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Installing Joomdle in Joomla

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This document applies to Joomdle Release 0.8.

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1 Preparing Joomla! for Joomdle 1.1 Joomla 1.5.x only 2 Installing Joomdle for Joomla! 3 Configuring Joomdle for Joomla! 3.1 Joomdle Component 3.2 Joomdle Plugins 3.3 Joomdle Modules 4 System Health Check 5 Package Contents

Preparing Joomla! for Joomdle


Before you install Joomdle ensure that Joomla is installed and running correctly. Install and configure any third party extensions that you wish to integrate with Joomdle such as CB, Jomsocial, Tienda, Virtuemart, XMAP. For Integration instructions with third party extensions please refer to 3rd Party Integration Complete any Prerequisites required for Joomdle .

Joomla 1.5.x only


In addition, you will need to: Activate Joomla's web services through Site -> Global System Configuration, System Tab, System Configuration.

Installing Joomdle for Joomla!


The Joomdle for Joomla! extension consists of a Component, 7 Plugins and 8 Modules, refer to the end of this article to see the full list. To install Joomdle for Joomla!, use Joomla!'s Extension Manager and select the Joomdle package called "joomdle-joomla-package.zip". The component, plugins and modules will all be installed as one package simplifying the installation for you. Note: It also enables all the plugins and creates the modules although they are not published. To use the rest of plugins and components, not included in the main package, you will need to install them separately. .

Configuring Joomdle for Joomla!


Joomdle Component
Configuring Joomdle for Joomla! is done through the Configuration screen which can be found by choosing Configuration option in the Joomdle Component menu, or through the Joomdle dashboard. There are several sections that you can configure, however, only the first is mandatory.

Section General config

Description Moodle URL Enter the full URL and path of your Moodle installation - this is likely to be http: //www.mydomain.com/moodle assuming you have installed Moodle in a directory called moodle off the Joomla! root. Remember to add http:// in front of your URL. Moodle Version Select your Moodle version. Moodle 2.0 auth token (Moodle 2.0 only) Enter the auth token you obtained when you configured Moodle web services. Connection method Available options are: file_get_contents and cURL. Select the one available on your server. Use redirectless SSO This option only works with cURL and both Moodle and Joomla on the same domain. It makes Joomdle do Single Sign On without redirecting the user back and forward. This is mostly useful for shops, so the purchase process

is not broken on user logging. Use redirectless logout This option only works when both Moodle and Joomla are on the same domain. It makes Joomdle do Single log out without redirecting the user back and forward. Auto create Moodle users. Set this to "Yes" if you want Joomdle to automatically create new users in Moodle when they register in Joomla!. Auto delete Moodle users. Set this to "Yes" if you want Joomdle to automatically delete users in Moodle when they are deleted in Joomla!. Auto login users at registration Set this to "Yes" if you want Joomdle to automatically log in users when they register in Joomla!.

Action buttons

Show button for free courses Enrol into course Go to course Request enrolment Show button for paid courses Buy course: takes user to the e-commerce extension product page Paypal: shows Paypal button to sell course via Moodle's Paypal If the user is already enroled in the course, "Go to course" button will be shown regardless of these settings. Also, buttons will only show if course/shop configuration allows it: - Enrol button will only be shown when course is available for self-enrol - Buy course button will only be shown if course if on sell on shop Go to course button Moodle: takes user to Moodle, as configured in next section Course view: uses Joomdle course view to display Moodle course contents

Links behaviou r

Open Moodle links in The parameter tells Joomdle how to respond when you click on any of the Joomdle links. This is a Global Joomdle setting and can be over written by setting the same parameters in the individual Joomdle Menu Views. Open in the same window Open in new window Open in wrapper When you choose to open Moodle in a "Wrapper" you can choose the Wrapper dimensions. This is a Global Joomdle setting and can be over written by setting the same parameters in the individual Joomdle Menu Views. If you have Moodle and Joomla on different domains (with auto height off), you may need to enable an option in Moodle configuration: Site admin->Security->HTTP Security: Allow frame embedding Wrapper scroll bars Wrapper width Wrapper height

