Visvanath Ratnaweera

> we have to use their site on their terms. they have given us an account on their VPS which is souped up in terms of space and memory etc, but they have crippled it for us in many ways i.e. no SSH.

> So please do not lecture us in what type of hosting we should have - we know what we need, but for internal corporate reasons we cannot get it. We just have to make do with what we have been provided.

And you ask us:
> "why is it so hard to upgrade moodle?"

Hi

Your question on splitting students amoung many courses than having then in one, No, there is no difference.

For the other questions about performance, there is a dedicated forum called Hardware and performance: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=596. There is some starting pointers on its entry page. The full information appear only when you start a new discussion: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/post.php?forum=94. Go though them. In the mean time you may request the moderator to move your enquiry to that forum.

See https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/Messaging_settings.

Matt & all

Talking of embedded video players, did you know this: Moodle 3.0 automatic embedded videos https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=323831&parent=1301180 ?

Hi Simon

Now you mention it, I also remember a couple of recent support enquiries on Moodle 1.9 coming from India. I notice them, because I am also from the same sub-continent.

Without knowing any hard facts, if I'm called to give an explanation, I would say it must be cultural. In our way of thinking, if I don't miss a luxury - if I don't even know its existence, I don't miss it - I don't need it! In the West, once you enter a shop the latest, you'll be made aware of everything on earth, and you'll end up needing them all! As they say, the appetite will come as you eat.
;-(