Configuration. Part 1

The Configuration section of the administrative area allows you to manage general settings of the system, public web site and customize courses settings.

The Configuration page allows a user to customize layout settings of specific sections of the Joomla LMS main interface.

To be able to change the layout settings, go to Configuration -> Configuration in the left menu.

The administrator area allows you to change the settings of the following sections (to pass to a specific section, click a corresponding tab on the Configuration page):

• Global;
• Conference;
• Courses;
• Gradebook;
• Files;
• Attendance;
• Users;
• Payments;
• Plugins.

Global settings describe the common properties of Joomla LMS.

To change the system global settings:

1. Go to Configuration -> Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Global tab of the displayed form.

3. Change the settings as described in the following table:

   Field	Step
   JoomlaLMS is offline?	Select Yes if Joomla LMS should be offline; otherwise select No.
   Offline message	Enter the message that should be displayed if JoomlaLMS gets offline.
   Save certificates on server	Select Yes if you want to collect all printed certificates on server, otherwise select No.
   Print S/N on certificates	Select Yes if you want serial number to be printed at the bottom right corner of the certificate, otherwise select No.
   Print barcode on certificates	Select Yes if you want barcode image to be printed at the bottom right corner of the certificate, otherwise select No.
   Print 'duplicate' watermark on duplicates	Select Yes if you want a 'duplicate' watermark to be printed on certificates' duplicates, otherwise select No.
   JoomlaLMS component heading	Enter the heading that will be displayed for the JoomlaLMS component. Please note that this option can be changed in the paid version only.
   JoomlaLMS page title	Enter the title of the page that will be displayed for the JoomlaLMS component. Please note that this option can be changed in the paid version only.
   Enable chat	Select Yes if you want chat to be available for courses; otherwise select No.
   Enable tracking	Select Yes if you want system tracking to be available for courses; otherwise select No.
   User groups mode	Select group mode: - Local - groups are managed by Teachers and Administrators; - Global - groups are managed by Administrators only. If you select Global usergroups will be created at Back-end for all courses globally; if you select Local usergroups will be created in the courses at Front-end.
   Default language	Select a default language for all the courses of JoomlaLMS. Language for certain courses can be changed in the course Properties and User Options at Front-end.
   Community Builder installed	Select Yes if you want Community Builder to be installed; otherwise select No.
   Allow guest access	Select Yes to approve guest access otherwise select No. This feature allows non-registered users to choose the courses for enrolling and view the list of available subscriptions. They will be prompted to login/register before enrolling into a course.
   Date format	Select a preferred time format to be used in the system: Year/Month/Day or Day/Month/Year.
   First day of week	Select the first day of the week: Monday or Sunday - to be used in calendars within the system.
   Version checking	Select a preferred mode of checking availability of new versions of JoomlaLMS: Manual or Automatic.

4. Click the Save icon () at the top right corner of the page to save the changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific field in the form, move the pointer over the icon - as a result, a tool tip will be displayed.

Conference settings describe the properties of JoomlaLMS Conference section.

To change the conference settings:

1. Go to Configuration - > Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Conference tab of the displayed form.

3. Change the settings as described in the following table:

   Field	Step
   Enable conference	Select Yes if the use of conference should be enabled for courses; otherwise select No.
   Flash server URL	Enter your Flash Media Server account URL by the following pattern: rtmp://flashserverdomain.com.
   Number of clients	Enter the maximum number of clients able to take part in the conference. Please note that the value in this field should be set according to your media server account limitations.
   Conference colors	Enter the colors that will be used for the Conference section layout. You can select an already predefined set of colors from the Colors styles list or enter corresponding values into the following fields:  Background; Main color; Title color; Border color; Title font color; Files & users font color; Toolbar color. To select a necessary color, use the button.
   Conference description	Enter a conference description. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the text.

4. Click the Save icon () at the top right corner of the page to save the changes.

The Courses settings form allows to manage specific settings of JoomlaLMS courses and their categories.

