CUHK LAMS Sys Admin

LAMS Systems Admin Training: 

LAMS Systems Admin Training Johnny Ly Macquarie E-Learning Centre of Excellence Macquarie University 25 January 2007 The Chinese University of Hong Kong 香港中文大學

Training topics: 

Training topics Architecture of LAMS 2.0 LAMS Installation Configuration Customisation Bulk Import of users Different roles of users Maintenance Backing up LAMS Register Server Integrations with LMSs Internationalisation

Login details: 

Login details CLEAR LAMS Server: http://137.189.161.55:8080/lams/ Username: First name initial + full surname Eg: Johnny Ly -andgt; jly Password: Generic password: cuhklams Please change it My Profile tab then 'Change My Password' Role of User: System Admin

Architecture of LAMS 2.0: 

Architecture of LAMS 2.0 The LAMS 1.0.x design singular piece of code Changes take a long time to make

Architecture of LAMS 2.0 (con’t): 

Architecture of LAMS 2.0 (con’t) Modular design with separation between LAMS Core and LAMS Tools Activities added on-the-fly to LAMS 2.0 server Core has Administration, Author, Learner andamp; Monitor

LAMS Installation: 

LAMS Installation For Windows users: LAMS installer is available For Unix users: Need to build LAMS from CVS Additional software required are: JBOSS 4.0.2 or higher (JAVA application server) MySQL 5.x (create the database) Wildfire 3.x (for chat activity) More information: http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/LAMS_installation_and_configuration http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/Building+LAMS Help on installation issues: LAMS Community: www.lamscommunity.org

Configuration: 

Configuration You must have System Admin rights to be able to modify settings on the LAMS 2.0 server JAVA VM memory settings -Xms min 256m, -Xmx depends on physical memory andamp; -MaxPermSize (heap size) Number of database connections $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/mysql-ds.xml Change max_pool_size but does take up memory For full information visit: http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lamsdocs/LAMS+Configuration

Customisation: 

Customisation Login page text and graphics LAMS logo -andgt; Uni logo $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/lams.ear/lams-www.war/news.html Internationalisation (later in the presentation)

Bulk Import of users: 

Bulk Import of users Use MS Excel template to import multiple users 5 mandatory columns login, password, first_name, last_name andamp; email The roles are optional To get the organisation_id, simply place mouse over the 'Manage Subgroups' button and it will display the ID number on the status bar

Different roles of users: 

Different roles of users Global roles Author Admin Allows users to modify the default too content Group Admin Allows users to manage all groups in the system Allows users to find andamp; import users and list disabled users System Admin Contains all rights possible in the LAMS interface Allows users to manage all groups in the system Server configuration and customisation

Different roles of users (con’t): 

Different roles of users (con’t) Roles within a group Author Allows users to create sequences Group Admin Allows users to edit its own group and subgroups Group Manager Allows users to edit its own group and subgroups Allows users to add lessons for that group Monitor Allows users to add lessons for learners to view and complete Learner Allows users to click on available sequences and complete them

Maintenance: 

Maintenance Delete temporary files /var/opt/lams/temp Manage log/audit files $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/log Manage Users/groups Backing up LAMS Database (mysqldump command) $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/mysql-ds.xml (access details) Content Repository /var/opt/lams/repository JBOSS directory $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/ Uploaded Files $JBOSS_HOME/server/default/deploy/lams.ear/lams-www.war/secure

Register Server: 

Register Server Where will the data go? The data will be sent to the LAMS Foundation mainly for statistical purposes

Integrations with LMSs: 

Integrations with LMSs In the past LAMS 1.0 integrated with: Moodle, Sakai and Blackboard How integration works Moodle LAMS V2 requires v1.6.3 or 1.7 Future: Integration with the next Sakai Helping NTU with their Blackboard integration Other LMS integrations (TBD) LMS (Moodle, Sakai,etc) LMS LAMS Module LAMS 2.0 Web Layer: Webservices, Servlets, etc

Internationalisation: 

Internationalisation Online community of translators Currently over 20 languages translated 3 parts to languages in LAMS Server Level System Admin menu: Configuration settings Need to set the Language, Locale and page direction. Login page and new users always default to Server language User Level Set via User Profile or User Management screens Select from a drop down list: language, locale andamp; page directions are set automatically Applies once users re-logs in Language Packs Install the pack for translated languages Edit Default tool content if you want language consistency

Internationalisation (con’t): 

Internationalisation (con’t) English is the default language (LTR) Spanish is set for the user (LTR) Arabic has page direction of right to left (RTL)

Resources: 

Resources Questions? Thank You! LAMS Wiki http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/ LAMS Community http://lamscommunity.org/ LAMS Internationalisation http://lamscommunity.org/i18n/ LAMS International http://lamsinternational.com LAMS Foundation http://lamsfoundation.org