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Moodle requires | Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learing Environment (VLE). It is a free web applications that educators can use to create effective online learning sites | ||
Moodle requires a few tweaks to your account before you can install it: | |||
== Changing your database language settings == | |||
Next, Moodle requires its database tables to be created with UTF-8 support. To do this: | |||
# create a new database, as normal, and then click on the '''Edit Tables''' icon next to it. | |||
# in this new window, click the name of the database in the left column (next to the line that says '''information_schema''') | |||
# now, click the '''Operations''' tab at the top | |||
# One of the boxes will be labelled '''Collation:'''. Scroll through this list and find the option named '''utf8_general_ci'''. Select this and click the '''Go''' button. | |||
# You should see a notice at the top of the screen that says that '''Your SQL query has been executed successfully'''. | |||
# Close this window, and continue with the Moodle install. | |||
== Setting your Data Directory == | |||
When setting up a data directory, Moodle will want a path outside the web server's root. To achieve this, you will want to [https://wiki.bravenet.com/Change_Document_Root update your websites document root] to the directory moodle was installed into. Such as /web/yourdomain.com/moodle/. | |||
Once the document root has been updated, you will then want to create a new subfolder within your websites root (/web/yourdomain.com/). Such as, '''/web/yourdomain.com/moodledata'''. | |||
Once created, you should be able to proceed with the installation of '''moodle''' on your website without issue. | |||
Latest revision as of 11:48, 20 December 2017
Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learing Environment (VLE). It is a free web applications that educators can use to create effective online learning sites
Moodle requires a few tweaks to your account before you can install it:
Changing your database language settings
Next, Moodle requires its database tables to be created with UTF-8 support. To do this:
- create a new database, as normal, and then click on the Edit Tables icon next to it.
- in this new window, click the name of the database in the left column (next to the line that says information_schema)
- now, click the Operations tab at the top
- One of the boxes will be labelled Collation:. Scroll through this list and find the option named utf8_general_ci. Select this and click the Go button.
- You should see a notice at the top of the screen that says that Your SQL query has been executed successfully.
- Close this window, and continue with the Moodle install.
Setting your Data Directory
When setting up a data directory, Moodle will want a path outside the web server's root. To achieve this, you will want to update your websites document root to the directory moodle was installed into. Such as /web/yourdomain.com/moodle/.
Once the document root has been updated, you will then want to create a new subfolder within your websites root (/web/yourdomain.com/). Such as, /web/yourdomain.com/moodledata.
Once created, you should be able to proceed with the installation of moodle on your website without issue.