In moodle admin interface go to Notifications. Version is there.
Also go to Site Admin -> Server -> Environment check. Update component first. Then use drop down pick list to choose the version of Moodle to see what might await you for an upgrade path/plan.
You might also go to Site Admin -> Plugins -> Plugins overview -> Additional plugins. Check on https://moodle.org/plugins/ that those have a compat version for your destination moodle version.
Moodle does track users (one very large table in DB) but I doubt, from what you've said, that table would be of use for the info you seek.
Backups ... full site backups are: code, DB dump, and at the very least filedir of moodledata.
Plan your work ... work your plan.
'SoS', Ken
Agreed. Thought pointing to where the 'who done it' info is kept and backups something needed for op to see for themselves.
One possible ... if former admin made any backups of site and stored on server, those would have date/time stamps on files. Or if site backups were downloaded to former admins local lan workstation or local lan storage for all users ... same.
Another possible clue ... an archived backup of a course.
Those files have .mbz (moodle backup zip) as extension. Older moodles actually used zip. Newer moodles gzip/targz.
Unarchiving a backup would produce a moodle_backup.xml file.
Example of info from an old backup:
<moodle_release>2.7.20 (Build: 20170508)</moodle_release>
<backup_version>2014051200</backup_version>
<backup_release>2.7</backup_release>
<backup_date>1543713844</backup_date>
'SoS',Ken
In a moodle 3.5.highest stock code ...
Kens-MacBook-Pro-2:moodle35 kentask$ find ./ -name version.php| wc -l
404
There are 404 version.php files ... yes, when you update or upgrade code those files content will change to reflect version of Moodle.
To get a clue ... won't be exact, search mdl_files for the oldest file uploaded ... a .mbz or a png (logo) or a pdf etc. The following for a .mbz is a moodle backup.
mysql> select filename,timecreated,timemodified from mdl_files where filename like '%.mbz' order by 'timecreated' DESC;
In looking through the output of above on a site that was a 1.9.x when I came to admin it ... site had been used for a while already ...
| filename | timecreated | timemodified |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+--------------+
| backup-moodle2-course-38-sustainability_symposiums_-_dec._2009-20130320-2323-nu.mbz | 1363836190 | 1363836190 |
Backup filenames were created with defaults which had date/time stamp.
Above you can see 'dec 2009-2013' in it's name. And the timecreated is an epoch time stamp and when the backup was created (1363836190) - Thursday, March 21, 2013 3:23:10 AM. So that course has been on this server since 2009!!!
I don't think you will find the *exact* date/year ... not unless the former admin made a site backup right after moodle first installed and archived it somewhere.
'SoS', Ken
hi,
also, maybe the log can speak ?
the log records the IP, maybe the log can record the moodle version too ?
thanks for help or tips.
+1 ... good advice/info ... but ...
It would be true only if entity used same DB and upgraded ... and didn't, for some reason. 'start over' by restoring backups of courses from old.
Still though ... better than any of the sluething ideas shared!
'SoS', Ken
