Peter Ruthven-Stuart

Hello Nancy,

Yes, this does appear to be standard behavior. I think the reason why there are subfolders is that with the new moodle 2 file system, any file that is added to an activity or resource permanently belongs to that activity or resource (i.e. it's copied to that activity or resource). And so any activity or resource now has its own internal file structure.

For example, in the above screenshot I can see that you've added five 'file' resources to a course called 'Moodle 2.0'. Each resource has its own directory called 'Files and Folders', which in your case contain just one docx file each, but they could contain more files.

I've attached a screemshot of one of my courses in which there is just a File resource and a Forum activity. You can see a similar file structure.

Gordon,

Thank you very much for the quick response.

> a short-term workaround would be to switch the HotPot cache off

That worked. Thanks.

The problem of 'quiz creep' still exists. Of the 6 possible "Navigation" settings, the ones in which quizzes do not move up the page are:

• Moodle Navigation frame
• Embedded Webpage
• Original navigation aids
• None

and the trouble causers are:

• Standard Modle navigation bars
• Top Moodle navigation bar only

Thanks for your hard work.

Hello Gordon,

We've just recently upgraded to Moodle 2 and have discovered that HotPot quizzes in our site work once only. When trying to do a JQUIZ a second time, nothing happens when clicking on possible answers, and with JCLOZEs nothing happens when clicking on the [check] button. Renaming the quiz (i.e. the activity name) seems to fix the problem, but again on attempting a quiz for a second time the same problem occurs.

Another curious thing is that when clicking on the [next] or [back] buttons, the quiz starts to creep up the page, first hiding the breadcrumbs then some of the quiz. This 'quiz creep' seems to be theme related: it happens with Binarius and Brick (both standard themes) but not with The plain white Standard theme.

I've uploaded a HotPot to your Moodle test site:

http://bateson.kanazawa-gu.ac.jp/moodle/20/mysql/mod/hotpot/attempt.php?id=181

and it works fine

anyway, you can download a 9MB FLV screen video of the problem here. The problem quiz that you see in the video is the same one that I uploaded to your test site.

If necessary, I'd be happy to give you access to our site.

Our server environment is:

• Moodle 2.0.2+ (Build: 20110323)
• php 5.3.3
• MySQL 5.5.9
• HotPot module, March 27th 2011 version

Seaghan,

"...sign up without having to confirm their email address"

I think you'll find what you need here:

Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication

and activite "No authentication"

also see: http://docs.moodle.org/en/admin/auth/none, which reminds you of the dangers of doing this.

Hello,

Is there any problem with using the "Email-based self-registration" and "LDAP server" authentication methods at the same time?

I plan to use these four authentication plugins in a Moodle site:

1. Manual accounts
2. No login
3. Email-based self-registration
4. LDAP server

Up until now, I have been using the first three authentication methods, but now want to add the LDAP method to make logging in easier for new students (i.e. facilitate single-sign-on within the university).

I have read the LDAP authentication documentation, and believe that with the help of our IT people I can make it work. However, before going ahead with this, I'd like to check that adding the "LDAP server" authentication plugin will not cause any problems for existing users.

In particular, I'd like to know what happens if an existing user (i.e. one that has been authenticated via Email-based self-registration or Manually) tries to login using their Password and Username for the university system to which the LDAP system is linked? Is there a possibility / danger of them inadvertently creating a second account? i.e. my understanding of LDAP is that when a student logs in for the first time the system "recognises" them because their login details exist on the LDAP server, but because it is their "first time" they have to fill in their name etc. in order to create their account on the Moodle database. However, I can imagine two scenarios that may cause problems:

1. A student who has already been registered to the Moodle system might 'accidentally' use their university Username and password to login to Moodle. Moodle will recognise them as existing on the LDAP server, but new to the Moodle system and so create a new Moodle account. So the problem is that this student will have two accounts.
2. A student used the same login details as his university account when he created his Moodle account via "Email-based self-registration". What will happen when he tries to login to Moodle after "LDAP server" authentication has been activated? Will Moodle recognise him as an existing user, or a new user existing on the LDAP server, and so end up with the same problem in scenario one; one student but two Moodle accounts?

No doubt I'm missing something obvious, but would like to be certain before going ahead with activating the "LDAP server" authentication method.