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10 alternatives to Moodle for e-Learning software, LMS Platform using open source/GPL

Saad Faruque14 Comments

A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content. An LMS, based on the focus can also be called as e-Learning software, Virtual learning environment (VLE), Course management system (CMS), learning delivery platform, course delivery systems… Continue reading 10 alternatives to Moodle for e-Learning software, LMS Platform using open source/GPL

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Moodle overview and feature lists 2.2 and 2.3

Saad Faruque3 Comments

About Moodle Moodle (abbreviation for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a free source e-learning software platform, also known as a Course Management System, Learning Management System, or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). As of December 2011 it had a user base of 72,177 registered and verified sites, serving 57,112,669 users in 5.8 million courses Moodle… Continue reading Moodle overview and feature lists 2.2 and 2.3

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

Saad Faruque7 Comments

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

Saad Faruque2 Comments

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

Saad Faruque4 Comments

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

Saad Faruque4 Comments

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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How to extend your LVM disk

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How to extend a LVM This document is a continuation of LVM made easy, my previous blog This document is on LVM2 and assuming your Linux distribution supports LVM2 This document also assumes you have LVM setup out of /dev/sdb Volume group name is “mail-storage-group” Logical volume name is “mail-storage-lv” And we shall attempt to… Continue reading How to extend your LVM disk

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How to securely and effectively erase a disk with DD

Saad Faruque2 Comments

At times we need to clean up our disks for whatever reason, like installation errors, privacy, security or to clean up an infected file you need a special deleting procedure. Tools like regular delete only remove the inode of the file, which does not touch the data/contents. It is possible to recover these deleted files… Continue reading How to securely and effectively erase a disk with DD

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Setting up backup mail exchange server with sendmail

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Setting up backup mail exchange server with sendmail Most systems admin is used to setting up the primary mail server, but many of them (like me) are not used to setup a backup mail server in a regular basis. This is my attempt to create a complete document on setting up a backup mail server… Continue reading Setting up backup mail exchange server with sendmail

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Knowledge base Systems, a review on phpMyFAQ

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An organization needs to maintain a repository of information. This includes common knowledge or business specific information such as white papers, user manuals, policy document, knowledge tags, or answers to frequently asked questions. A general purpose document management system can fill the void, however a single purpose knowledge base system will be a far better fit. A… Continue reading Knowledge base Systems, a review on phpMyFAQ