all the fields are
required, but if you miss any important fields you'll be re-prompted for them.
</p>
- <blockquote>
- <blockquote>
- <blockquote>
- <blockquote>
- <blockquote>
- <p><strong>Make sure you remember the username and password you chose
+ <div class="indent">
+
+ <p class="indent-big"><strong>Make sure you remember the username and password you chose
for the administration user account, as they will be necessary to
access the administration page in future.</strong></p>
- </blockquote>
- </blockquote>
- </blockquote>
- </blockquote>
+
<p class="style3">(If for any reason your install is interrupted, or there is a system error
of some kind that prevents you from logging in using the admin account, you
can usually log in using the default username of "<strong>admin</strong>",
with password "<strong>admin</strong>".)</p>
- </blockquote>
+ </div>
<p>Once successful, you will be returned to the home page of your new site! Note the
administration links that appear down the left hand side of the page (these
items also appear on a separate Admin page) - these items are only visible
<li>changing site-wide settings like themes etc</li>
</ul>
<p>But you are not done installing yet! There is one very important thing still to do (see the next section on cron). </p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
<p> </p>
-<h3 class="sectionheading" id="cron">6. Set up cron -- IMPORTANT! </h3>
-<blockquote>
+<h3 class="sectionheading" id="cron">6. Set up cron – IMPORTANT! </h3>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Some of Moodle's modules require continual checks to perform tasks. For example,
Moodle needs to check the discussion forums so it can mail out copies of posts
to people who have subscribed.</p>
like 15 minutes or even 30 minutes. It's best not to make the time period
too long, as delaying mail-outs can slow down activity within the course.</p>
<p>First, test that the script works by running it directly from your browser:</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>http://example.com/moodle/admin/cron.php</pre>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>Now, you need to set up some of way of running the script automatically and
regularly.</p>
<h4>On Windows systems</h4>
- <blockquote>
- <p>The simplest way is to use this little package <a href="http://moodle.org/download/modules/moodle-cron-for-windows.zip" title="Click to download this package (150k)"><strong>moodle-cron-for-windows.zip</strong></a> which makes this whole thing very easy by installing a small Windows service. Run it and forget about it!</p>
- </blockquote>
- <p><strong>On web hosting services</strong></p>
- <blockquote>
- <p> Your web-based control panel may have a web page that allows you to set up this cron process. For example, on Cpanel system, look for a button called "Cron jobs". In there you can put the same sort of Unix commands as listed below. </p>
- </blockquote>
+
+ <p
class="indent">The simplest way is to use this little package <a href="http://moodle.org/download/modules/moodle-cron-for-windows.zip" title="Click to download this package (150k)"><strong>moodle-cron-for-windows.zip</strong></a> which makes this whole thing very easy by installing a small Windows service. Run it and forget about it!</p>
+
+ <h4>On web hosting services</h4>
+
+ <p class="indent"> Your web-based control panel may have a web page that allows you to set up this cron process. For example, on Cpanel system, look for a button called "Cron jobs". In there you can put the same sort of Unix commands as listed below. </p>
+
<h4> Using the command line on Unix </h4>
- <blockquote>
+ <div class="indent">
<p>There are different command line programs you can use to call the page from the command line. Not all of them may be available on a given server.</p>
<p>For example, you can use a Unix utility like 'wget':</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>wget -q -O /dev/null http://example.com/moodle/admin/cron.php</pre>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>Note in this example that the output is thrown away (to /dev/null).</p>
<p>The same thing using lynx:</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>lynx -dump http://example.com/moodle/admin/cron.php > /dev/null</pre>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>Alternatively you could use a standalone version of PHP, compiled to be run
on the command line. The advantage with doing this is that your web server
logs aren't filled with constant requests to cron.php. The disadvantage is
that you need to have access to a command-line version of php.</p>
- <blockquote>
- <pre>/opt/bin/php /web/moodle/admin/cron.php
- </pre>
- </blockquote>
- </blockquote>
+ <pre>/opt/bin/php /web/moodle/admin/cron.php</pre>
+
+ </div>
<h4>Using the crontab program on Unix </h4>
- <blockquote>
+ <div class="indent">
<p> All that Cpanel does is provide a web interface to a Unix utility known as crontab. If you have a command line, you can set up crontab yourself using the command:</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>crontab -e</pre>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>and then adding one of the above commands like:</p>
- <blockquote>
+
<pre>*/5 * * * * wget -q -O /dev/null http://example.com/moodle/admin/cron.php</pre>
- </blockquote>
+
<p>Usually, the "crontab" command will put you into the 'vi' editor. You enter
"insert mode" by pressing "i", then type in the line as above, then exit insert mode by
pressing ESC. You save and exit by typing ":wq", or quit without saving using ":q!" (without the quotes).</p>
- </blockquote>
+ </div>
<p> </p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
<h3 class="sectionheading" id="course">7. Create a new course</h3>
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Now that Moodle is running properly, you can try creating a new course to play with. </p>
<p>Select "Create a new course" from the Admin page (or the admin
