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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 (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...

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...

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. ...

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 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 ...

Error levels name value description example 1 example 2 E_ERROR 1 Fatal run-time errors notdefined(); E_WARNING 2 Run-time warnings 1 / 0; E_PARSE 4 Compile-time parse errors +-; E_eval(‘+-;’); E_NOTICE 8 Run-time notic...

Currently course summary can be filled out as a block and displayed on the side of the page. Is it possible to display it in the main body section? In the topics outline view the area I am refering to is under the title ‘Topic Outline’.Possible solutions: Make...

Question:How can we display course information such as the title and summary without entering the information by hand? We are able to have this information automatically entered in the class settings, but also want it to appear in the topic view of the course...

In order to alter the course display, we found it necessary to create a new course format. More information regarding what we wanted to change can be found here. The process for creating a new course format is detailed below.To create a new course view, it i...

When trying to connect to the UCLAWLAN, the IP obtained would be 169.254.×.×. This is sign that the machine cannot reach the DHCP server.From Microsoft’s knowledgebase article on this.Consider the following scenario:• You connect a Windows Vista-based compu...

Here are links to everything you ever wanted to know about copyright law and policy Copyright Resource URL Copyright Clearance Center http://www.copyright.com United States Copyright Office http://www.copyright.gov/ Stanford University Fair Use Site ht...