We can use Moodle open source platform for e-learning.

How to install Moodle in our system and how to make it is available on internet.

Software requirements for Moodle 3. 9. 1

PHP - 7.3.20
Xampp -7.3.20
Maraia DB

Hardware Requirements for Moodle 3. 9. 1

Basic requirement
i5 Processor
8 GB Ram
1 TB Harddisk

Steps

Download Latest version of XAMPP (https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html)

install Xammp(https://www.apachefriends.org/ru/index.html)

Download Moodle 3.9.1

copy Moodle folder and paste it in localhost (htdocs folder)

Load moodle from localhost

Take Browser and type localhost with its port number, by default port number (80). But port 80 already used, so changed portnumber into 8012

You can see used port numbers in XAMPP control Panel -> Net stat

So type "http://localhost:8012/moodle" The installation setup wizard will open

Before that create a database

How to create a moodle database?

Type http://localhost:8012/phpmyadmin/ your admin panel will open instead of 8012 use your port number or just try http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
Click on New button in phpmyadmin then create a database named as "moodle"
Click on Privileges and create a user moodleuser

After that again back to Moodle installation.

Type http://localhost:8012/moodle/

Select Language

Then select database

Write your web address
Write your moodle directory (path where you pasted moodle)
Write Data directory

select a language

Try to install.
Sometimes you may get some errors
Clear the errors
Pass the check.
Here some errors

First one, “change the database into mariadb"

How to change database into mariadb?

Take config.php.

Let’s see how to change config.php?

Take config.php (Go to localhost->htdocs then open moodle folder you can see config.php file)

Change db type into mariadb.

Again try to pass moodle installation

Go to browser type our url (localhost:8012/moodle)

Then you can see first error has gone.

But I had other error.

Php extension check

How to solve php intl extension error?

Take php.ini file then add extension as php_intl.dll

[intl]

intl.default_locale=en_utf8

int.error_level=E_WARNING

*remove ";" in front of intl and extension

Then restart Apache.

After that try to load moodle

Type url on address bar

Click continue

You will receive installation success messages.

After general settings you will get dashboard.

Login with admin user id and password, Sometime Moodle page may not redirect properly in that situation comment some line of codes in moodle->admin-> index.php.

Then it will direct it properly.

This is Admin Dashboard

Admin Dashboard

E-Learning Platform in Medical Education.

Now your admin login is ready. Login with your admin user id and password.

First step we have to do is Set Logo for our Learning Management System

Login with Admin user credential then you can see Dashboard on left side Site Administration click on site administration and then Appearance.

Click on logo and browse and upload logo

then Save Changes.Now successfully added logo.

If Your institute have 3 or 4 other colleges you can create categories for it.

Course Categories in Moodle

How to create categories in Moodle ?

Click on site administration then course -> Manage course and categories

Click on manage course and categories

Click on Create Category

How to Edit a category on Moodle ?

Click on Site administration then go to courses-> Manage course and categories, you can see all categories . There is setting button against each category . Click on settings

Then you can edit category name, description etc.

In the above image you can see a category named as "Miscellaneous"

can admin change the name of miscellaneous category

Yes!

Admin can change it with his/her user credentials.

Go to Site administration-> Dashboard then go to courses click on manage course and categories and then Edit you can change the name .

Miscellaneous category in Moodle

If you want to hide miscellaneous you can do

Let's See

Logon to Admin window go to site administration courses then go to manage course and categories and click eye icon

then see the change in front page.

Click on course categories then you can see the details of course.

how many number of sub-categories can we create in course category?

If your college has PG and UG courses then create subcategories .

Login with your Admin credentials and then go to site administration click on courses then click on manage course and categories.

Then select Course and click settings button

Create new sub category

how to add users in moodle?

First login

Then click on Site administration

Then users -> Add a new user

Then you have to give username , Password, First name, Last name etc under General settings .

You can give User Picture, Additional name for user, His/Her interest and also some optional fields are there.

let's have a look at general settings

Here some fields are mandatory ( You should pass a value in to it) mandatory fields are marked with

Force Password Change on Moodle

Here you can check force to password change . Just click on square box . What does it means?

After user creation the user have to change the password after first login .

Can't create User Accounts

while user creation you may get some errors

Here some errors noted on Password creation

use 8 characters long password

then there should be 1 uppercase, lowercase and alphanumeric symbol such as (#$* ) etc.

Moodle upload users csv file format

First you have to activate the CSV file format in moodle enrollment method.

Then click on manage enroll Plugins

Here we can see active plugins

Here flat file is not active . To active please click on eye button then it will be active .

now it is activated

Moodle bulk user upload

Let's see how to upload Bulk Users in moodle ?

After activating Flat file go back to site administration click on users -> Upload users

You can download example.csv file and paste our values under that csv file then save into different name with csv format .Thee example.csv file contains these fields

add our records instead of that values . Then try to upload users if it is uploaded successfully you can browse user list from site administration-> users-> Browse list of users.

in the above excel there is no password field . We can assign common password for all users by adding a field "password" in the excel and set password for all users then upload it .