Preparation

• Downloading Moodle
• Adding plugins
• Moodle Maintenance Mode

Downloading Moodle

Getting the latest version of Moodle

1. Go to the download page of Moodle
   
   https://download.moodle.org/releases/latest/
   
   
2. Check and ensure that the server meets the minimum requirements for the latest version of Moodle
3. Update the server if necessary
4. Download the latest version of Moodle
5. Unzip/untar the download package
   
   unzip file.zip -d /path/to/directory
   
   or
   
   tar -C /path/to/directory -zxvf file.tar.gz

Adding plugins

Adding plugins

1. Log in to the current version of Moodle as an administrator
2. Expand the Site Administrator menu
   
   
   
   
3. Expand the Plugins menu
   
   
   
   
4. Click Plugins Overview
   
   
5. Click Additional Plugins
   
   
   
   
6. Make a note of all the additional plugins
7. Navigate to Moodle plugins directory
   
   https://moodle.org/plugins/
   
   
8. Search and download each of the plugins
9. Extract and add to the plugin to one of the correct common paths below

/path/to/moodle/theme/ - themes
/path/to/moodle/mod/ - activity modules and resources
/path/to/moodle/blocks/ - sidebar blocks
/path/to/moodle/question/type/ - question types
/path/to/moodle/course/format/ - course formats
/path/to/moodle/admin/report/ - admin reports

Moodle Maintenance Mode

Moodle Maintenance Mode

1. Log in as an administrator
2. Expand the Administrator panel
   
   
   
   
3. Expand the Server sub-menu and click Maintenance Mode
   
   
   
   
4. Enable Maintenance mode, add an addition message if necessary and save the changes