Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿
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Hello!

 

I use moodle right now on a localhost for testing it before we implement it in our company. I would also like to install this face-to-face-module in my test environment in order to check it out.

Is there any possibility to install it on my localhost-moodle and if yes, how can I do it? I don't have a lot of IT-knowledge and so far I downloaded the face-to-face-plugin (or module?) on my PC (it is a zip-file). And now? How can I get it on my localhost - moodle?

 

Thanks for your help! I know I am really a beginner 複雑な

Best wishes,

Hanna

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Andrea Bicciolo の投稿

Unzip it on your moodle/mod folder, then visit the Admin->Notification link.

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

You mean I unzip it on my moodle localhost under front page--site files? then I can see it under admin--> notification?

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- Amir Elion の投稿

Hanna Hi,
You don't upload it to the site files, but to the files and folders where your moodle system is installed on the server. If it is on the test server on localhost, it would be somewhere on your PC, depending on where you store your localhost files - e.g. c://XAMPP/httdocs/moodle is a possibility if you use XAMPP on a windows PC.

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Vijay N の投稿

The question to be asked is do you have direct access to the Server holding the moodle application. If so then half the battle is compelete.

 

Step 1: Download the activity to any area on your server

Step 2: Extract the files from the zip file by using some application like Winzip  or 7 - zip to uncompress the file (needs to installed before using it)

Step3: copy the mod files (inside the mod folder of face to face folder) and then paste it inside the mod folder of your moodle installation.

Step4: Login to moodle as site admin and then click notifications under Site Administration,.

 

And that's it.

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Also to risk to out me as a absolute beginner but what exactly is the mod folder? I have my moodle folder on the Server where more files exist. Where exactly do I need to copy the face to face files?

 

I send a screenshot...and sorry for bothering you but I really struggle for it.

 

Best wishes,

Hanna

 

 

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

Hanna,

First unzip your 'face to face' plugin to a folder on your desk-top, this way you will be able to read the readme.txt which tells you what to do.

Most plugins are easy to add to your Moodle, adding it to your Moodle folder on your local server is no different, it all depends on which server you have.

Somewhere on your computer there should be a folder called Moodle which holds all the folders and files to make you Local version of Moodle work. Only you will know where it is, as only you know which server type you are using, XAMPP, WAMP, Moodle for Windows Box or Moodle for Mac.

If you don't know then it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack!

I will assume you know where you Moodle folder is located.

Look in this folder for  a folder called 'Mod'.

This is where all plugins are placed.

But do read the infomation contained in the zip file first as this will help you install it properly.

Hope this helps?

Mary

 

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Thank you VERY MUCH!!!!

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

Hopefully, if you have managed to install this plug-in you should see something like this in your Moodle folder...???

 

添付 face2face.jpg
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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Dear Mary,

 

I have the facetoface folder now on my Server (as it is seen in your picture). Now I tried to follow the instructions of the plug-in-. Is it true that I need to go into the index.php site? And to copy / change a code?

 

Thanks for you help so far!

Best wishes,

Hanna

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

Hanna,

Don't give up. If you have put the face2face in the mod folder all is well.

All you do now is Login as Admin to your Moodle as normal.

Go to Site Administration menu and CLICK on Notifcations (first one in the menu)

The plugin will then install itself and make any changes to the database, by adding tables. There will be a long list of things about tables on your screen at this point. But don't worry this is normal.

At the bottom of the page (scroll down to the end) you will find a button says Continue. The next page asks you to fill in your email, but this is not important on your local version. So ignore this page and just Click on Save and you are all done. Nothing else to do.

You only need to make changes to the courses/lib.php if you want the date on the page, which is not important at this stage.

So all should be well.

So good luck,

Mary

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Dear Mary,

I even have professional help now here but we are not able to do it. We have done everything how you described it and how it was described in the readme.txt (not changing the php 笑顔).

 

BUT when we go to Moodle and click on "notification", nothing happens. I am a bit desperate now as I struggle since 2 days for it...what is wrong?

I don't know if you can support me from the distance but maybe you have any ideas why it did not work? And my professional helper is really experienced in It 笑顔

THANKS a lot in advance!

Hanna

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

Hi Hanna,

This is not sounding good!

I need to know various things about the environment you are working with this Moodle instalation.

What Operating System are you using:  XP. Vista, Windows 7 or MAC OSX or Other (eg. LINUX) ?

What type of Server are you using to run Moodle on: XAMPP, WAMP Server, Moodle for Windows, Moodle for MAC OS X or Other (eg: LAMP) ?

What Version of Moodle are you using:  Moodle 1.9.x or Moodle 2.0 (RC1)?

Prior to this problem with the Plug-in, which theme were you using, and have you created any courses?

I am sure it will be something simple. I am assuming you have logged in as Admin, and that you have FULL admin rights to this Localhost Moodle site?

Mary

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

 

Good Morning, Mary,

 

thanks for your consistent help. Infact, it was a bit frustrating yesterday evening 笑顔

Operating System: I work with Windows 7

Server: As I use a localhost Moodle, it is only on my PC. So I THINK it is Moodle for Windows but I am not sure. I can ask . I discovered yesterday that my moodle folder is under the "download" on my PC. It was not installed by me but by a moodle trainer as he was here in teaching me the moodle content.

Version: 1.9.9+

Theme: formal_white

Admin: Yes, I have fully Admin rights

My It friend was also a bit frustrated as we have done everything as in the instructions was described...もうろうとした目

Best wishes,

Hanna

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Colin Fraser の投稿

Are you installing as Administrator? Windows 7 appears to have a number of processes that need to be gone though to ensure that a non-Microsoft product is installed properly, even by an Administrator.