To change the courses settings:

1. Go to Configuration - > Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Courses tab of the displayed form.

3. Change the settings as described in the following table:

   Field	Step
   Courses list details
   Show paid courses	Select Yes if you want paid courses to be displayed in the Courses List page; otherwise select No.
   Show 'future' courses	Select Yes if you want the future courses to be displayed, otherwise select No. Future courses are the courses that are published and available for purchase but will become available for studying only on the specified date.
   Show short description	Select Yes if you want short descriptions of the courses to be displayed in the Courses List page; otherwise select No.
   Show Start/End dates	Select Yes if you want Start/End dates of the courses to be displayed in the Courses List page; otherwise select No.
   Show Price/Fee type column	Select Show fee type column from the drop-down menu if you want the Fee type column to be displayed in the Courses List page; select Show price column from the drop-down menu if you want Price column to be displayed in the Course List page; select Hide from the drop-down menu if you want to hide both the Price and the Fee type columns.
   Show courses authors	Select Yes if you want courses authors to be displayed, otherwise select No.
   Sort courses by	Select Course name if you want the courses displayed in the Courses List page to be arranged according to their names; select Ordinal number if you want the courses displayed in the Courses List page to be arranged according to their ordinal numbers.
   Show/hide course properties
   Show course META properties	Select Yes if you want the META properties field to be displayed on the New course/Edit course page; otherwise select No.
   Show course ‘Access Level’ property	Select Yes if you want the Access Level property field to be displayed on the New course/Edit course page; otherwise select No.
   Show course fee property	Select Yes if you want the Fee property field to be displayed on the New course/Edit course page; otherwise select No.
   Show course ‘Additional registration’ property	Select Yes if you want the Additional registration property field to be displayed on the New course/Edit course page; otherwise select No.
   Show course 'Maximum Attendees' property	Select Yes if you want course 'Maximum Attendees' property to be shown, otherwise select No.
   Secondary categories mechanism
   Use secondary categories mechanism	Select Yes if you want a secondary categories mechanism to be used, i.e. if you want a course to belong to more than one category, otherwise select No.
   Allow teachers to specify secondary categories	Select Yes if you want to allow Teachers to specify secondary categories, otherwise select No.

The Gradebook settings form lists all gradebook categories currently present in Joomla LMS. This section allows a user to add new categories, edit the names of existing ones or delete categories.

To change the gradebook settings:

1. Go to Configuration -> Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Gradebook tab of the displayed form.

    

• To add a new gradebook category, enter its name into the text field at the top of the page and click the Add button.
• To edit a gradebook category, double click its name in the table and modify the name of the category. Click Enter to save the changes.
• To delete a gradebook category, click the Delete icon () next to a corresponding entry in the list of categories. Click the Save () icon to save the changes.

The Files settings form allows a user to specify the types of files to be used by the system and the place of their location.

To change the file settings:

1. Go to Configuration - > Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Files tab of the displayed form.

3. Change the settings as described in the following table:

   Field	Step
   Site absolute path	Enter the absolute path to your site root folder, eg. http://localhost/joomla
   SCORMs folder (relative path)	Enter the name of a folder where SCORM packages will be stored, for example, lms_scorm. Please note that there should be no ‘/’ character at the end of the name.
   Backups folder (absolute path)	Enter the path to backup folder where the backup copies will be stored, for example, /home/var/yourdomain/backup. Please note that there should be no ‘/’ character at the end of the path.
   Documents folder (absolute path)	Enter the path to the folder where the course documents will be stored, for example, /home/var/yourdomain/lms_files. Please note that there should be no ‘/’ character at the end of the path.
   Certificates folder (absolute path)	Enter the path to the folder where the saved certificates are stored, for example, /home/var/yourdomain/save_certificates. Please note that there should be no ‘/’ character at the end of the path.
   Temporary folder (relative path)	Enter the path to the folder where temporary files will be stored, for example, jlms. Please note that there should be no ‘/’ character at the end of the path.
   PDF invoices folder (absolute path)	Enter the path to the folder where the saved PDF invoices are stored, for example, /home/var/yourdomain/save_pdf_invoices. Please note that there should be no ‘/’ character at the end of the path.
   File types allowed for uploading	Enter the extensions of files that should be supported by the system. Use comma to list extensions.

4. Click the Save icon () at the top right corner of the page to save the changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific field in the form, move the pointer over the icon - as a result, a tool tip will be displayed.

The Attendance settings form allows a user to customize the registry of attendance used for courses. This section makes it possible to specify the days on which the Students’ attendance should be checked, as well as to set course studying hours.

