The Gallery module for Moodle is a very useful addon that allows you to upload images and view them in an easy accessible format. You can upload a directory structure in a zip file and have it recreate that structure as albums on the server. It can auto-generate thumbnails and supports commenting and ratings. The [...]

An LDAP browser for Active Directory. Makes it easy to see all attributes of objects and assists in configuring web applications that authenticate using LDAP. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Networking/AdExplorer.mspx You can connect to your AD server without knowing any LDAP paths, just use your standard login. Can also take snapshots to allow you to see what effect changes [...]

A graphical Windows boot disc containing many useful applications to repair, recover or clean a PC. http://www.ubcd4win.com/ Can also be combined with UBCD for DOS on the one disk. It is based on Bart’s PE Builder boot disc, and supports the Bart plugins such as Novell Client and other utilities. UBCD also has the benefit [...]

A great site with a large collection of tools, everything from Active Directory Management and Monitoring through to security, process monitoring and funny screen savers. http://www.sysinternals.com/ SysInternals was taken over by Microsoft so they also have new URL http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/ Tags: Active Directory, Management, Monitor, SysInternals, Tools

Windows Add-on that adds an additional column to Details view in explorer showing the size of subfolders. http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/ Allows very quick very of directories to see space. Main problem is it can take a while to refresh and can be slow for initial scan. Tags: Size, Space

On Wed 14th November 2007, Robert Devlin, Dr. Paul Ganderton and James Rudd presented a talk at SBHS as part of the DET Tech Know Tour. Below are copies of documents from that talk Some other useful links: Teacher Manual http://download.moodle.org/docs/teacher-manual.pdf Using Moodle Book http://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_Moodle_book Updated Moodle Guides (Look on left side for English): http://moodle.tokem.fi/ [...]

This is a free X Server that is great for managing Linux servers using SSH and PuTTY from a Windows PC. http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/ I wrote an article at Cool Solutions on Remote Management using SSH and X-Forwarding that gives some idea of its use. Tags: Linux, Management, Servers, X server, X11

Adds a Size tab to folder properties, showing the size of all the subfolders. Great addon for Windows. Bring up the properties of a folder and it will calculate the size of all the subfolders. Can be set to sort folders by size and decreasing allowing sysadmins to quickly identify large folders in user drives [...]

Path Copy allows you to copy a file or folders path from a simple right click menu. You can get the Full, Short or UNC path. It is a great tool and one of the must haves for a network admin. http://home.worldonline.dk/ninotech/index.htm I use it constantly when writing scripts and need the full path, or [...]

I’m aiming to use the site to let other admins know about some great utilities and websites to help in managing networks, primarily for schools, but hopefully relevant everywhere. Tags: background, welcome