Configuration

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

The FrontPage setup section allows customizing front pages that are displayed when a user enters the system.

To change the FrontPage settings:

1. Go to Configuration > FrontPage setup in the left menu.

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

   Field	Step
   FrontPage text	Enter the greeting text for registered users. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the text.
   FrontPage text for unregistered users	Enter the greeting text for unregistered users. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the text.
   Show courses list	Select Yes if you want the link to the list of courses to be published on the front page; otherwise select No.
   Show announcements	Select Yes if you want the Announcements module and its entries to be published on the front page; otherwise select No.
   Show homework's	Select Yes if you want the Homework module and its entries to be published on the front page; otherwise select No.
   Show dropbox items	Select Yes if you want the DropBox module and its entries to be published on the front page; otherwise select No.
   Number of homepage items	Enter the number of homepage items.
   Meta Description	Enter a line for representation in search engines: this line will be displayed as a topic in the list of search engine results.
   Meta Keywords	Enter key words that describe your course; these key words will to be taken into account by search engines when searching for relevant web pages.

3. Click the Save icon () at the top of the page to save the changes.

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 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.

To manage the settings, use the following icons at the top of the page:

Icon	Name	Description
	Back	Brings a user to the previous page displayed.
	Save	Allows a user to save the changes.
	Apply	Allows a user to apply the changes to the system.
	Cancel	Allows a user to cancel the current operation.

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
   JLMS Online	Select Yes if Joomla LMS should be available online; otherwise select No.
   Offline message	Enter the message that should be displayed if Joomls LMS gets offline.
   JoomlaLMS component heading	Enter the heading that will be displayed for the JoomlaLMS component. Please note that this feature is available for Professional version only.
   JoomlaLMS page title	Enter the title of the page that will be displayed for the JoomlaLMS component. Please note that this feature is available for Professional 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.
   Default language	Select a default language for the user interface of Joomla LMS.
   Community Builder installed	Select Yes if you want Community Builder to be installed; otherwise select No.
   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 () or the Apply icon () at the top of the page to save the changes; click the Cancel icon () to cancel changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific filed 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 filed 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 () or the Apply icon () at the top of the page to save the changes; click the Cancel icon () to cancel changes.

The Courses settings form lists all categories of courses currently present in Joomla LMS. This section allows a user to add new course categories, edit the names of existing ones or delete course 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 fee type column	Select Yes if you want the Fee type column to be displayed in the Courses List page; otherwise select No.
   Show paid courses	Select Yes if you want paid courses to be displayed in the Courses List page; otherwise select No.
   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.

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

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 the Save () or Apply () icon to save changes.
• To delete a gradebook category, click the Delete icon () next to a corresponding entry in the list of categories. Click the Save () or Apply () icon to save 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
   SCORM folder	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.
   Path to backups	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.
   Path to documents	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.
   Temporary folder	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.
   Supportable types of files to upload	Enter the extensions of files that should be supported by the system. Use comma to list extensions.

4. Click the Save icon () or the Apply icon () at the top of the page to save the changes; click the Cancel icon () to cancel changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific filed 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 import users field select Yes to allows import 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 () or the Apply icon () at the top of the page to save the changes; click the Cancel icon () to cancel changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific filed 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
   Currency code	Enter the three-letter 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 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 () or the Apply icon () at the top of the page to save the changes; click the Cancel icon () to cancel changes.

Tip: To know the purpose of a specific filed 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 enable	Select Yes if you want to enable the use of quizzes in courses; otherwise select No.
   HotSpot offset manual correction	Select Yes if you want to enable manual correction for hotspot questions; otherwise select No.
   Class of the DIV element	Enter the class of the template DIV element with the ‘position:relative’ property.
   Value of the manual offset	Enter the manual offset of the hotspot mark.
   Enable form	Select Yes if you want to enable use of forums in courses; otherwise select No.
   Forum absolute path	Enter the absolute path to the forum, for example, /home/yourdomain/public_html/forum

4. Click the Save icon () or the Apply icon () at the top of the page to save the changes; click the Cancel icon () to cancel changes.

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