Moodle-Learning-Management-System/C2/Plugins-in-Moodle/English-timed

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00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Installing plugins in Moodle
00:07	In this tutorial, we will learn about: Plugins and How to install a plugin in Moodle
00:15	To record this tutorial, I will be using: Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04
00:23	Apache, MariaDB and PHP obtained through XAMPP 5.6.30
00:31	Moodle 3.3
00:33	Firefox web browser and Working Internet connection
00:40	You can use any web browser of your choice.
00:44	However, Internet Explorer should be avoided as it causes some display inconsistencies.
00:52	Learners of this tutorial should have some courses and users in their Moodle website.
00:59	If not, please refer to the relevant Moodle tutorials on this website.
01:06	What are plugins? Plugins are add-on tools that add special features to an existing software
01:15	Moodle has several useful plugins for teachers as well as site administrators
01:22	These are available in the plugins directory
01:26	Open the browser and type https://moodle.org/plugins
01:36	The page has filters based on Purpose and Plugin Type.
01:41	There is also a search box, for custom search.
01:46	There are some numbers displayed at the top right. The text below indicates what they are.
01:53	In this tutorial, we will learn how to install the attendance plugin.
01:59	Type attendance in the search box and click on the Search button.
02:05	We see that there are multiple plugins having this keyword, either in their title or description.
02:13	Click on Attendance plugin. The description reads “A plugin that allows an attendance log to be kept.”
02:22	To verify that you have clicked on the same plugin that I mentioned, check the title on the new page.
02:30	It should say Activities colon Attendance as the title.
02:36	This plugin allows a teacher to keep an attendance log in Moodle.
02:42	Before installing any new plugin, ensure that it is available for the Moodle version you are using.
02:50	To verify, click on the Versions link to see the versions that it supports.
02:56	Scroll down to see that it is available for our version of Moodle 3.3
03:03	Go back to the Description link.
03:06	Read the description to understand whether the plugin fulfills your purpose.
03:12	It also mentions prerequisites for using the plugin and the usage instructions, if any.
03:20	We can see that it is being used on a number of websites and has many fans.
03:27	This authenticates that the plugin is useful and easy to use.
03:33	You may also want to scroll down and see the questions others have asked related to this plugin.
03:40	When you are convinced you want to install the plugin, go back to the Versions link.
03:46	Click on the Download button.
03:49	Save the file on your local system. I have already saved it in my system.
03:55	Open a new tab and login to your Moodle website as site administrator.
04:02	Make sure that the XAMPP service is running.
04:06	We are now in the admin dashboard.
04:09	Click on Site Administration on the left side.
04:13	Then click on Plugins tab and then on Install plugins link.
04:20	There are 2 ways to install a plugin - through Moodle plugins directory and through a zip upload.
04:29	We will cover the second method only.
04:33	The first method requires us to have an account on moodle.org, hence we are skipping it.
04:41	Click on Choose a file button next to Zip package.
04:46	Click on Upload a file link on the left, if it is not already selected.
04:52	Click on Browse button and browse to the location where you have saved the plugin file.
04:59	Select the zip file which we downloaded earlier.
05:03	Then click on Upload this file button at the bottom of this window.
05:08	Now click on Install plugin from the ZIP file button at the bottom.
05:14	You may encounter an error in this page.
05:18	The error message says Validating mod_attendance ... Error
05:24	Click on the Cancel link.
05:27	This is an indicator for us to give write permission to this directory.
05:33	So open the terminal by pressing Control + Alt + T keys.
05:39	Type sudo space chmod space 777 space slash opt slash lampp slash htdocs slash moodle slash mod slash
05:56	Enter the administrative password if prompted and press Enter.
06:02	Let us go back to the browser and repeat the process.
06:09	This time we get the validation successful message. Click on the Continue button.
06:17	Please note that this additional step is required only if you get the above error screen.
06:25	Now, the plugin is downloaded and validated for this version of Moodle.
06:31	Next, we will get a page with the title Plugins check.
06:36	Notice the status information in green here, which says To be installed.
06:43	Click on Upgrade Moodle database now button.
06:47	This step may take some time. Please do not refresh or close the browser window.
06:53	When you see the success message, then click on the Continue button.
