Moodle in Dublin City University

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Moodle in Dublin City University

• Denis Cahalane
• Jennifer Burke

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Dublin City University

• Founded 1980, University 1989
• 80 Degree programs
• 10,000 students (6,300 full-time)

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VLEs in DCU

• Topclass 1999 to 2001
• Webct 2001 to end 2004
• Moodle - from October 2003

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Evaluation of VLE

• Bodington
• Claroline
• Moodle
• (Bulletin board web pages?)

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Staffing

• Halftime Computer Services Administrator
• 1 fulltime, 1 halftime, Teaching and Learning

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Platform

• Dell Poweredge 2650, 22.8GHz CPU, 2GB ram, 350
  GB disk
• Redhat Linux ES 3.0, Mysql, Php
• Ldap authentication from Novell eDirectory

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Backup

• Nightly zip of all courses
• Nightly Mysql dump of database
• Nightly tape dump to Veritas NetBackup

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Instances on server two

• Copy of last nights database
• Testsite e.g. groups
• Latest version

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So far

• 2815 users 900/week in term
• 200 non-test courses, 100 active
• 4730 postings 160/week in term
• 200 teachers, 80 active

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Next September

• Autocreate 2000 courses
• Hand-assign teachers
• Autoenrol Students?