Autoheight in wrapper NOTE: this only works when both Joomla and Moodle are on the same domain. Transparent wrapper Default Itemid This lets you specify a default itemid to be associated to all calls to the Moodle wrapper Joomdle Itemid This lets you specify a default itemid to be associated to all calls to the Joomdle component from Joomdle modules Shop Itemid This lets you specify a default itemid to be associated to all calls to the shop component from Joomdle Course Itemid Item ID for the course view, used for configuring course-related modules

Data source

Additional Data source Select other component to provide additional user information to Joomdle Jomsocial Virtuemart Tienda Ambra Community Builder Hikashop Joomla 1.6 user profiles If you select Joomla 1.6 user profiles, and use a non-standard profile plugin, you can configure it in the next two fields. Otherwise, leave them blank. 1.6+ User Profile Form Path J1.6+ Profile plugin More info on this feature can be found here: Field Data Mapping Use Profile Types Select a component to manage profile types Jomsocial Ambra XIPT More info on this feature can be found here: Profile Types User points integration Select a component to manage user points Jomsocial Ambra

Profile Types

User points

Mailing lists

Mailing lists integration Select a component to manage mailing lists Acymailing More info on this feature can be found here: Acymailing

Course requests

Max number of requests Max number of requests (pending and accepted) a user can have. When using course requests, you can also configure Joomdle to ask for additional info: Request motivation: No, Optional, Mandatory Request experience No, Optional, Mandatory Use these parameters if you wish to integrate Joomdle with VirtueMart or Tienda. Category ID: The Product Category ID that you wish Moodle Courses to appear under. Buy courses for children. Enable this option if you are using the Features for parents. If not, set it to No. Subject of email: Enter the subject of the email sent when successfully purchasing a Moodle course. Body of email: Enter the body of the email sent when successfully purchasing a Moodle course. For more detailed information regarding the Joomdle and Virtuemart integration see the VirtueMartpage. For more detailed information regarding the Joomdle and Tienda integration see the Tiendapage.

Shop Integrati on

Joomla User groups

If you want to use the Usergroups feature, here you can configure the parent groups: Teachers group Students group

Detail view

These options control which info and links should be displayed by default on course details view. Show category Show course summary Show language Show start date Show enrol dates Show enrol period Show number of topics Show cost Show Topics link Show Grading system link Show Teachers link Show Contents link

Topics view

These options control which info and links should be displayed by default on course topics view. Show numbers: show topics numbers These options control which info and links should be displayed by default on course category view. Show category info

Course category view

Show action buttons

Course view

Show number of topics: show section headers containing section number. Show topics summary: show section summary. Use page view: use Joomdle page view to show resources of type Page Use Kunena forums Show action buttons

Courses ABC view

Joomdle Plugins
The Joomdle plugins do not require any configuration. They are all enabled by default at install time.

Joomdle Modules
During installation of Joomdle for Joomla!, eight new Modules will be installed: mod_joomdle_courses, mod_joomdle_my_courses, mod_joomdle_calendar, mod_joomdle_my_grades, mod_joomdle_mentees, mod_joomdle_abc, mod_joomdle_coursemates, mod_joomdle_coursenavigation. These modules will automatically be installed and you are required to enable them before they appear on your website. To know more about modules features and configuration options, check the Modules page. .

System Health Check


Once you have installed and configure Joomdle, please visit the System Health Check tab to ensure all items have been configured correctly. Refer to System health check for details with possible issues and associated resolutions. .

Package Contents
Joomdle package contains: joomdle-for-joomla package moodle packages other Joomla packages The Joomdle for Joomla! package consists of the following: Component: com_joomdle 6 Plugins: plg_joomdle plg_joomdlehooks plg_search_courses plg_search_coursetopics plg_search_coursecategories plg_system_joomdlesession

plg_system_joomdletienda 6 Modules: mod_joomdle_courses mod_joomdle_my_courses mod_joomdle_calendar mod_joomdle_my_grades mod_joomdle_mentees mod_joomdle_abc mod_joomdle_coursemates mod_joomdle_coursenavigation Also, other separate packages are included: xmap-joomdle-plugin plg_community_jsbar plug_joomdlehookscommunitybuilder AEC micro integration My certificates module Acymailing plugins Jomsocial and CB profile plugins Content plugin

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