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Category Archives: Moodle
Updating Moodle table comments
Recently we updated Moodle to 2.6, after doing so I compared the SQL table structure of our upgraded site database against a clean install with the same addons. I found quite a few differences in table structure (smallint to tinyint, … Continue reading
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Moodle Assignment Editor showing HTML instead of GUI editor
Recently one of teachers noticed that some Assignments that had been copied between courses would show the assignment introduction as a plaint ext box with html markup visible. I tracked this down to Moodle recording the wrong format for the intro. To fix all … Continue reading
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Moodle Structure Problems
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. Continue reading
Renaming Novell user accounts
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged account, Active Directory, Database, eDirectory, home directories, login names, Moodle, Novell, novell edirectory, Password, username, usernames
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