Moodle Administration Essentials: Learn how to set up, maintain, and support your Moodle site efficiently - Softcover

Gavin Henrick; Karen Holland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784395471 ISBN 13: 9781784395476

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

If you are an experienced system administrator and know how to manage servers and set up web environments but now want to explore Moodle, this book is perfect for you. You'll get to grips with the basics and learn to manage Moodle fast, focusing on essential tasks. Having prior knowledge of virtual learning environments would be beneficial but is not mandatory to make the most of this book.

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About the Author

Gavin Henrick

Gavin Henrick has worked with Moodle in business, learning, and development since 2007. Initially, he worked with Moodle partners in Ireland and Canada, USA, UK, where he gained valuable experience, and in 2011, he started his own consulting firm―Learning Technology Services. Through the new company, Gavin currently works on supporting organizations with e-learning projects, including Moodle rollouts, hosting and support tenders, Moodle upgrade strategies and processes, and training and best practice workshops. He is a regular speaker at a number of Moodlemoots and conferences and has organized the UK and Ireland Moodlemoot since 2012. Gavin recently published the book Moodle Add-ons with Michael de Raadt, then the development manager at Moodle HQ. The book provides advice to evaluate add-ons and also helps you identify some great add-ons that will enrich specific aspects of your platform. He also co-authored the book Moodle 2.0 for Business Beginner's Guide with Jason Cole and Jeanne Cole. The book included the key areas that businesses would address in Moodle deployments and included case studies of different implementations. Gavin has published a number of white papers on Moodle 2 Repositories and Moodle 2 Themes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784395471
• ISBN 13: 9781784395476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 169