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How do I add someone as a guest to a Moodle site?
There are various ways to add someone as a guest to a Moodle site. This article will cover the following topics in the context of using the CCLE: Adding a specific user with a UCLA Logon ID as a guest to a Moodle site Adding a specific user without a UCLA Logo...
Creating CCLE (Moodle) logins for users without a UCLA Common Login ID
A UCLA account must be created for those users who need access to a private Moodle site and don’t have a UCLA Common Logon ID. (Cf. How do I know if I have a UCLA Common Logon ID?)The first step in creating a special case account is to sign up for a UCLA Logon...
How do I know if I have a UCLA Logon ID?
The UCLA Logon ID used to be known as BruinOnline/BOL ID and more and more it is being used as a Single Signon login ID. It is often seen in the form UCLALOGONID@ucla.edu. Look up your UCLA Logon ID Other UCLA Login Info and Tools
How to Print Multiple files in MS Word
This link explains the process: Tech-Recipes (Warning: has ads)Note: To select multiple files click the first file, and then shift click the last file and all consecutive files will be highlighted. To selected individual files ctrl click the desired files.The ...
Zope/Plone usage statistics
Since a Zope access log (Z2.log) has the same format as an Apache access log, Apache log analyzers will probably work for Zope/Plone too. I have tried AWStats and Webalizer and they both worked w/o needing to set anything special. I prefer Webalizer because: I...
Institutional Web Calendar Scripts and Info
Can anyone recommend an institutional web calendar that will run in a LAMP environment? UNL Event Publisher VT Calendar http://vtcalendar.sourceforge.net/ Examination of how to communicate events for an educational institution http://groups.sims.berkeley.edu/E...
How to create a new UCLA user in Moodle
UCLA Moodle accounts are automatically created when someone first logs into the CCLE site via the UCLA Login. But if you want to set up someone’s UCLA account in advance, follow the steps below.Note: You need the following information about the user to pre-cre...
PHP Commenting Style
Any programmer can tell you that good commenting in your source code is an integral part of programming. Whether the language you’re dealing with is an interpreted language like Javascript or compiled like C++, good comments lead to better readability and bet...
Apple Remote Desktop
On Mac OS 1.4, there is the option to turn on ‘Apple Remote Desktop’ under the Sharing system preference. Does this allow me to connect and remote control my mac from another mac? What do I use for the client – Apple Remote Desktop Client? Does this use the...
Create a PHP unit test case using SimpleTest
You can download SimpleTest at https://sourceforge.net/projects/simpletest/Suppose you have a PHP file called math.php that contains functions that you want to test.<?function square($x) { return $x * $x;}function cube($x) { return $x * $x * $x;}?>Then y...
Creating a checklist for students in Moodle
This very creative solution showed up on one of the Moodle Forums, so I’m copying it in here.Question:I need to make a checklist for one of my activities, does anyone have any suggestions? I envision it to be a list where my students can go into the checklist ...
Backing up and packing Plone's database file (Data.fs)
Backing up the databaseSee “Backup Plone” and “Backup and recover Data.fs in linux” in Plone’s documentation.Additional notes: Recent versions of Repozo can compress (gzip) the backup files in addition to doing incremental backups. When doing full backups, Rep...
What kind of test can SimpleTest do?
SimpleTest’s unit tester is designed to test PHP code. Also its web browser component (think of it as a fake browser from the POV of a web server) can be used to test web pages.
Gliffy online diagram editor and publisher
Gliffy (http://www.gliffy.com) is a service that provides diagram creation, editing, and publishing all in an online environment.SummaryThe online software utilizes a drag and drop format of various various clip art, pointer, and labeling elements to a workspa...
The advantages of Javascript
IntroductionJavascript is a browser-interpreted language that was created to access all elements of HTML and the browser. The processing is done entirely by the client-side browser which makes it very useful tool to handle processing which would have otherwis...
Forcing a page break with CSS
Here is a simple style sheet method for making a web page have page breaks, or form feeds in it.Example:Try going to the following example page and printing it. It will come out on two separate pages. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/test/formfeed.htmSource Code:1. ...
PHPXref vs PHPDocumentor
IntroductionThere exists a wide array of PHP documentation tools on the web available free for download. Two of the most popular ones are PHPXref and PHPDocumentor. Here, I outline the differences between the two to help you decide which one you should use.T...
Print Screen Fixes
Print screen has saved me many times in various cases. Its a feature that you should know if you work at some kind of tech support.The print screen button on the keyboard for PC saves an image of the screen onto the clipboard. You then just open up an image ...