links on the home page).</p>
<p> </p>
<p class="center"><strong>Happy exploring and happy Moodling!</strong></p>
<p class="center"><strong>If you like Moodle, please consider <a href="http://moodle.org/donations/">donating</a> to help us cover our costs! </strong></p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
lesson that is in the same course. If the performance requirement(s) is not met, then the student
will not be able to access this lesson.</p>
-<p>Conditions for the dependency include:
+<p>Conditions for the dependency include:</p>
+
<ul>
<li><b>Time Spent:</b> the student must spend this set amount of time in the required lesson.</li>
<li><b>Completed:</b> the student must complete the required lesson.</li>
<li><b>Grade better than:</b> the student must earn a grade in the required lesson that is
better than the one specified here.</li>
</ul>
- Any combination of the above can be used if needed.
+<p> Any combination of the above can be used if needed.
</p>
\ No newline at end of file
<p>A number of file formats are supported:</p>
<h2>GIFT format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>GIFT is the most comprehensive import format available for importing
Moodle quiz questions from a text file. It was designed to be an easy
method for teachers writing questions as a text file. It supports Multiple-Choice,
When was Ulysses S. Grant born?{#1822}
</pre>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatgift.html&module=quiz">More info about the "GIFT" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatgift.html&module=quiz">More info about the "GIFT" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Aiken format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>The Aiken format is a very simple way of creating multiple choice questions using a very clear human-readable format. Here is an example of the format:</p>
<pre>
What is the purpose of first aid?
ANSWER: A
</pre>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formataiken.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Aiken" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formataiken.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Aiken" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Missing Word</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This format only supports multiple choice questions.
Each answer is separated with a tilde (~), and the correct answer is
prefixed with an equals sign (=). Here is an example:</p>
-<blockquote>As soon as we begin to explore our body parts as infants
+<blockquote><p>As soon as we begin to explore our body parts as infants
we become students of {=anatomy and physiology ~reflexology
-~science ~experiment}, and in a sense we remain students for life.
+~science ~experiment}, and in a sense we remain students for life.</p>
</blockquote>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatmissingword.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Missing Word" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatmissingword.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Missing Word" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>AON</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This is the same as Missing Word Format, except that after importing
the questions all Short-Answer questions are converted four at a time
into Matching Questions.</p>
shuffled during the import.</p>
<p>It's named after an organisation that sponsored the development of many
quiz features</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>Blackboard</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This module can import questions saved in Blackboard's export
format. It relies on XML functions being compiled into your PHP.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatblackboard.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Blackboard" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatblackboard.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Blackboard" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Course Test Manager</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This module can import questions saved in a Course Test Manager test bank.
It relies on different ways of accessing the test bank, which is in a Microsoft Access
database, depending on whether Moodle is running on a Windows or Linux web server.</p>
using this import class.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatctm.html&module=quiz">More info about the "CTM" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatctm.html&module=quiz">More info about the "CTM" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Custom</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>If you have your own format that you need to import, you can
implement it yourself by editing mod/quiz/format/custom.php</p>
<p>The amount of new code needed is quite small - just enough
to parse a single question from given text.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatcustom.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Custom" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatcustom.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Custom" format</a></p>
+</div>
<p>More formats are yet to come, including WebCT, IMS QTI and whatever else
<p>Optionally a "Close Window" button be printed at the bottom of the pop-up and the
height and width of the window can be set as well.</p>
-<p>Supported embedded file types:
+<p>Supported embedded file types:</p>
<ul>
<li>MP3</li>
<li>Media Player</li>
<li>JPEG</li>
<li>PNG</li>
</ul>
- All other file types will default to a link for download.</p>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p> All other file types will default to a link for download.</p>
\ No newline at end of file
<p>If this parameter is used, then the opening page of the lesson should say
something like:</p>
-<p><blockquote>In this lesson you are expected to attempt at least n questions.
