Moodle Basic Kit

Very easy install, many servers offer it as one-click-install.

Useful links:

http://pennymondani.com/2010/09/demystifying-moodle-authentications-and-enrollments/

http://www.adictosaltrabajo.com/tutoriales/tutoriales.php?pagina=moodleCourses    (util para crear curso y evaluación)

Making a course only accessible for students enrolled by the teacher

Course properties -> enrollement -> closed (not open)

Default user -> autenticated user (and only allow students of that course to access)

Enrollment types -> only manual

Add user, give a standard pass and force changing that pass. Users can use all characters if it is enabled in user/site policies.

Different editions of the same course

You even don’t need to backup the course before the new edition is created (but it is a good practice). You just have to add a new course (e.g., TLE April 2012) and once created do an import from another active course or a restore from a previousely backuped course. You probably want to delete older versions and keep only the two latest for example.

http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=51870

https://lbis.kenyon.edu/moodleinfo/reuse

Parece que la mejor opción es con backup y restore tantas veces como se quiera. (Los alumnos y sus contribuciones, actividades, etc. se guardan por otro lado). Si después del restore mejoramos el curso (más actividades, correciones, etc) lo que tenemos que hacer es backup de nuevo y las proximas veces restaurar la versión mejorada.

 Styiling

Select a theme (e.g., formal white) and tune up the css files if needed.