[Moodle] Re: moodle Digest, Vol 46, Issue 54

Julian Ridden julian at moodleman.net
Wed Dec 17 14:31:00 EST 2008


Nope, no need for a legacy role on this one. Just as is.

Julian

2008/12/17 <moodle-request at edulists.com.au>

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> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:16:22 +1100
> From: Julian Ridden <julian at moodleman.net>
> Subject: [Moodle] Re: moodle Digest, Vol 46, Issue 53
> To: "moodle at edulists.com.au" <moodle at edulists.com.au>
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> Adding a news role is very easy.
>
> Just create a new role and call it news poster. In the permissions
> scroll down and allow "post news". I am doing this from memory so it
> might be slightly different.
>
> No need to add anything else, just save the role. No go to assign
> fromtpage roles and assign this new role to the appropriate students
> and your done!
>
> Julian
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> On 16/12/2008, at 12:00 PM, moodle-request at edulists.com.au wrote:
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:23:36 +1100
> > From: "Geoff Love" <GeoffLove at tallangatta-sc.vic.edu.au>
> > Subject: [Moodle] Test moodle list
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> > Ros, please add me to the moodle/mahara session on during January.
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> > This is a test!
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> > Kind Regards
> >
> > Geoff Love
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:32:13 +1100
> > From: Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> > Subject: [Moodle] Moodle permissions: student front page editors
> > To: moodle at edulists.com.au
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> > I'm finding the permissions in Moodle 1.9 a little daunting and
> > somewhat
> > different in their terminology to say Drupal or Plone. I want to
> > enable
> > trusted students "Student Editors" to run the front page News Items.
> > Any
> > ideas on how I set this up?
> >
> > Laurie
> > --
> > Laurie Savage
> > ====================================================================
> > Markbook/Moodle Coordinator::Pascoe Vale Girls College::03 9306 2544
> > ====================================================================
> > Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
> >
> >
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> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:51:16 +1100
> > From: Adam Barbary <home at adambarbary.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle permissions: student front page editors
> > To: "The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List"
> >    <moodle at edulists.com.au>
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> > Hi Laurie,
> >
> > 1.9 has the ability to assign roles to the front page. Choose this
> > from the Site Administration menu, under Front Page. You could start
> > by assigning these students to the front page, then using the over
> > rides to expand/limit their activities.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Adam Barbary
> > Viewbank College
> >
> > On 16/12/2008, at 11:32 AM, Laurie Savage wrote:
> >
> >> I'm finding the permissions in Moodle 1.9 a little daunting and
> >> somewhat
> >> different in their terminology to say Drupal or Plone. I want to
> >> enable
> >> trusted students "Student Editors" to run the front page News Items.
> >> Any
> >> ideas on how I set this up?
> >>
> >> Laurie
> >> --
> >> Laurie Savage
> >> ====================================================================
> >> Markbook/Moodle Coordinator::Pascoe Vale Girls College::03 9306 2544
> >> ====================================================================
> >> Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:31:33 +1100
> From: Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [Moodle] Re: moodle Digest, Vol 46, Issue 53
> To: "The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List"
>        <moodle at edulists.com.au>
> Message-ID: <20081216013133.GB12917 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
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> Thanks, I thought it was something like that. I was confused by the
> "News Poster" permission being in the "Courses" section of the
> permissions. Am I right in assuming I should use "Student" as the legacy
> role?
>
> Laurie Savage
>
> Just recently, on Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:16:22PM +1100  in fact, Julian
> Ridden mentioned:
> > Adding a news role is very easy.
> >
> > Just create a new role and call it news poster. In the permissions
> > scroll down and allow "post news". I am doing this from memory so it
> > might be slightly different.
> >
> > No need to add anything else, just save the role. No go to assign
> > fromtpage roles and assign this new role to the appropriate students and
> > your done!
> >
> > Julian
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On 16/12/2008, at 12:00 PM, moodle-request at edulists.com.au wrote:
> >
> >> Send moodle mailing list submissions to
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> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
> >> than "Re: Contents of moodle digest..."
> >>
> >>
> >> Today's Topics:
> >>
> >>   1. Test moodle list (Geoff Love)
> >>   2. Moodle permissions: student front page editors (Laurie Savage)
> >>   3. Re: Moodle permissions: student front page editors (Adam Barbary)
> >>
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 1