+<blockquote><p>In this lesson you are expected to attempt at least n questions.
You can attempt more if you wish. However, if you attempt less than n
- questions your grade will be calculated as though you attempted n.</blockquote></p>
+ questions your grade will be calculated as though you attempted n.</p></blockquote>
<p>Where obviously "n" is replaced by the actual value this parameter
has been given.</p>
<h2><a id="advanced">Advanced Topics</a></h2>
<p>This short introduction covers the features of Markdown that are used in the vast majority of cases. It is possible to achieve far more complex results, particularly if you already know how to write HTML, but these are covered in a separate document on the Advanced Use of Markdown</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=advanced_markdown.html">More info about advanced use of Markdown</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=advanced_markdown.html">More info about advanced use of Markdown</a></p>
</div>
</div>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=writing.html">More info about writing</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=writing.html">More info about writing</a></p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=reading.html">More info about reading</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=reading.html">More info about reading</a></p>
<p>The format(s) currently supported are:</p>
<h2>GIFT format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>GIFT is the most comprehensive import/export format available for exporting
Moodle quiz questions to a text file. It was designed to be an easy
method for teachers writing questions as a text file. It supports Multiple-Choice,
When was Ulysses S. Grant born?{#1822}
</pre>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatgift.html&module=quiz">More info about the "GIFT" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatgift.html&module=quiz">More info about the "GIFT" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Moodle XML format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This Moodle specific format exports quiz questions in a simple XML format. They
can then be imported into another quiz category or used in some other process such as
an XSLT transformation. The XML format will export images attached to questions (encoded
base64).</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>IMS QTI 2.0</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Exports in the standard IMS QTI (version 2.0) format. Note that this generates a group of files within
a single 'zip' file.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="http://www.imsglobal.org/question/" target="_qti">More information on the IMS QTI site</a>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="http://www.imsglobal.org/question/" target="_qti">More information on the IMS QTI site</a>
(external site in new window)</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>XHTML</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Exports the category as a single page of 'strict' XHTML. Each question is clearly placed in its own
<div> tag. If you want to use this page as-is, you will need to at least edit the <form> tag at the
start of the <body> section to provide a suitable action (eg, a 'mailto').</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<p>Import and Export formats are a pluggable resource. Other optional formats may be available in the
Modules and Plugins database.</p>
<p>A number of file formats are supported:</p>
<h2>GIFT format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>GIFT is the most comprehensive import format available for importing
Moodle quiz questions from a text file. It was designed to be an easy
method for teachers writing questions as a text file. It supports Multiple-Choice,
When was Ulysses S. Grant born?{#1822}
</pre>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatgift.html&module=quiz">More info about the "GIFT" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatgift.html&module=quiz">More info about the "GIFT" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Aiken Format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This is a simple format for importing multiple choice questions from a text file.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formataiken.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Aiken" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formataiken.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Aiken" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Moodle XML format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This Moodle specific format imports quiz questions that have previously been
exported in the same format. The format is straightforward and is best demonstrated
by exporting a category in the Moodle XML format. The XML format is capabable of
importing image files.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatxml.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Moodle XML" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatxml.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Moodle XML" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Missing Word</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This format only supports multiple choice questions and
short answer question, depending on the number of answers. One
answer generates a short answer question, two or more answers
prefixed with an equals sign (=). Here is an example of a multiple
choice question:</p>
-<blockquote>As soon as we begin to explore our body parts as infants
+<blockquote><p>As soon as we begin to explore our body parts as infants
we become students of {=anatomy and physiology ~reflexology
~science ~experiment}, and in a sense we remain students for life.
-</blockquote>
+</p></blockquote>
<p>Here is an example of a short answer question:</p>
-<blockquote>As soon as we begin to explore our body parts as infants
+<blockquote><p>As soon as we begin to explore our body parts as infants
we become students of {=anatomy and physiology},
and in a sense we remain students for life.
