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Table of contents

1 Introduction 2 Installation 3 Campus Homepage 4 My home page 5 Courses tools 5.1 Tools list 6 Administration interface 7 Authentication System 8 Server Configuration 8.1 Security 8.2 Apache configuration 8.3 IIS configuration 8.4 PHP configuration 9 Platform customisation 9.1 Home Page customisation 9.2 Page layout 9.3 Users profiles 10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 10.1 How to configure an option 10.2 How to customize Claroline layout ? 10.3 How to customize the homepage ? 10.4 Security in Claroline 10.5 Translations 10.6 Troubleshooting 10.6.1 Error message List 10.6.1.1 install

Introduction

• What is Claroline?
• Who made Claroline?
• The license with Claroline
• Full credits
• Claroline 1.8 new features
• FAQ

Installation

• Install general information
• The Claroline installer
• The Claroline upgrader
• Configure mail functionalities

Campus Homepage

• The Campus Home Page

Login, logout, registration, lost password.

My home page

• Personal home page

Course list, enroll to a new course, remove course enrollment, see my agenda, modify my profile, bottom of the page.

• Create a course page

For teachers only.

Courses tools

• The course Home page
• Administering a courses main settings
• The course statistics
• Deleting a course website
• Copy a Claroline course
• The tool list settings

Tools list

• The course description settings tool

• The agenda tool

• The announcements tool

• The documents and links tool

• The exercises tool

• The learning path tool

• The assignment tool

• The forum tool

• The group tool

• The users tool

• The chat tool

• The wiki tool

Administration interface

• Administering the platform

Configuration, modify the home page text zones, modules, platform statistics, scan technical fault, upgrade.

• Administering the platform users

Search - create - delete a user, modify a user properties, manage classes, allow/disable self-registration, allow/disable professor registration, import a list of users.

• Administering the platform courses

Search a course, create a new course, modify the course properties, delete a course, manage course categories.

• Administering the classes

• Register my campus

• Claroline.net support forum (http://www.claroline.net/forum/)

• Translation Tools

Authentication System

• External authentication
• Single Sign On (SSO) system

Server Configuration

Security

• Secure Install folder
• Secure Configuration
• Secure Admin section
• secure MySql

Apache configuration

• No listing directory
• Direct access to index.php

IIS configuration

• Use .url extension file
• Give correct rights on directories

PHP configuration

• Suppress notice messages
• Transfert biggest files
• Configure mail functionalities

Platform customisation

Home Page customisation

• Modify text on the top
• Modify text in the right menu

Page layout

• Modify styles with CSS

Users profiles

• Modify the users profiles

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How to configure an option

• The upload of a zipped file doesn't work in the document tool, why?
• How can I use the latex renderer?
• The Claroline email function does not work, why?
• Send mail to a SMTP server with authentification
• Is there a way to disable only teacher registration ?
• How do I modify the maximum size of uploaded files in the document tool of a course?
• Claroline is in English, how do I change the language of the platform?

How to customize Claroline layout ?

• How to change the name of the tool or some vocabulary used in Claroline?
• How to change the name of the campus in the top banner?

How to customize the homepage ?

• How to add a link in the right menu?
• How to change the homepage text zones?
• How to add an image in the center of the home page?
• How to add an image in the top banner of the homepage?
• How to change the order of the course displayed on the homepage?

Security in Claroline

Apache user can use .htaccess.

• How to protect the access to the documents in a course?
• I can’t access to Administration section
• special cases

Translations

• How to translate Claroline?
• PhpLangEditor
• Why does Claroline display messages in my language but sometimes in English ?

Troubleshooting

• Unable to access Claroline database
• An image isn't visible
• I want to move an existing install to another hosting service, what do I have to do?
• What is the php.ini file? and where is it?
• Why do I get an Internal Server Error?
• Warning: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2)

Error message List

install

• Warning ! [1044] - Access denied for user '******_******'@'localhost' to database '*'
• Warning ! [2005] - Unknown MySQL server host 'xxyy_claro' (1) Wrong Database Host : xxyy_claro