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Originally posted on Moodle Integration:
In this post we will discuss the steps to integrate Moodle with LDAP. In our case we are using 389DS as our LDAP server. Please follow the steps below for the integration First enable the Authentication plugin. To do so navigate to Site administration–>Plugins–>Authentication–>Manage authentication as shown in the screen…

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What is an internet forum? Using Moodle for running internet forum

Email is a great point to point messaging system. Email is also good for distributing information to a group of people who we think are interested in that bit of information. This does not always work; people want to know things they are interested in. They also want to pull out the information rather then… Continue reading What is an internet forum? Using Moodle for running internet forum

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Moodle changes across major upgrade 1.9 to 2.0 to 2.1 to 2.2 to 2.3

Moodle development has always been active. In recent years the changes has resulted in improved end users and teachers experience. Administration process and interface has also improved a lot. We see most of the major upgrade from version 1.9 to 2.0. Most of these changes has been improved and refined over time up to 2.2.… Continue reading Moodle changes across major upgrade 1.9 to 2.0 to 2.1 to 2.2 to 2.3

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Essential tcp ip network tools, network Swiss army knife

Being a Network administrators, systems administrators we always like to have some tools handy to look into, troubleshoot or just to figure things out. There are many open source, free tools available specialized for different purposes In this blog I shall attempt to list some of them, give a brief description and list the available… Continue reading Essential tcp ip network tools, network Swiss army knife

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Change your IP

Change your IP

At times, network admins need to change their IP address, they need to do it fast and go back and forth with the configurations. They do so for troubleshooting, debugging, testing etc etc etc…

This tiny free tool is a useful solution for that. I like the look of it too.. it is simple and open source
http://ipchange.net/

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iPad/iPhone enterprise deployment

iPad/iPhone enterprise deployment In my opinion a tablet is most useful if used as a consumer (read your mail, news, presentation, view documents etc) as oppose to a content creator. The limiting factor is how much content you might be able to create using an iPad, even one with Bluetooth keyboard. The enterprise standard integration… Continue reading iPad/iPhone enterprise deployment

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The future of computer human interface, BrainGate

Computer and human interface will probably be one of the most important areas of development in next few decades. While we work to master our technology to make computers work for us more efficiently, and double processing power every 18month, little we have seen to improve our direct interaction with computers. What we seen is… Continue reading The future of computer human interface, BrainGate

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How to upgrade Cirtix Xen 5.0 to 5.5 to 5.6 to 6.0

Prefix: We have been planning to upgrade our Citrix XenServer from 5.0 to the latest version 6.0. XenServer only permits upgrades from the last major release. For example, in order to upgrade from version 5.0.0 to version 5.6, you must first upgrade version 5.0.0 to version 5.5, and then upgrade version 5.5 to version 5.6,… Continue reading How to upgrade Cirtix Xen 5.0 to 5.5 to 5.6 to 6.0

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Are you still using IE?

Are you still using IE? According to statcounter, Google Chrome has finally overtaken IE last week. It also shows a slow decline on Firefox usage. It would be interesting to follow this chart once Windows 8 comes out. Maybe in windows tablet they will force us to use Internet explorer? Maybe in this browser war… Continue reading Are you still using IE?

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Earth, May 14, 2011

The Highest Resolution Image of our Planet It’s been taken by Russia’s latest weather satellite, the Electro-L. Elektro-L is now orbiting Earth on a geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator. The satellite took the photos at a massive 121 megapixels. Electro-L’s images were made combining three visible light wavelengths and one infrared, according to… Continue reading Earth, May 14, 2011