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What is Moodle?

Moodle is commonly referred to as a virtual learning environment (VLE), and is extremely useful for educational institutions. It allows teachers to setup their course materials electronically so that students can then involve themselves virtually with all aspects of it. Materials can be put in almost any format imaginable, be it videos, exam papers, podcasts or normal written lectures. And since it is interactive, users can leave feedback and communicate with each other through many means, including chat rooms, blogs, wikis, and forums. For a full list of features, visit: www.moodle.org

Installation

Installing moodle on Debian and Ubuntu is fairly easy. Do

sudo apt-get install moodle

and it should pull all the required dependencies in with it. During the installation you will be asked various questions.
1.Choose Apache 2

2.Choose Postgres or Mysql as database. Postgres is useful for larger deployments.

3.Default mysql or postrgres database created? Answer: Yes

4.username: Moodle

5.password: ****

The installation should go through, but sometimes the database needs to be created manually. Try sudo apt-get install moodle first, and otherwise use the database administration tools to create the database and user selected above. Your setup is now ready and you must continue with the web based installation by going here with your browser:

http://localhost/moodle/admin

Accept the license agreement.and keep clicking continue until you reach the setup administrator account. Fill in the relevant details, noting username and password. Next fill in the Site details.

Congratulations, your Moodle site is installed and ready to start entering courses and students.

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