1. Moodle 2 on USB Drive (Portable) By Ramzan Jabbar IT Engineer Doncaster Deaf College

2. Which set-up can benefit from Moodle on a USB stick (drive)? School A HAS GOT:- Internet (All PCs) PCs Networked School B HAS GOT:- PCs Networked School C HAS GOT:- NOTHING!!! Can use Moodle on Server (Locally) OR Moodle Hosted with ISP Can use Moodle on Server (Locally) Can benefit from Moodle on a USB stick (drive)

3. Other Good Uses Give out to Students who at their residence don’t have internet (with just relevant courses). Give to Teachers to use for testing without the fear of breaking anything. Tech Guys – testing upgrades / play with any theme / testing new modules… If you’re on Moodle 1.x and want to test Moodle 2

4. What’s already available? What’s the best option? We will investigate… Moodle 2.2+ (Dec) requires:- PHP v 5.3.2 MySQL 5.0.25 (if using MYSQL) Apache

5. 1) Using MoWes Mixer MoWeS Mixer (Apache, MySQL, PHP) Let’s you create Moodle 2.0.1 (as of Dec 2011) MoWeS stands for the three letter abbreviation Modular Webserver System http://www.chsoftware.net/en/mowes/mowesportable/mowes.htm Server S/W Moodle Application

6. 1) MoWeS (Modular Webserver System) Select Server S/W and the Application Download and unzip to a USB drive Run mowes.exe Click on Install AND WAIT! Takes some time

7. MoWeS (Modular Webserver System) Once the install is done run mowes.exe again… In web browser type in http://localhost/moodle http://localhost/moodle Login is Admin Password is password

8. 2) Poodle (Portable Moodle) Provide full installation instructions at https://doc.maflt.org/5_Products/Poodle/1._Poodle_Installation_and_Setup_Guide

9. Poodle runs on PortableApps… (uses mini xoops server) No installation required Just copy the downloaded files to USB drive Locate and Run “StartPortableApps.exe” Click on Moodle Start Runs within it’s own portable Firefox…

10. Poodle (Portable Moodle) Runs within it’s own Portable Firefox… Caution If Portable Firefox is CLOSED then any other browser will not work. Caution If Portable Firefox is CLOSED then any other browser will not work. TIP You can use IE or Chrome whilst the Portable Firefox is running. TIP You can use IE or Chrome whilst the Portable Firefox is running. Login admin Password admin

11. My Favourite ONE!!! * Does not come with Moodle * I installed the LATEST MOODLE * I changed server and moodle congfig files to make it portable

12. Server2Go After the initial hard work – setting it up and installing moodle… Moodle can be upgraded as required. Use phpMyAdmin (included) to manage moodle database. This Portable server is more robust and faster than all others tested. Download http://www.server2go-web.de/download/download.html http://www.server2go-web.de/download/download.html Download – BUT you will need to make changes to make it work with moodle install!

13. USB Moodle - It’s SLOW? The BIGGEST speed factor will be the USB Drive. Buy a USB drive that has good read/write speeds Good Review Site http://www.corecomputers.com.au/USBReviewDiagrams.htm Good Review Site http://www.corecomputers.com.au/USBReviewDiagrams.htm READ SpeedWRITE Speed Make sure your PC uses USB2 (most do) or USB3 (this is new)