06:58	We are now in the New settings page.
07:02	Go through all the settings to see if you need to change any of them. I do not wish to make any changes.
07:10	After checking, click on the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page.
07:16	You may see some warning messages which you can ignore for the time being.
07:21	To see if the plugin is installed successfully, click on Site Administration in the left panel.
07:29	Then click on Plugins tab and then Plugins overview.
07:36	This will show you the list of all plugins
07:40	The ones which were installed by default and the ones you installed.
07:46	On my site, it shows these many plugins are installed.
07:51	To see the plugins that were additionally installed, click on Additional plugins link above the table.
07:59	Here there are links to go to the Settings and uninstall the plugin from this page.
08:05	Teachers and administrators can now create attendance for their courses.
08:11	Once again click on Site administration in the left panel.
08:16	Then click on Courses and Manage Courses and categories.
08:21	Click on 1st year Maths in the Course category on the left.
08:26	Click on Calculus course on the right.
08:30	Scroll down to the Calculus course details section and click on View tab to view the Calculus course.
08:40	Click on the gear icon at the top right and then click on Turn editing on.
08:47	Click on Add an activity or resource at the bottom right of the area before the topics.
08:54	Double click on the Attendance activity to create an attendance.
09:00	Enter the name and description as shown here.
09:04	Expand the Grade section.
09:07	This dropdown decides the type of grading used for attendance.
09:12	If you want attendance to contribute to the course grade, set a Maximum points value. The default is 100.
09:21	I will select Grade as None.
09:24	Let the other options be default.
09:27	Scroll down and click on Save and display button.
09:31	We are now in a new page.
09:34	Click on the Status set tab here.
09:38	There are 4 default status for the attendance: Present , Late , Excused , Absent
09:47	Depending on your requirement, you can either delete these or add more.
09:53	You can also modify the status names if you call them something else.
09:59	I will delete the Excused status because I do not use that in my class.
10:07	A confirmation message box appears. Click on the Continue button.
10:13	Now click on the Add session tab.
10:16	Select the date of the first session you want to add. I will put this as 4th June 2019.
10:24	Select the start and end time of the session.
10:27	Note that the time fields use a 24-hour clock. So a 3:15pm to 4:05pm class should be 15:15 to 16:05.
10:43	Type a short Description for the session.
10:46	If you leave the description field blank, the description by default will be “Regular class session”.
10:54	Click on Multiple sessions section to expand it.
10:59	If your class meets at regular intervals, you can create multiple sessions at the same time.
11:06	Click on Repeat the session above as follows checkbox.
11:11	If your class meets on certain days of the week, select the days of the week. For my class, I will select Monday.
11:20	Next option is Repeat every dropdown. If the class meets every week, select 1.
11:28	If the class meets 2 weeks from the date of the first session, select 2 and so on.
11:35	I will let this remain as 1.
11:38	This means my class meets every Monday at 3:15pm for 50 mins.
11:45	Repeat until is the date of the last session.
11:49	I will put this as 30th March 2020.
11:54	Next click on Student recording section to expand it.
12:00	If you want students to record their own attendance, fill up the fields in this section.
12:07	I will skip this section.
12:09	Scroll down and click on Add button at the bottom of the page.
12:15	A confirmation message appears saying 43 sessions were successfully generated.
12:22	You may see a different number of sessions, if you selected dates other than mine.
12:28	See the icons next to each session.
12:32	They let the teacher to take the attendance, edit the session or delete the session.
12:39	Click on Take attendance icon for the week that you want to take attendance.
12:46	You can see a list of all students enrolled in this course and you can mark their attendance.
12:53	P, L and A are the status that we selected in the settings earlier.
12:59	Check the radio button just below 'P' to set status for all users to 'Present' and mark 'A' only for the absentees.
13:10	When you have marked the attendance, click on Save attendance button at the bottom of the page.
13:18	With this we come to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
13:24	In this tutorial, we learnt about: Plugins and How to install a plugin in Moodle
13:32	Here is an assignment for you:
13:35	Search for a plugin Font family maintained by Projectes TAC Dept.
13:42	Install the plugin with its default settings.
13:46	Verify from the Plugins overview section that the plugin is installed.
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