-</blockquote>
+</p></blockquote>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatmissingword.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Missing Word" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatmissingword.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Missing Word" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Blackboard</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This module can import questions saved in Blackboard's "POOL" type export
format. It relies on XML functions being compiled into your PHP.
Note that you must first unpack the exported zip file and provide Moodle
with the appropriate .dat file.
Note that this version <strong>does not</strong> work with Blackboard
Version 6 and newer.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>Blackboard V6+</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This module can import questions saved in Blackboard's export
format. It provides limited support for Blackboard Version 6 and
7. It relies on XML functions being compiled into your PHP. You
must upload the zip file exported from Blackboard.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>WebCT</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This module can import questions saved in WebCT's text-based format.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatwebct.html&module=quiz">More info about the "WebCT" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatwebct.html&module=quiz">More info about the "WebCT" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Course Test Manager</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This module can import questions saved in a Course Test Manager test bank.
It relies on different ways of accessing the test bank, which is in a Microsoft Access
database, depending on whether Moodle is running on a Windows or Linux web server.</p>
using this import class.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=formatctm.html&module=quiz">More info about the "CTM" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=formatctm.html&module=quiz">More info about the "CTM" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Embedded answers (Cloze)</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This special purpose format imports just one type of question, the
Embedded Answers (also known as Cloze) format.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=multianswer.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Cloze" format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=multianswer.html&module=quiz">More info about the "Cloze" format</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Learnwise format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This format can import multiple choice questions saved in Learnwise's XML
format.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>Examview format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This format can import from Examview 4 XML files. Note that the older
versions of Examview are not supported.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<p>Import and Export formats are a pluggable resource. Other optional formats may be available in the
Modules and Plugins database.</p>
<p>You can add a variety of different types of questions to a category:</p>
<h2>Multiple Choice</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>In response to a question (that may include a image) the respondent
chooses from multiple answers. There are two types of multiple choice
questions - single answer and multiple answer.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=multichoice.html&module=quiz">More info about Multiple Choice questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=multichoice.html&module=quiz">More info about Multiple Choice questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Short Answer</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>In response to a question (that may include a image), the respondent
types a word or phrase. There may several possible correct answers,
with different grades. Answers may or may not be sensitive to case.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=shortanswer.html&module=quiz">More info about Short Answer questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=shortanswer.html&module=quiz">More info about Short Answer questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Numerical</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>From the student perspective, a numerical question looks just
like a short-answer question.
The difference is that numerical answers are allowed
to have an accepted error. This allows a continuous range of answers
to be set.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=numerical.html&module=quiz">More info about Numerical questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=numerical.html&module=quiz">More info about Numerical questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>True/False</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>In response to a question (that may include a image), the respondent
selects from two options: True or False.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=truefalse.html&module=quiz">More info about True/False questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=truefalse.html&module=quiz">More info about True/False questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Matching</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>A list of sub questions is provided, along with a list of answers. The
respondent must "match" the correct answers with each question.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=match.html&module=quiz">More info about Matching questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=match.html&module=quiz">More info about Matching questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Embedded Answers (Cloze)</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>These very flexible questions consist of a passage of text (in Moodle format) that
has various answers embedded within it, including multiple choice,
short answers and numerical answers.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=multianswer.html&module=quiz">More info about Embedded Answers questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=multianswer.html&module=quiz">More info about Embedded Answers questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Random Short-Answer Matching</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>From the student perspective, this looks just like a Matching question.
The difference is that the subquestions are drawn randomly from Short Answer questions
in the current category.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=randomsamatch.html&module=quiz">More info about Matching questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=randomsamatch.html&module=quiz">More info about Matching questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Random</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>A Random question in a quiz is replaced by a randomly-chosen question
from the category that was set.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=random.html&module=quiz">More info about Random questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=random.html&module=quiz">More info about Random questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Description</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This is not a real question. It simply prints some text (and possibly graphics)
without requiring an answer. This can be used to provide some information to
be used by a following group of questions, for example.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=description.html&module=quiz">More info about Description questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=description.html&module=quiz">More info about Description questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Calculated</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Calculated questions offer a way to create individual numerical questions by the
use of wildcards that are substituted with individual values when the quiz is taken.
