Moodle admin hint #8 Check performance overview
As an admin you sometimes make changes in your administration settings to check issues and forget to switch things back off. You should check your performance overview at regular intervals to make sure you are not making your Moodle server work harder than it has...
Moodle admin hint #7 Automated backups
FOR ADMINISTRATORS ONLY You won’t need it now but I guarantee when you least expect it, someone will accidentally delete a course that they shouldn’t have been deleted and you will be desperate to find a way to get it back. Moodle has a built in system to backup your...
How to use the template plugin in Moodle
This is one of the most useful plugins I have ever used. This plugin lets you create course templates, where you create a course that has the base information, content examples, standard activities, structure and grade book setup all ready for a content developer to...
Moodle admin hint #6 Edit the config file
DO NOT CHANGE ANY SETTINGS IN YOUR MOODLE CONFIG FILE UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AS YOU COULD CAUSE ISSUES WITH YOUR MOODLE SERVER Hopefully you will not need to do this but there will probably come a time when someone needs to change the config.php...
Moodle admin hint #2 Run CRON manually
This is something you should not have to do on production but you may need to do this on your staging server to check changes when testing plugins or new features. CRON is a command line function that calls certain tasks in Moodle to make database changes, move files...
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