Hi all,
I am very new to Moodle. I managed to install Moodle on my local server and webhosting server, and to manage some basic settings.
I am developing an Elearning plateforme which will takes payments from users before they can enroll in the course.
Could you please help with step by step guidance/instruction on how to integrate Paypal into Moodle. Do I need to pay for a third party plugin?
Many thanks in advance.
Daro
Hello, Daro!
Welcome to Moodle! I am new as well and looking to start my own e-learning platform as well, offering communication and sport management courses. What types of courses are you looking to offer? And, how much are you looking to charge? This is the one question that I'm trying to figure out as well. Also, what web host are you currently using? I'm looking to use HostGator, which I've been told is very good.
In terms of Paypal, I think the plug-in is within Moodle, as far as I know, but I could be wrong. This is something that I'll have to check on as well, because I'm looking to take the same route as yourself.
Good luck and I definitely would love to stay in touch throughout the process. Talk to you soon.
Hi Jason,
I have found the Paypal plugin in the Enrolement. It seems to be working, but not tested it yet.
My question is I would like to have an info about a course first when users click on a course link instead of directing users to Paypal button page? Where can I customise? Hoping an experienced developer will help us out?
Many thanks in advance.
Regards
Daro
Daro,
I agree here! Having an info section attached to your course before payment is definitely helpful for students. However, since I haven't used Moodle yet, I don't know the answer to that....sorry.
Anyways, what type of courses are you deciding to offer? And, have you set a payment price yet? Just curious. Talk to you soon.
Hi Mr Becker,
Social care. It is part of my small charity organisation. It wont cost much and less than £50 per course. The income is used only for maintaining the site. we dont expect to earn any money for this as it is not a commercial site, and we have only a couple of courses available to out local community. But this will be a great learning curve experience for us!
Any thing else you want to know?
Cheers
Daro
Hi Daro,
Rather than linking direct to the course from your front-page, why not build a set of pages which each has introductory information about the courses you are hosting. You could link to these pages from the front page and then to the individual paid courses from the summary pages? Once a student has paid and enrolled on a paid course it should then appear in their 'my courses' navigation block so they don't have to keep going through the summary page every time.
Not sure if that's a suitable solution for you, but it may be one option.
Richard
Hi Richard,
Many thanks for this. You mean if I have three courses to offer, I should build a front page listing all three courses together with their summaries displayed? And when users click on any link of those courses, it will direct them to the paypal payment page? This was what I was thinking about after reading a development book. Because I am very new to Moodle, I have no clue what option is the best for hosting three courses?
In the above option you mentioned, is it possible set a login page so that users who have paid for one of the courses can see all other courses available as well, not just the one they have paid?
Any more help is very appreciated?
Daro
I've found that you don't necessarily need to build additonal pages. With some images and a little HTML you can list courses and purchasable items on the front page and use the default course descriptions to provide relevant info: http://courses.medinails.com is a site that I manage and it works pretty well. We do also manage a Wordpress site for general information.
Hi Joseph,
Thank you for the link. Yes it is quite simple Elearning.
However, I start to think that is it possible to develop and design a front page completely separate from the rest of the Moodle pages which contains the links to other Moodle pages, and/or non Moodle pages? Doing this way, I can develop the front page using any CMS system such as Joomla or Wordpress and keep Moodle pages having theme provided by Moodle.org.
Alternatively, I also like to pay for a beautiful Moodle theme. Can anyone give suggesstion/recommendation on where to get the best deals for Moodle theme?
Many thanks in advance.
Daro
Mike Walters does great work http://twitter.com/#!/red20twenty
also: newschoollearning.com has some fantastic theme developers
Joseph,
Many thanks for the links. I ll have a look later.
cheers
daro
I've deleted the duplicate post you made in Business Uses forum.
The PayPal enrolment plugin works well with Moodle
Note that you don't always need to use this enrolment methods though.
For example, you could have a PayPal button (simple code) which is embedded in your page (even within the Course Description).
When the button is used to pay, it can supply the enrolment key as part of the receipt.
It's just an alternative idea
Stu
Hi Stuart,
Many thanks for your reply. Can you please give some guidance on how to do that; I like that option which allows users to click on the description and go to paypal payment page page straight. and I can set the price of the course on the front page for users to see; it is quite simple!
Thank you in advance for your help.
Cheers
Daro
Hi Daro
If you already have a PayPal account you can access oline help for buttons (we use a business PayPal, but I guess it's the same for individuals users also).
However, you access some info, and a demo, here:
https://www.paypal.com/pdn-item
Stu
Hi Joseph,
Very nice example of using the Front Page for courses that can be purchased with Paypal. I would love to find some additional good examples of Moodle sites selling courses and haven't been able to come up with much on my own.
If you or anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very appreciative.
Thanks,
Heidi
Hello, I know this is not the right forum, but i hope you can help me out.
So, this is the case, I want to use the Paypal enrollment method, so
When the user pay, does it get a password to login in the course??
or paypal just unlock the course automatically after paying?
I am asking you this, because in case the system gives the user a password, how can I be sure the this user gives the password to someone else? (I want to use self enrollment registration in moodle)
Just an FYI... we will have one the does all the functionality of the regular Paypal plugin.. but with subscriptions... in the next week. Hopefully this will be helpful to everyone. I will post here when it is available. PM me if you would be interested in this.
OK.. The Paypal Subscription plugin is done. It will allow you to choose between One Time Payment or Subscription. Will also allow you to set one price for initial payment and a different for ongoing subscription payment. It replaces your existing Paypal plugin. Unfortunately, we will have to recoup some costs for the moment, but here is the link if anyone is interested in purchasing it...
Hi,
If you are still struggling with this, i have written a guide which I can happily send you.
C
Hi- I'd love to read your guide re integrating PayPal in Moodle. Thanks for sharing!
Would you be able to send me a copy too, struggling with the paypal. Thanx
If you still have that guide around, I would be very interested in taking a look at it...
I would also greatly appreciate if you could forward your guide.
Kind Regards, Jim K.
I'm having so many problems understanding this pay pal thing, that i'd love to read your guide and, hopefully, find some answers.
Thank you very much
Antonio
I would love to read this guide.
I think this person, and his guide, have disappeared...
