We are looking into setting up a central Moodle server that services a number of schools. Ultimately we would like to have Moodle recognise that (for example) Sam has logged in from Burnside whereas John has logged in from Maryville, and have the layout and content customised for each different school. Is this possible? If not, would it be possible to have several instances of Moodle (pointed to different databases/setups) running on the one machine without too much hassle? If not, why not? 
In reply to Toby Zuijdveld
Re: Moodle with complex authentication/several layouts rules?
by koen roggemans -
I've seen a solution for this with one moodle start page, with links in the header, pointing to the different schools, but that might not be necessary for your situation.
It is not difficult to run multiple moodle instances on one server. You just have to create different databases, different moodle program folders and different moodle data folders for each instance. These moodle versions won't interfere at all: different users, themes even versions are possible.
It can also be done in one database with different tableprefixes, but I wouldn't do that.
It is not difficult to run multiple moodle instances on one server. You just have to create different databases, different moodle program folders and different moodle data folders for each instance. These moodle versions won't interfere at all: different users, themes even versions are possible.
It can also be done in one database with different tableprefixes, but I wouldn't do that.