Make sure that permissions have been fully and correctly set for every folder created.

Has User Access Control been disabled while trying to install?

Has IIS been turned off if it is turning on?

A lot of installs appear to be being stopped silently by Windows 7, for security reasons of course. Windows 7 has been locked down so tight one can only assume that Microsoft does not believe anyone really knows what they want on their computer, unless it is a Microsoft program, of course.

If you had a Moodle trainer install and set up your Moodle, how was it done? Is it a Xampp installation or a Standard install? What did he do to get it running? Can you ask him?

 

<rant style="rant-type:disgust">

The big question for me is why would anyone install your Moodle for you without doing it with you? Would it not be a better training option to go through the whole download and install process so you could replicate it? To not do that is, for me, intellectual dishonesty, which leads to frustration for the trainee when they want a variation - ipso facto - the discussion above.

</rant>

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

I think Colin your RANT at this time is not helpful to those not altogether confident in IT.

Having taught myself all I know about Moodle has been a painful experience, but I embrace that feeling becasue I know I am getting somewhere.

So a Moodle install as been set up by someone else...so what? Arn't Moodle installs being set up willy-nilly by competant and incompetant folks about the globe as we speak.

The fact is, Hanna has Moodle set up, it works for her in the normal working of it, so whoever set it up must have done it correctly. However, the fact that it is not allowing the Plugin to install may be due to other factors coming into play. The PHP Accelorator for one, as you may know, the PHP Accelorator caches and needs to be disabled. It's one of the major causes of Themes not showing changes immediately they have been made.  It's frustrating beyond belief.

Cheers

Mary

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

Guten tag!

Sorry for Colins little rant, I don't think it was particullarly helpful of him to set you on a path which will end up in total confusion and frustration.

I persoanlly know how hard it is to get used to new technology, but taking it slowly and trying to understand the logic behind it does help in the long run.

The problem you are facing should be easy to fix, if my hunch is correct, all that you need to follow are the instructions given HERE

Also, and because I think it will help you understand a little more, I think you should read Xampp Installer FAQ which explains the XAMPP server you are using on Windows 7.

Mary


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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Dear Mary,

 

Thanks a lot for your help.

I will read all your hints carefully and try to follow the instructions. I let you know how things are working. Really, I appreciate your patient way to explain me all this...

Best wishes,

Hanna

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Again a question 笑顔

In the readme.txt of the face to face folder is the following instruction:

1. Unpack the module into your moodle install in order to to create a mod/folder/facetoface directory --> I have done that thanks to Mary's picture.

2. Visit the admin//index.php page to trigger the database installation
--> What exactly do I need to do? I went to the index.php and opened it. A PHP site were opening and then? Is there anything to do or is it enough to open and then to close it again? Or do I need to complie anything? Maybe there is the error?

Maybe it is really only a little little thing I forgot to do because I am a beginner and the description is not explaining it so detailed?

Best wishes,

Hanna



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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

Hi Hanna,

What "visit admin//index.php" means, is open Internet Explorer. In the address bar type the following...

http://localhost/moodle/admin/index.php

This should take you to the admin area of your Moodle installation. The same place that Notifications take you to.

See image below...

Hope this helps?

Mary

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Ah, ok, but this I have already done several times...so it was not the error I assumed...笑顔

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

I am just wondering if you have actually put this plugin in the correct Moodle folder.

Did you implement the change to the php.ini to disable the eaccelorator?

Open the php.ini file inside of the server\php folder from your install in notepad and search for "eAccelerator" you should see a line that reads:

extension=eaccelerator.dll

Insert a semi-colon at the start of this line (this turns the line into a comment)  so it now reads:

;extension=eaccelerator.dll

Restart the Moodle server using the "stop moodle" and then the "start moodle" programs in your server folder.

Before you started to add the Face to Face plugin, was Moodle working OK? Have you managed to create courses & categories?

Mary

 

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Dear Mary,

are you sure that I should go into php and change there anything? I know a bit HTML but with PHP, I have no glue! I am scared that I change anything and it is not repairable 複雑な 

I don't have the folder you mentioned but only the phe you see in my picture. Is it the php.ini.dist?

The thing is, the Moodle trainer put my moodle folder obviously in my "Download" area. But it seems to be the right one as there is all (Moodle, mod etc). And my IT friend also agreed with it. So I am quite sure that I put the plugin in the correct Moodle folder.

I also contacted the Trainer on Tuesday evening and probably he can answer only this evening. I hope he can help me as well.

 

Thanks Mary!

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

Good morning!

good news, finally it works! The problem was really sth. special: my moodle is on a "Uniformserver" (english?) and Apache, MySQL and PHP start automatically. 'that means, my moodle folder was not under "htdocs" but under www.

Now everything is fine and I am very happy. Thanks for all your effort! 笑顔

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Mary Evans の投稿

Hi Hanna,

Thank you for getting back with this good news.  I use WAMP server where my moodle is in the WWW directory, so your system there sounds very much the same set-up.

Cheers

Mary

 

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Re: Installation of face-to-face in Moodle

- Hanna Grünfeldt の投稿

hi Mary,

 

in one thing you were absolutely right: it is painful to learn it for my own but I've learn a lot in this week only because I tried to install this plug -in.

So everything has sth. positive 笑顔

Cheers,

Hanna 

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