James' Tools and Tricks

Recently I discovered our Moodle gradebook was playing up and not correctly recording marks from assignments as well as been unable to assign categories from quizes.
I tracked the problem down to the Moodle database losing all its default entries for its tables.

Recently we had to change the login names for around 1200 students. As part of this rename we needed to change their Novell eDirectory account and home directory. We also needed to ensure linked systems such as an LDAP authenticated Moodle site and an IDM linked Active Directory (AD) domain were properly updated. To perform [...]

I occasionally use the following SQL statements to clean-up our Moodle system and identify old courses. I recommend backing up your database before using any and knowing enough SQL to understand what they are doing before running them. I usually use phpMyAdmin for execution and export, but use what ever works best for you. Find [...]

At the recent CC day some people asked about bulk deletion of users and courses. Moodle 1.9 beta now supports bulk user operations, such as deleting, sending messages or confirming the account. You can use a filter to easily select the users you want. The Filter allows selection based on everything from name, last access, [...]

This was very similar to a previous presentation given as part of the Tech KNOW Tour. However the Using Moodle presentation has some slight additions from Paul for a more technical audience and the spoken part of my presentation concentrated on a more technical side. Some additional notes: To use the DET mail server you [...]

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 [...]

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/ [...]