</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=calculated.html&module=quiz">More info about Calculated questions</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=calculated.html&module=quiz">More info about Calculated questions</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>Essay</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>In response to a question (that may include an image) the respondent writes an answer in essay format.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=essay.html&module=quiz">More info about Essay questions</a></p>
-</ul>
\ No newline at end of file
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=essay.html&module=quiz">More info about Essay questions</a></p>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=writing.html">More info about writing</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=writing.html">More info about writing</a></p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=questions.html">More info about questions</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=questions.html">More info about questions</a></p>
<h1>Deploy All</h1>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Packages need to be deployed before being viewed. An administrator may deploy all packages in the repository simultaneously.<p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h1>Directory</h1>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>The directory resource can display a whole directory (and its subdirectories) from your course files area.
Students can then browse and view all those files.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h1>Files and web pages</h1>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This resource type allows you to link to any web page or other file
on the public web. It also allows you to link to any web page or
other file that you have uploaded into your course files area
of content able to accept parameters, you can choose to send information
to your resource such as the user's name, their email, the course they
are currently in, and so on.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h1>HTML page</h1>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This sort of resource makes it easy to develop a complete single web page
within Moodle, especially when you are using Moodle's WYSIWYG HTML editor.</p>
<p>The page is stored in the database, not as a file, and you have a lot of
freedom to do almost anything you like using HTML, including Javascript.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h1>IMS Content Packages</h1>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This resource type allows you add packages conforming to the
<a href="http://www.imsglobal.org/content/packaging/index.html"
<p>Simply upload a zipped package and deploy.</p>
<p>There are various options for displaying content in a popup window, with a navigation menu or buttons etc.</p>
-
-</ul>
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+
+</div>
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<h1>Labels</h1>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Labels are a little different from other resources because they are
text and images that are actually embedded directly among the other
activity links in the course page.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h1>Text page</h1>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This type of resource is a simple page written using plain text.</p>
<p>A number of formatting types are available to help turn your plain
text into nice-looking web pages.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?module=moodle&file=textformat.html">More about these text formats.</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?module=moodle&file=textformat.html">More about these text formats.</a></p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<li>Determine the size window you wish to open. <br />
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Many people still use an average screen resolution of 800x600. In most cases it's best if you
initially size your window a little smaller than that, like 600 high and 480 wide.</p>
<p>If you leave these fields blank then the new popup window will be exactly the same size as the window they
clicked on to get the popup.</p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
</li>
</ol>
<p>In addition to formatting text, this editor provides a number of extra features you may find useful.
<h2>Paste text in from other Applications</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>You can cut and paste rich text from other Windows applications such as Microsoft Word
straight into this editor, and your formatting will be preserved. Just use the normal cut and paste
menus in your web browser (or Control-C and Control-V).</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>Inserting images <img alt="" src="lib/editor/htmlarea/images/ed_image.gif" /></h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>If you have images that are already published on a web site and accessible via a URL, you can include these images in your texts using the "Insert Image" button.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>Inserting Tables <img alt="" src="lib/editor/htmlarea/images/insert_table.gif" /></h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>To add layout to your texts, you can use the "Insert Tables" button in the toolbar.
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>Inserting Links <img alt="" src="lib/editor/htmlarea/images/ed_link.gif" /> /</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>To make a new link, first type the text that you want to be a link. Then select it and click the link button in the toolbar. Type the URL you want to link to and it's done!</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>Inserting smilies (emoticons) <img alt="" src="pix/s/smiley.gif" class="icon" /></h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>To embed these small icons in your text, click on the smiley icon in the toolbar. A dialog will pop up that allows you to select from the following smiley icons. (Alternatively, you can just type the corresponding code straight into your text and it will be converted later when your text is displayed).</p>
<table border="1">
</tr>
</table>
-</ul>
+</div>
<p>The scale itself is defined by an ordered list of values, ranging from negative to positive, separated by commas. For example:</p>
-<blockquote><i>
+<p class="indent"><i>
Disappointing, Not good enough, Average, Good, Very good, Excellent!
