Setting Up and Maintaining Web 2.0 Tools (e.g. Moodle)

Setting Up PHP/MySQL

Once you setup PHP/MySQL on your server, you’ll be set and ready to go with the following applications. However, getting to that point might require some technical expertise. You can see some examples (screenshots) of walled garden applications.

Quick Setup Process

1. Install WAMP?/MAMP/XAMPP as appropriate on a computer that will work as a server. Note that you may have to “lock down” each of these—to differing degrees—for security purposes upon install.
2. After installing the software, download your walled garden application of choice (e.g. Wordpress, Moodle) and put it in the appropriate folder (usually “htdocs” in an Apache server setting).
3. Use a program like SQLYog (Windows), CocoaMYSQL (Mac) to create the database. The walled garden app will create all the necessary tables to house your data.

• View Visual Installation Guide for WAMP.?

Software Tools

• Windows Software
  • WAMP Server: Easy setup of Apache server, PHP and MySQL on Windows.
  • SQLYOG : Allows you to interact with the database using Structured Query Language (SQL), as well as make backups of your SQL tables.You’ll want to download the community edition of SQLYog.
• Macintosh Software
  • MAMP Server: Easy setup of Apache server, PHP and MySQL on on Macintosh OS X
  • CocoaMySQL: Allows you to interact with the database using Structured Query Language (SQL) statements.

Once you are setup with MySQL/PHP on your server, you’re ready to install Moodle on your computer.

Visual Installation Walkthrough (Windows)

1) Install SQLYog and Create a new database? to house your Moodle tables.

2) Download Moodle. - You’ll want to get the ZIP version if on Mac or Windows.

3) Unzip Moodle - You’ll want to unzip the file you just downloaded to your Desktop.

4) Navigate to the WWW folder inside the C:\WAMP folder

5) Copy/Move the unzipped moodle folder into the WWW folder

6) To access Moodle, first make sure WAMP-All Services are running, then go to http://localhost/moodle You’ll see the following:

Click NEXT.

7) Moodle will check to see if your computer is ready for installation.

8) Double-check that the addresses are correct. If you have a domain name you want to use, be sure to enter it below instead of “localhost”

9) Be sure to enter the appropriate user and password information. Ideally, you would create a new user for each Moodle installation to protect against hacking.

10) Moodle will check to see if you have all the necessary components…

11) You’ll be asked about installing a language pack. We’ll accept the default setting and move on.

12) Configuration Completed window will pop up…

13) Say YES to CONDITIONS

14) Moodle will now begin installing…to keep things simple, choose unattended operation.

15) Moodle will begin setting up tables and more. Be patient as this can take awhile (about 5–6 minutes).

16) Once the automatic process is done, you’ll see a screen like the one below. Fill it in. Be sure to remember your password, and type in your email address correctly!

17) Fill in the name of the Moodle installation (what you want people to see), add some other information and you’ll be done! When done, you’ll see a page that looks like this:

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