Glossary of common terms

LAMP, a free open source software solution stack, Linux (as OS), Appache(as a web server), MySQL (as a DBMS server), either PHP, Perl or Python (as a Scripting Language).

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is a markup language based on XML for representing two-dimensional vector graphics. It allows for both static and dynamic graphics. Vector graphics usually perform better when compared to raster formats like JPEG, PNG or GIF, and can be rescaled arbitrarily without loss of quality, and the rescaling does not imply a larger digital footprint. Thus, for instance, the graphics for printing an entire outdoor picture could fit in just a couple megabytes of disk space (the same as a good cellphone picture) without loosing its quality.

SVG can also be used to represent text where the required fonts are unavailable, by converting each individual character to a set of graphical paths. It can also be used to represent other types of content like mathematical formulas,

Some web browsers have native (but incomplete) support for SVG. The list includes browsers based on the gecko engine (Firefox, Netscape, Camino, Epiphany, and SeaMonkey), browsers based on the webkit engine (Safari, Chrome, OmniWeb), Opera and Amaya. On the other hand, browsers based on the MSHTML engine (Internet Explorer, Wikibrowse, Maxthon, and NetCaptor) do not provide support for SVG.

References

1. The W3C recommendation on SVG.
2. SVG on Wikipedia.
   

WAMP = Windows - Apache - MySQL - PHP configuration of the Moodle environment.

A production site is site that is publicly operating, it has courses and is being used by anyone enrolled.

A commercial database management system like MS SQL with an Open Source leg.

Mac, Apache, MySQL and PHP configuration - for the Mac.

An Outcome is like any other grade except that it can be applied to multiple activities. When the activity is marked, a mark should be given for the submission itself and for the outcome.


Outcomes are newly introduced in Moodle 1.9

basically implements a way to connect outcome statements with Scales.
Scales themselves are connected to courses and their activities.


ExampleOutcome: ‘Identityin social psychology’

Scales:{Refuser, Drifter, Searcher, Guardian, Resolver}

A programming language class, method, syntax or API that is no longer important or useful. In due course , it will become extinct.

Location: Flat file edit settings link in Administration > Courses > Enrolments

A flat file allows enrolment management (enrol or unenrol) of existing users in existing course. The file is read one time by Moodle then erased. The file is located in the moodle file structure as a text file and Cron provides the timing when it is read.

http://docs.moodle.org/en/Flat_file

WYSIWYG is an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get".