-</i></blockquote>
+</i></p>
<p>Scales should also include a good description of what it means and how it is
expected to be used. This description will appear in help pages for teachers and students.</p>
<p>If you add a package with only one Learning Object in it, you can choose to auto-skip the content structure page when users click on SCORM activity in the course page.</p>
-<p>You can choose:
+<p>You can choose:</p>
+
<ul>
<li><strong>Never</strong> skip the content structure page</li>
<li><strong>First access</strong> skip the content structure page only the first time</li>
<li><strong>Always</strong> skip the content structure page</li>
</ul>
-</p>
<li>Determine the size window you wish to open. <br />
-<blockquote>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Many people still use an average screen resolution of 800x600. In most cases it's best if you
initially size your window a little smaller than that, like 600 high and 480 wide.</p>
<p>If you leave these fields blank then the new popup window will be exactly the same size as the window they
clicked on to get the popup.</p>
-</blockquote>
+</div>
</li>
</ol>
<hr />
<h2>COLLES - Constructivist On-Line Learning Environment Survey</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>The COLLES comprises an economical 24 statements grouped into six scales,
each of which helps us address a key question about the quality of the on-line
learning environment: </p>
(This information has been adapted from the COLLES page. You can find out more about
COLLES and the authors of it at:
<a target="paper" href="http://surveylearning.com/colles/">http://surveylearning.com/colles/</a>)</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<hr />
<h2>ATTLS - Attitudes to Thinking and Learning Survey</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>The theory of 'ways of knowing', originally from the field of gender research (Belenky et al., 1986) provides us with a survey tool to examine the quality of discourse within a collaborative environment. </p>
<p><i>Galotti, K. M., Reimer, R. L., & Drebus, D. W. (2001). Ways of knowing as learning styles: Learning MAGIC with a partner. Sex Roles, 44(7/8), 419-436.</i></p>
-</ul>
+</div>
Writing text in Moodle works pretty much the way you would expect, but you also have the ability to include "smilies", "URL addresses" and some HTML tags in your text.
<h2>Smilies (emoticons)</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>To embed these small icons in your text, just type the associated code. These codes themselves are like little pictures if you turn your head to the left when looking at them.</p>
<table border="1">
</tr>
</table>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>URLs</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Any "word" starting with <b>www.</b> or <b>http://</b> will automatically be turned into a clickable link.</p>
<p>For example: <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">www.yahoo.com</a> or <a href="http://curtin.edu">http://curtin.edu</a></p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>HTML tags</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>You can use a limited subset of HTML tags to add emphasis to your texts.</p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5">
<tr><th scope="col">HTML tags</th><th scope="col">Produces</th></tr>
<tr><td valign="top"><ul> <li>one</li> <li>two</li> </ul> </td><td valign="top"> <ul><li>one<li>two</ul> </tr>
<tr><td><hr /></td><td> <hr /> </td></tr>
</table>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>1. Moodle auto-format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This format is best for when you are using normal web forms for entry
(instead of the Richtext HTML editor). Just type text normally, as if you
were sending an email.</p>
<p>Your line breaks will be retained, and blank lines will start new paragraphs.</p>
<p>Smiley characters such as :-) will automatically become their graphical equivalents.</p>
<p>You can even embed HTML code if you want to and it will be retained.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=text.html">More info about Moodle auto-formatting</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=text.html">More info about Moodle auto-formatting</a></p>
</ul>
<h2>2. HTML format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This format assumes the text is pure HTML. If you are using the
HTML editor to edit text then this is the default format - all
the commands in the toolbar are producing HTML for you.</p>
in your text and it should come out exactly as you intended.</p>
<p>Unlike the Moodle auto-format, no automatic formatting is performed.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=html.html">More info about HTML in Moodle</a></p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=richtext.html">More info about the Richtext HTML editor</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=html.html">More info about HTML in Moodle</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=richtext.html">More info about the Richtext HTML editor</a></p>
+</div>
