Screenshot of an Excel chart, showing the performance of a non-optimised Moodle server.

How to optimize a Moodle server? Part 1 – Apache

Disclaimer: I am not a professional server administrator but I have looked after Moodle servers for several years now, and never experienced major issues. What I am sharing has worked for me, but might not work for you. You’ve been warned! Why it matters If there is ever one configuration file you should tinker with, it is the Apache configuration file. More often than not the default configuration of Apache will crash a Moodle server when under a bit of load, or at least make it very slow....

2014, January 20 · 7 min · Frederic Nevers
A screenshot of a question bank.

Question creation – Get your students to create Moodle quizzes/tests for you!

This is where this assignment comes into play. Its premise is simple: students create a number of questions that you will review, and then export to add to your current question bank and create tests with. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Students working for you, brilliant! Well, let’s have a look, shall we? The great Activities are easy to setup Once installed, it is very easy to create your first activity....

2011, March 9 · 5 min · Frederic Nevers