> >> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:23:36 +1100
> >> From: "Geoff Love" <GeoffLove at tallangatta-sc.vic.edu.au>
> >> Subject: [Moodle] Test moodle list
> >> To: <moodle at edulists.com.au>
> >> Message-ID:
> >>
> >> <C4B1BF324452EB4382EA93B695BF10100C12BC at MAIL.tallangatta-sc.vic.edu.au
> >> >
> >>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >>
> >> Ros, please add me to the moodle/mahara session on during January.
> >>
> >> This is a test!
> >>
> >> Kind Regards
> >>
> >> Geoff Love
> >>
> >> IT Coordinator
> >> Tallagatta Secondary College
> >> (02)60712500 phone
> >> (02)60712445 fax
> >>
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> >>
> >> Message: 2
> >> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:32:13 +1100
> >> From: Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> >> Subject: [Moodle] Moodle permissions: student front page editors
> >> To: moodle at edulists.com.au
> >> Message-ID: <20081216003213.GA8860 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >>
> >> I'm finding the permissions in Moodle 1.9 a little daunting and
> >> somewhat
> >> different in their terminology to say Drupal or Plone. I want to
> >> enable
> >> trusted students "Student Editors" to run the front page News Items.
> >> Any
> >> ideas on how I set this up?
> >>
> >> Laurie
> >> --
> >> Laurie Savage
> >> ====================================================================
> >> Markbook/Moodle Coordinator::Pascoe Vale Girls College::03 9306 2544
> >> ====================================================================
> >> Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
> >>
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Message: 3
> >> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:51:16 +1100
> >> From: Adam Barbary <home at adambarbary.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle permissions: student front page editors
> >> To: "The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List"
> >>    <moodle at edulists.com.au>
> >> Message-ID: <B5BF05F3-CB56-418B-B67A-06E52CAAF00D at adambarbary.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
> >>
> >> Hi Laurie,
> >>
> >> 1.9 has the ability to assign roles to the front page. Choose this
> >> from the Site Administration menu, under Front Page. You could start
> >> by assigning these students to the front page, then using the over
> >> rides to expand/limit their activities.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Adam Barbary
> >> Viewbank College
> >>
> >> On 16/12/2008, at 11:32 AM, Laurie Savage wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm finding the permissions in Moodle 1.9 a little daunting and
> >>> somewhat
> >>> different in their terminology to say Drupal or Plone. I want to
> >>> enable
> >>> trusted students "Student Editors" to run the front page News Items.
> >>> Any
> >>> ideas on how I set this up?
> >>>
> >>> Laurie
> >>> --
> >>> Laurie Savage
> >>> ====================================================================
> >>> Markbook/Moodle Coordinator::Pascoe Vale Girls College::03 9306 2544
> >>> ====================================================================
> >>> Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> http://www.edulists.com.au - FAQ, resources, subscribe, unsubscribe
> >>> Moodle Mailing List kindly supported by
> >>> http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment
> >>> Authority and
> >>> http://www.vitta.org.au  - VITTA Victorian Information Technology
> >>> Teachers Association Inc
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >> End of moodle Digest, Vol 46, Issue 53
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> --
> Laurie Savage
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> Markbook/Moodle Coordinator::Pascoe Vale Girls College::03 9306 2544
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:57:09 +1100
> From: Laurie Savage <sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> Subject: [Moodle] LAMS on Ubuntu
> To: moodle at edulists.com.au
> Message-ID: <20081216045709.GA21558 at pvgc.vic.edu.au>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Greetings fellow earthlings;
>
> I have finally had some success setting up LAMS2 on an Ubuntu server.
> There are traps and I thought I'd share my solutions.
>
> During installation Lams2 asks for a free port:
> I use 8080 for CMap Tools so I gave it 8380.
> This means you need to complete another port forwarding request from
> Edunet.
>
> I have disabled name-resolution in my database to speed things up so all
> my DB users need access from the localhost IP which is 127.0.0.1. This
> is trivial to fix in Moodle (config.php) but harder in Lams2 because it
> isn't documented. Using the famous unix recursive "grep" tool I discovered
> that in Ubuntu you need to edit the
> /usr/share/jboss-4.0.2/server/default/deploy/mysql-ds.xml file. (Now there's
> a catchy title)
>
> I changed "localhost" to 127.0.0.1 and took note of the default database
> user and their password.
>
> In MySQL I fixed the permissions of the default Lams db user like so:
>
> grant <permissions> on lams.* to <lamsuser>@127.0.0.1 identified by
> <password>;
> flush privileges;
>
> Voila! it works! Now to integrate it with Moodle and find out what it
> actually does.
>
> Laurie
>
> --
> Laurie Savage
> ====================================================================
> Markbook/Moodle Coordinator::Pascoe Vale Girls College::03 9306 2544
> ====================================================================
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