bencellis

You've done the wrong way round. First restore the Database - I assume it is MySQL? Create a Moodle DB user with all rights on the database - I recommend that the user can only access from localhost e.g in MySQL -GRANT ALL on moodledb.* TO 'moodleuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' Next copy your moodledata folder to the web root folder - not the document root - e.g if your webserver's web root is /var/www, the document root is likely to be /var/www/html/ so moodledata will be in /var/www/moodledata. Moodle will sit in the document root. Install Moodle and ensure that you sepecify the Moodledb, your new created database user and the correct path to the Moodledata folder. DONE

Why exactly do you want the DVD to be in SCORM format? If the DVD is video i.e. TV series, movie then simply ripping the contents to a video format mpg, mp4, mov and uploading should suffice. Obviously if the video is long, you would have a very large file so might be worth splitting into parts for the users. If the DVD is full of other content e.g. pdf docs etc, then uploading them into a course with some thought is as good as having the extra overhead of packaging the content into SCORM format. On the other hand, if you are clear why you need SCORM, then you will need to investigate software that allows you to create SCORM packages. BTW you know that SCORM is being replaced by tincan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_API_%28Tin_Can_API%29

It would appear that it is the PCs that are infected. A Google search brings up quite a few links on how to remove the Javascript virus - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Infection+Type%3A+JS%3AScriptIP-inf+[Trj]

Does anyone have a Moodle User Test Plan - used after updates/upgrades - that I can have a copy of? Cheers Ben

Have a look at an simplesamlphp (https://simplesamlphp.org/) - it will handle various Single Sign On solutions incl Shibboleth, if you must and with the addition of extensions things like OAuth and CAS. If you use it as both the IDP (you main authentication) and your SPs (each application) then it would make life easier.

Having just been on 2 Moodle courses recently, I have been surprised at home many organisations are still using Moodle 1.9. In conversation with one attendee, the stumbling block appears to be the bespoke developments such as plugins and core hacks in Moodle 1.9 that may not be available in Moodle2+. That rang true as I had to develop some replacement functionality to facilitate 190 Moodle 1.9s to 2.4 over the summer. Is that a fair observation or are there other reasons why your institution is still using 1.9 and what are your thoughts?

Are you certain that both servers can 'see' the SMPT server? If you can attempt pinging the server from each server.

Did you change the hash in the config file? If you are using your 1.9 config file then you should not be having an issue with passwords.

Having just upgraded 190+ Moodle 1.9s to 2.4 via 2.2, the CLI is really the way to go. It should continue from where it left off but I would make sure all you sort out the plugins. Make sure you have install the latest versions of any plugins for your version of 1.9. Move all the non standard plugins folders out of the way - the tables will remain ready for upgrade later - then upgrade. I had to re-do the upgrade for some of the larger instances 3 or 4 times - having to resolve any issues along the way, some of which took more than 8 hours to upgrade. I used the nohup command to avoid being interrupted if my ssh session timed out. The biggest issues came from course files where old files, duplicate files and files with the same name caused no end of issues. Afterwards re-install the plugin if they have 2.2 versions. Some half of the 3rd party plugins did not have a 2.2 version so you will have to decide what you are going to do about them. Good Luck Ben

Hi, Your first issue is simple. Do not use IP addresses - use DNS (or host files) to point to your moodle instance. This is because Moodle uses the configured address saved in the config.php file. This even happens when you map say http://www.mydomain.com and mydomain.com to your Moodle instance. Moodle tries to redirect to the configured address but since your IP is internal, externally that would not work. Cheers ben

Thank you for your help - very useful.

IMLS Framework???

I am looking for a pointer to BECTA or DfEE guidance on the issue of the ownership of school data that is being stored in MIS/Administrative/VLE systems. I seem to remember it came about when one of the MIS suppliers claimed that the data stored in their system was theirs. Anyone have any ideas, please.