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Sloodle Administrator Documentation
This page provides information to help Sloodle administrators with setting-up and configuring their Sloodle installation. Note that setting-up and configuring objects in-world is often done by teachers for specific classes, and so that documentation can be found in the User Documentation.
Before you start
The following information may be useful when deciding or preparing to install Sloodle:
- Sloodle Requirements -- what do I need to make it run?
- Sloodle Database Usage -- how will it affect my installation?
- Sloodle Cron Job -- uses the Moodle cron job, and is strongly recommended
Getting Started
Refer to the following pages to download and install the Sloodle module, and to get it set up ready for use:
If you still need some help, then you can go here:
Checking that it works
It is important to make sure that your installation interacts correctly with the Sloodle objects in Second Life. The best way to do this is to obtain a Sloodle Set object in-world, and configure it for a test course on your Moodle site. If it reports success and you are able to rez and interact with objects, then everything seems OK.
Refer to the User Documentation for more help.
Letting educators use it
Sloodle 0.3 and later
After a great deal of planning and experimentation, Sloodle finally offers you the flexibility you would expect from a standard Moodle module. Once Sloodle is installed, the administrator does not usually need to be involved any further. An educator simply needs to add a Sloodle Controller Module (which is a Moodle activity module) to their course, and they are ready to go. They can either use the Controller to generate their own configuration notecard, or use the updated web-based authorization and configuration process.
Sloodle 0.1 to 0.21
If you are using a version of Sloodle prior to 0.3, then the configuration process is very different. There is a single configuration for the entire site, and any non-administrator educators will need you to provide a "sloodle_config" notecard for each course. This notecard contains the address of the website, the course identifier, and the site-wide Prim Password (it is important to keep the information secure from non-authorised users). You can obtain appropriate notecard text from the Sloodle Notecard Setup Page.
When you have the text from that setup page, you simply need to create a notecard in your inventory in Second Life (right-click somewhere and select "New Note"), and paste the text into the new notecard. You should probably rename it to "sloodle_config (course)", where (course) is the name of the course it is for. Open the notecard properties (right click it and select "Properties"), and make sure the "modify" box is unchecked, and the "copy" box is checked. This will allow educators to make copies for all their objects, but not to change it.
You can then give the notecard to the educators who need it. They will need to rename it to simply "sloodle_config" before use.
- WARNING! The "sloodle_config" notecards will contain your site's Prim Password, which allows Sloodle objects to access it. Only give these notecards out to genuine educators whom you trust, and ensure that they know the security as well.
When things go wrong
Sloodle is not perfect, unfortunately, so you may encounter problems occasionally. If you report these problems, then we will try to solve them as soon as possible (and perhaps we will be able to give you a short-term solution as well):
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