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The Moodle for NZ Schools edition is a customised version of the Moodle code base. New versions of NZ Schools edition are available for download below.
Moodle 2.2 for NZ Schools
The Moodle in NZ Schools 2.2 version is based on Moodle 2.2 and includes the customizations and additional modules that are available in the Moodle in NZ Schools Moodle 2.0 version.
This version of Moodle for NZ Schools has new features that pertain to the integration between Moodle and Google. Please refer to the notes on this development work (section Google Apps for Moodle 2.2.+ for NZ Schools).
Please refer to the site administrator notes for more information.
Please consult to the Moodle 2.2 release notes for information on new features in standard Moodle.
Moodle 2.2 requires: PHP 5.3.2, MySQL 5.0.25 or Postgres 8.3 or MSSQL 2005 or Oracle 10.2
Moodle HQ has also published upgrade notes that should be consulted prior to an upgrade.
Release date:
Thu, 19/01/2012
Previous releases
Moodle 1.9 - New Zealand Schools edition
The New Zealand Schools edition has been pre configured with modules, themes, language packs and settings that are commonly used in New Zealand School. The interface has been refined to use terms and language appropriate for New Zealand.
Included languages
- English (NZ Schools)
- Maori
Included install profiles and themes
- NZ Secondary
- NZ Primary
Installed plugins:
- Assignment
- Certificate
- Choice
- Dialogue
- Digital NZ search
- EDNA search
- Forum
- Google Apps
- Hotpot
- Lesson
- SCORM
- Survey
- Book
- Chat
- Database
- Feedback
- Glossary
- LAMS
- Quiz
- Stamp collection
- Wiki
Other features:
- Simple course format for primary schools kids
- Course and course category icons
- Automatic creation of course categories and sample courses
- NCEA grade scales
Installation Requirements:
PHP 5.1+
Required PHP modules:
- GD
- MySQL or Postgres driver - depending on database used
Recommended PHP Modules:
- iconv
- mbstring
- curl
- openssl
- tokenizer
- xmlrpc
- ctype
Minimum database requirements:
MySQL 4.1.16 or Postgres 8.0 or Microsoft SQL Server 9.0
Recommended database:
Postgres 8.3 or MySQL 5.1
NOTE: Installing Moodle requires an understanding of webserver and database configuration.
Installation
For detailed installation instructions please visit moodle.org http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_Moodle
NZ Schools specific moodle configuration
You will be prompted to supply the following extra information:
- School Name
- School Initials: This is an abbreviation of the School name which is printed in Moodle's navigation where space is limited.
- School type: primary, intermediate, secondary School years: 1 to 13. This information is used to automatically create course categories for each year.
- School Logo: This should be in GIF, JPEG or PNG format. It will be automatically resized to the required size, so the size of your image does not matter. For best appearance it is recommended that you use a logo with a transparent background.
- Theme background colour
- Navigation bar colour
- Block title colour
Release date:
Fri, 13/01/2012
Moodle 2.0 in NZ Schools Version
This first Moodle 2.0 in NZ Schools version is a version to allow schools new to Moodle to start out with Moodle 2.0 immediately. This version does not include all modules that can be found in the 1.9 version of Moodle in NZ Schools.
At this stage, Catalyst IT and Dataview recommend schools who already use Moodle 1.9 to continue using it for a while until Moodle 2.0 becomes more stable. On top of that, as not all modules are yet available for Moodle 2.0, certain course functions may not work anymore.
Catalyst IT has updated the 1.9 version of Moodle in NZ Schools to 2.0. No new features were added. However, Moodle 2.0 itself sports new and also updated features.
The New Zealand Schools edition has been pre-configured with modules, themes, language packs and settings that are commonly used in New Zealand School. The interface has been refined to use terms and language appropriate for New Zealand.
Included language: English (NZ Schools)
Installed plugins - some need to be activated before use:
- Assignment
- Book (updated specifically for NZ Schools; minus the HTML page import)
- Chat
- Choice
- Database
- Digital NZ search (updated specifically for NZ Schools)
- EDNA search (updated specifically for NZ Schools)
- External search in general
- Feedback
- Forum
- Glossary
- Google Apps (updated specifically for NZ Schools)
- Hot Potatoes (new in the release of 11 May 2011)
- IMS content package
- Lesson
- Quiz
- SCORM
- Survey
- Wiki
- Workshop
Plugins not included from 1.9
- Certificate
- Stamp Collection
Other features:
- Simple topics format to include only one topic at a time
- Single section format in conjunction with course menu block (new in the release of 11 May 2011)
- Course and course category icons
- Automatic creation of course categories and a sample course
- NCEA grade scales
- Define the default city for new user accounts
- Calendar import and sync via ical format (new in the release of 11 May 2011)
Installation Requirements:
You can find the latest information on requirements for Moodle in general, on the Installing Moodle page.
PHP 5.2.8 or 5.3.3+
Required PHP modules:
- GD
- MySQL or Postgres driver - depending on database used
Minimum database requirements:
Postgres 8.3 or MySQL 5.0.25 or Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or Oracle 10.2
Recommended database:
Postgres 8.3 or MySQL 5.1
NOTE: Installing Moodle requires an understanding of webserver and database configuration.
Installation
For detailed installation instructions of Moodle please visit moodle.org http://docs.moodle.org/en/Installing_Moodle
Information for Site Administrators in regard to the installation and certain settings for the NZ Schools version.
You can download one of the zip files below
NZ Schools specific Moodle configuration
You will be prompted to supply the following extra information:
- School name
- School initials: This is an abbreviation of the school's name which appears in the navigation where space is limited.
- School type: primary, intermediate, secondary school years: 1 to 13. This information is used to automatically create course categories for each year during the installation.
- School logo: This should be in GIF, JPEG or PNG format. It will be automatically resized to the required size, so the size of your image does not matter. For best appearance it is recommended that you use a logo with a transparent background.
- Theme background colour
- Navigation bar colour
- Block title colour
Release date:
Fri, 13/01/2012
Moodle 2.1 for NZ Schools
The Moodle in NZ Schools 2.1 version is based on Moodle 2.1 and includes the customizations and additional modules that are available in the Moodle in NZ Schools Moodle 2.0 version.
No new custom features have been added.
Please refer to the Moodle 2.1 release notes for information on the changes from Moodle 2.0 to 2.1.
Moodle 2.1 requires: PHP 5.3.2, MySQL 5.0.25 or Postgres 8.3 or MSSQL 2005 or Oracle 10.2
Moodle HQ has also published upgrade notes that should be consulted prior to an upgrade.
Release date:
Fri, 13/01/2012
