Moodle Developer Training

Posted by Joel Kerr on 17 Apr

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We are very excited about the latest line-up to our Moodle Training offering – Moodle Developer Training.

This is your opportunity to learn how to develop Moodle code and write your own plugins using the latest stable version of Moodle.

If you think that is good news then you will be even happier to hear Davo Smith will be the man delivering the training. Davo recently presented his Drag and Drop Upload to attendees of the UK and Ireland Moodle Moot to a rapturous response (click here for more info).

Davo Smith is a frequent contributor to Moodle core code; as well as the Drag and Drop he has built / maintains a number of plugins including Realtime Quiz, Online Marking Assignment, Checklist and the MRBS block.

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Topic covered during the 2 day course include:

  1. How to start writing a Moodle plugin
  2. The different types of plugins that can be created such as Activities, Blocks and Question types
  3. Overview of the code and database structure of Moodle
  4. Overview of the most important APIs in Moodle including database access, user capabilities, form processing and file storage
  5. Database definition, upgrade and access
  6. Page output, including the use of renderers and standard page header / footer output
  7. Multi-language support
  8. Security: built-in methods for cleaning parameters, defining and checking user capabilities and avoiding SQL injection attacks
  9. Moodle forms
  10. Global / per instance / per user configuration for plugins
  11. Files: saving and accessing
  12. Backup and restore code for plugins

To take part in the course it is recommended you are familiar with:

  1. PHP
  2. HTML + CSS
  3. SQL
  4. JavaScript (not essential)

The course will take place in central Manchester on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th September. The cost is £800 (plus VAT) per participant – lunch and refreshments will be provided.

If you would like to attend please register your interest by emailing info@synergy-learning.com or call the office +44 (0) 28 9042 2000.

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3 Responses to “Moodle Developer Training”

  1. Lisa says:
    April 18, 2012 at 8:08 am

    Sounds great but could you clarify ‘familiar with PHP, SQL, etc’ . I can tweek code and understand the structure but haven’t written anything by myself!

  2. Tony Butler says:
    April 18, 2012 at 10:18 am

    I am very interested in attending the Moodle Developer Training course in Manchester on 17th/18th September.

    Please send me the registration details.

    Thanks,

    Tony Butler
    Moodle Administrator and Developer
    Blackpool and The Fylde College

  3. Joel Kerr says:
    April 18, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    Thanks Tony, I’ll pass on your details to our Training Manager. Lisa – as long as you are familiar with the PHP etc. you should be fine.

 

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