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====== Moodle ======

===== Overview =====
Moodle is a comprehensive classroom management solution that allows professors to communicate with students, share course content, manage submissions and process grades. It is currently used in SoCS for a select number of number of courses as an alternative to Courselink (D2L) due to its ability to be customized whereas Courselink provides a standard experience. Students are able to sign up for classes using a course specific enrollment key to get access to course material.

===== Configuration =====

==== Server ====
Moodle is hosted on a VM in the SoCS datacentre and is available at [[moodle.socs.uoguelph.ca|moodle.socs.uoguelph.ca]] to SoCS student and Faculty, although access to specific courses is restricted to users of those courses.

==== Administration ====
To upgrade moodle, the following workflow is recommended:
  - Go to the site administration page on the moodle website (you must be in the mdladmin LDAP group to have access to this page). 
  - Access the maintenance page from the server section and set the website to maintenance mode. It is recommended to do this step when site usage is low.
  - On Proxmox, create a snapshot of the VM updates can be easily reverted. 
  - Login with root access to the moodle server through SSH, update all packages every now and then through aptitude.
  - Navigate to "srv/www/moodle" and do a git pull to receive the newest source code for the current version branch (version can be checked with git branch -v).
  - Access the moodle website and follow the prompts to follow through with the update. If specific required dependencies are missing then SSH into the moodle server and install them. 
  - Once the upgrade is done, go back to the site administration section and turn maintenance mode off. 
  - It is good practice to reboot the moodle server at this stage. The upgrade is now completed.

To look into versions and release schedule, access the following link:
[[moodledev.io/general/releases|moodledev.io/general/releases]]

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