Change to Moodle--Schedule

March 2006

• Write PHP programmer description and begin hiring process
• Team teach e-LIS how to use Moodle
• Finish Senate process of Moodle acceptance
• Discuss implementation with UTS
• version--1.5.3?
• hardware--Linux, 2 or more boxes, database separate
• who handles what--UTS takes care of the server, keeping it running, and entire system downloads, e-LIS takes care of  end of semester downloads, integration with Banner, programming improvements, and all training and support.

April

• Leave test server of Moodle as is through the summer, importing courses as pilot CRNs and for practice courses.
• Webpages for Moodle--add new menu item
  • Forms
• New Practice Course or Organization Course
• Archive request
• Course copy permission form
• Merge courses with meta-course
• (Test student should be automatically created for everyone)
• New Feature Request
• Policies for course setup, adding students, semester transitions, roles, and backups.
• Request Help link
• Add drop down for Moodle or WebCT or other
• Help Documents
• Moving Content from WebCT to Moodle
• Getting Started
• Uploading Files
• Discussion Forums, Chat, and Email
• Quizzes and Gradebook
• Information for Students

May

• Faculty workshops for Moodle through the summer

June and July

• New  PHP programmer hire works on Moodle integration
• First page is login page (Force login)
• Follow CSH-- http://www.humboldt.edu/~moodle/
• Quickmail module (Humboldt)
• Integration with Banner (Completion Date and Deadline--July 30, 2006)
  • Course Table of Contents:
    • *Section Name: Organizations.
    • *Section Name: Development Courses.
    • *Section Name: Assessment
    • *Fall Semester 2006
    • *Winter Semester 2007
  • Course Naming Conventions
    • Title of Regular Courses--PSY-251-33057-Statistics and Research Design (Course Rubric-CRN-Course Title)
    • Title of Practice Courses--moore-nrs301-practice (last name-course rubric-practice)or if for a non-specific course--moore-general-practice
    • Title of Cross-listed Courses (courses that have two or more CRNs or Course Rubrics in Banner)--nrs521-33096/nrs521-33097/nrs521-33098/nrs 521-33099(Course Rubric-CRN/Course Rubric-CRN)
    • Short Title of Regular Courses--Course Rubric, CRNYearSemester (e.g. ENG100-21155200640)Practice Courses--ouca email plus course rubric (e.g. moorenus301)
    • Short Title of Crosslisted Courses--the first CRN and rubric (e.g. 33096nrs521)
    • ID--leave blank
  • Semester Starts
  • Courses need to be in place one month before classes start
  • Students need access one week before classes start.
  • Blocks -- put only these on the left--leave all others off.     
    • a. People     
    • b. Activities     
    • c. Administration
  • Secondary Faculty in Banner
    • All secondary faculty need to be brought in a regular instructors in the course.
  • Backups 
    • 1. UTS--will backup entire system
    • 2. ELIS
      • a. needs to back-up individual zip courses and archive to DVD. Two semesters left on server at a time, with a possible three for the first 2 weeks of a semester. So every new semester, backup all individual courses from 2 semesters ago, leaving the past semester in place.
      • b. needs to back up all courses, either as a group or separately on a weekly basis so we can do individual disaster recovery as requested in unusual circumstances.c. Faculty backup/restore process is faulty with integration.      
  • Items to be completed as soon as possible as time permits
    • Content Migration Utilityhttp://download.moodle.org/download.php/modules/webctimport.zipInstall on test server in e-LIS? We need to discuss process.
    • Create interface for automatically created practice courses and test students. John Coughlin has begun this in Cold Fusion
    • Changes already made on production server, need to be included on upgrades
      • Upgrade 2 MB to 50 MB Upload LimitFile upload sizes are restricted in a number of ways - each one in the list restricts the following ones. 
        • 1. Firstly, there is a setting in Apache 2 which you may need to change. On Redhat this setting is very low by default, you can change the limit by adding or editing a line in Apache's /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and/or /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf with the upload size in bytes (different operating systems may have these files in different locations): LimitRequestBody 10485760 
        • 2. There are two values in php.ini setup file that defines maximum file size that php can handle. php.ini can be found on windows folder. post_max_size on line 368 and upload_max_size on line 474. Put both these values the maximum file size in megabytes. Something like post_max_size = 10M After that the maximum file size you can put in moodle setup should be same as post_max_size and upload_max_size. PHP also has two more byte limits, which you can set in php.ini and sometimes in a .htaccess file: php_value upload_max_filesize 50000000 php_value post_max_size 50000000 
        • 3. Moodle 1.2 has a site-wide limit called maxbytes that you can set in the Admin -> Configuration -> Variables page. 
        • 4. Each course can also set a limit - teachers can do this on the Course Settings page. 
        • 5. Activity modules like forums and assignments have their own limits which you set when adding or editing the activity.
    • Front Login page wrap-around script Shaun Moore has constructed Elis' wrap-around menu and template  integrated with the front Moodle login page.
    • OU Logo Image Two images should be moved via FTP upload the jpg files into /moodle/theme/formal_withe folder, overwriting the existing jpg.They are the specified names and sizes as stated in the Configuration, Themes for Formal White. 
    • Images lost when Moodle changed to new server and address changed. --problem unresolved
    • Change image from happy face to question mark
    • Create conversion webpages for faculty.
  • All hardware set to go, programs installed, and integration tested by end of July.

  August

  • Workshops on Moodle.
  • Import all courses one month before classes start.
  • Import all students one week before classes start.

  September

  • Handle enormous number of help requests.
  • More workshops