<h2>3. Plain text format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>This format is useful when you need to include lots of code
or HTML that you want to be displayed exactly as you wrote it.</p>
<p>It still translates spaces and new lines, but otherwise your
text isn't touched.</p>
-</ul>
+</div>
<h2>4. Markdown text format</h2>
-<ul>
+<div class="indent">
<p>Markdown format tries to make it easy as possible to type
well-formatted XHTML pages using nothing but text written
more or less like you would write an email.</p>
<p>It's very good for writing clean text pages with some headings
and some lists but without many links or images.</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=markdown.html">More info about the Markdown format</a></p>
-</ul>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=markdown.html">More info about the Markdown format</a></p>
+</div>
<p>
-<a name="createpages"></a><b>Create Pages</b>:<br />
+<h3 id="createpages">Create Pages:</h3>
You create a page by naming it in the text of an existing page. A wiki page is named using
<a href="#camelcase">CamelCase</a> or by enclosing it in square brackets ( [] ).</p>
<p>
-
For example:
+</p>
<ul>
<li>[My Wiki Page] (enclosed in square brackets)</li>
-</ul></p>
+</ul>
<p>
enter edit mode for that page. Enter your text, save and you have a new wiki page.</p>
-<p><a name="wikimarkup"></a><b>Wiki Markup</b>:<br />
+<h3 id="wikimarkup">Wiki Markup:</h3>
If you are using the WYSIWYG HTML editor with ordinary word-processor style controls, then you
should use those controls to format your entry. Otherwise (when the edit box is just a normal
-<p>
-
-<a name="camelcase"></a><b>Camel Case</b>:<br />
+<h5 id="camelcase">Camel Case:</h5>
+<p>
CamelCase describes what WikiWords look like. Multiple words, joined together without
spaces, separated by changes in case. The uppercase and
</tr></tbody>
</table>
-Unless the group mode has been forced by the course settings, it can be set with the groups icons on the course home page after the wiki has been created.
+<p>Unless the group mode has been forced by the course settings, it can be set with the groups icons on the course home page after the wiki has been created.
+</p>
<ul>
<li>A teacher can always edit every wiki in the course</li>
</ul>
-</p>
-
<h1>Wiki Usage</h1>
-<p>
-<br />
+<p>
Wiki is a platform for working together on constructing web pages. The principles are simple.
-<br /><br />
+</p>
<ul>
<li>A text is written and saved.</li>
<li>Later, another person may read that text and think of some additions or
corrections that could be made. They choose "Edit" and make their changes to the page. </li>
-<li>After saving their new version, it is available globally.</li><br /> <br />
+<li>After saving their new version, it is available globally.</li>
</ul>
-With a wiki, it is also easily possible to add a page or link to existing pages.
-<br /><br />
+<p>With a wiki, it is also easily possible to add a page or link to existing pages.</p>
+
<ul>
<li>A link is created by a WikiWord. This is one word with at least two capital letters. If a page with this name already exist, it will be linked automatically, if not, it will be displayed with a question mark.</li>
<li>Clicking on this question mark, will start a new blank page with that name, ready to edit.</li>
</ul>
-<br /><br />
-
-<p align="center"><b><br />
-Wiki formatting rules</b></p>
+<h3 class="center">Wiki formatting rules</h3>
<h4> Paragraphs</h4>
</ul>
<h4>Further readings</h4>
-There are more possibilities for Wiki mark-up. Please consult the <a href="http://erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net" target="_new">Erfurt Wiki Homepage</a> for more information.
+<p>
+There are more possibilities for Wiki mark-up. Please consult the <a href="http://erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net" target="_new">Erfurt Wiki Homepage</a> for more information.
+</p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=questions.html">More info about asking questions</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=questions.html">More info about asking questions</a></p>
-<p
align="right"><a href="help.php?file=reading.html">More info about reading</a></p>
+<p
class="moreinfo"><a href="help.php?file=reading.html">More info about reading</a></p>
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color:#a00;
}
-
-#help hr {
- border: none;
- height: 1px;
- background: #ccc;
-}
-#help .example1 {
- color: #a00;
-}#help .success {
- color: #080;
-}
-#help .center {
- text-align: center;
-}
-
}
+/***
+ *** Help files (/lang/-/help)
+ ***/
+#help hr {
+ border: none;
+ height: 1px;
+ background: #ccc;
+}
+#help .example1 {
+ color: #a00;
+}
+#help .success {
+ color: #080;
+}
+#help .center {
+ text-align: center;
+}
+#help .moreinfo {
+ text-align: right;
+}
+/* Equivalent to 1 and 5 nested blockquotes respectively. */
+#help .indent, #help pre {
+ margin-left: 40px;
+}
+#help .indent-big {
+ margin-left: 160px;
+ margin-right:160px;
+}
+#help pre, #help code {
+ background: #eee;
+ border: 1px dashed #ddd;
+ padding: 3px;
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