To change the attendance settings:

1. Go to Configuration -> Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Attendance tab of the displayed form.

3. In the Attendance days section of the form select the days on which the Students’ attendance should be marked.
4. In the Configure your attendance periods section of the form set the course studying hours:

   • To add an hour, enter hour Starting time and Ending time in the corresponding fields and click the Add button.
   • To delete an hour, click the Delete icon () next to a corresponding entry in the field.
   • To move an hour up or down in the timetable, click () or ().

The Users settings form allows a user to customize the procedure of work with new users.

To change the users settings:

1. Go to Configuration -> Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Users tab of the displayed form.

3. In the Allow users import field select Yes to allow the import of users; otherwise select No.
4. In the New user password field enter a default password that will be used for all newly created users.
5. Click the Save icon () at the top right corner of the page to save the changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific field in the form, move the pointer over the icon - as a result, a tool tip will be displayed.

The Payments settings form allows a user to customize the payment subscriptions used for the courses marked as ‘Paid’.

To change the payments settings:

1. Go to Configuration -> Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Payments tab of the displayed form.

3. Change the settings as described in the following table:

   Field	Step
   SSL settings
   Secure checkout	Select Yes if you want to enable redirecting to a secure URL during checkout, otherwise select No.
   Secure course registration	Select Yes if you want the course enrolment questions to to be opened under HTTPS, otherwise select No.
   Secure URL	Enter a secure URL of your site, for example, https://yoursite.com (without trailing slash).
   Checkout options
   Currency code	Enter the three-letter code of the currency that will be used for the payments.
   Currency sign	Specify the sign of the currency that will be used for the payments, for example, $.
   Enable tax counting	Select Yes if you want the amount of tax to be added to the total sum of payment for courses; otherwise select No.
   Enable invoices (PDF)	Select Yes if you want to allow creation of invoices in PDF format; otherwise select No.
   Allow purchasing multiple subscriptions at once	Select Yes if you want to allow purchasing multiple subscriptions of 'X days' type (e.g. a user purchases 3 subscriptions for 10 days for a certain course and gains access to the course for 30 days), otherwise select No.
   Enable terms and conditions agreement on subscription checkout	Select Yes if you want a user to confirm his/her agreement with the course terms and conditions when enrolling into the course; otherwise select No.
   Subscription terms and conditions text	Enter the text of the course terms and conditions.

4. Click the Save icon () at the top right corner of the page to save the changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific field in the form, move the pointer over the icon - as a result, a tool tip will be displayed.

The Plugins settings form allows a user to enable the use of Quizzes and Forum for courses and customize their interface. To change the plugins settings:

1. Go to Configuration -> Configuration in the left menu.
2. Click the Plugins tab of the displayed form.

3. Change the settings as described in the following table:

   Field	Step
   Quiz settings
   "Matching Drag&Drop" block width	Enter the value for the block width in pixels.
   "Matching Drag&Drop" block height	Enter the value for the block height in pixels.
   "Images" questions block width	Enter the value for the block width in pixels.
   "Images" questions block height	Enter the value for the block height in pixels.
   Show Progress bar	Select Yes if you want a progress bar to be shown, otherwise select No.
   Progress bar width	Enter the value for the progress bar width in pixels.
   Enable 'Highlight' effect for Progress bar	Select Yes if you want to add 'Highlight' effect for the progress bar, otherwise select No.
   Enable 'Smooth' effect for Progress bar	Select Yes if you want to add 'Smooth' effect for the progress bar, otherwise select No.
   Online help
   Link to the online help site	Enter the link to the live help site.
   Forum settings
   Enable course forum	Select Yes if you want to enable forum, otherwise select No.
   Site absolute path	Enter your site absolute path, for example, /home/yourdomain.
   Forum absolute path	Enter the forum absolute path, for example, /home/yourdomain/public_html/forum.
   Pathway plugin
   Include 'LMS homepage' item	Select Yes if you want 'LMS homepage' item to be shown; otherwise select No.
   Include 'Course homepage' item	Select Yes if you want 'Course homepage' item to be shown; otherwise select No.
   User Notes plugin
   Enable 'User Notes' plugin	Select Yes if you want to enable 'User Notes' plugin; otherwise select No.

4. Click the Save icon () at the top right corner of the page to save the changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific field in the form, move the pointer over the icon - as a result, a tool tip will be displayed.