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Technical Training and Modules for Moodle Administration

This repository contains modular Moodle administration training materials for technical staff, LMS administrators, system administrators, and IT support teams.

Available Training Packages

Package Level Duration Purpose
Moodle Administration Basics Beginner to intermediate 1 day Introduces Moodle administration concepts, daily support tasks, core technical components, basic performance concepts, customization, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Moodle Administration Intermediate Intermediate 2 days Builds repeatable operational workflows for course lifecycle management, enrolments, roles, plugins, reporting, maintenance, support triage, and change communication.
Moodle Administration Advance Intermediate to advanced 2 days Expands into advanced architecture, security, scalability, automation, integrations, upgrade planning, disaster recovery, and operational troubleshooting.

Repository Structure

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├── moodle-administration-basics/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── training-overview.md
│   ├── modules/
│   └── trainee notes and hands-on references
├── moodle-administration-intermediate/
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── training-overview.md
│   ├── modules/
│   └── trainee notes and hands-on references
└── moodle-administration-advance/
    ├── README.md
    ├── training-overview.md
    ├── modules/
    └── trainee notes and hands-on references

How to Use These Materials

  • Start with the basics package when learners are new to Moodle administration or need a structured refresher.
  • Use the intermediate package when learners need stronger operational workflows before taking on deeper production architecture topics.
  • Use the advance package for technical staff responsible for production operations, scaling, security, integrations, upgrades, and incident response.
  • Each module is written as trainee notes with step-by-step hands-on references so learners can follow during training and revisit the same workflow afterward.
  • Adapt examples, timing, and demonstrations to match your Moodle version, hosting model, institutional policy, and available administrative access.
  1. Complete Moodle Administration Basics.
  2. Practice routine administrative tasks in a non-production Moodle site.
  3. Complete Moodle Administration Intermediate.
  4. Complete Moodle Administration Advance.
  5. Build an institution-specific runbook for monitoring, upgrades, backups, integrations, and incident response.

GitHub Pages Documentation

This repository is configured as a MkDocs site for publishing the Moodle administration training materials to GitHub Pages.