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UDS Enterprise
Virtual PC Plugin
for Moodle
installation
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Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 2
Prerequisites ................................................................................................................... 3
UDS Enterprise Virtual PC Plugin installation and configuration .................................... 3
UDS Enterprise required configuration ....................................................................... 3
Moodle Dashboard ...................................................................................................... 6
1. Download the Plugin ........................................................................................ 6
2. Plugin installation ............................................................................................. 6
3. Plugin configuration .......................................................................................... 9
Publishing a Virtual PC activity ..................................................................................... 11
About VirtualCable ........................................................................................................ 17
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Introduction
Moodle is a very popular online learning management platform that is used by
educators, trainers, schools, colleges and educational organizations in general. It's
Open Source, so it's customizable, as well as very easy to use. It allows users to create
their own private website to host their courses. Some of its features are listed here:
Customizable control panel
Friendly interface
Multilingual support
Creation and management of courses
Calendars
Detailed reports and results generation
Moodle is the first e-Learning platform with access to VDI thanks to the UDS Enterprise
Virtual PC Plugin developed by the University of Malaga in collaboration with the UDS
Enterprise team.
This tool is available at Moodle website and allows you to assign a Windows or Linux
virtual desktop with virtual applications already installed as a didactic resource.
For example, a design course that requires Photoshop, Dreamweaver or Eclipse, can
be published online for students with direct links to virtual desktops and applications.
Therefore, Moodle environment will be more complete and functional, since students
will have all the tools they need to take their courses available through the Moodle
interface.
In this document we will explain how to install and configure the UDS Enterprise Virtual
PC Plugin for Moodle.
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Prerequisites
Before installing UDS Enterprise Virtual PC Plugin for Moodle a current Moodle version
must be installed.
UDS Enterprise Virtual PC Plugin
installation and configuration
After having installed and executed your Moodle website, now is time to install and
configure the UDS Enterprise Virtual PC Plugin.
UDS Enterprise required configuration
Before continuing with the Plugin installation, go to your UDS Enterprise platform and
perform the following tasks.
In your UDS Enterprise dashboard, access "Authenticators" section:
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Create a new internal database:
It is important to choose a label for your authenticator, since it will be accessed from
the outside by users. This tag serves as a direct link to the authenticator.
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Once the authenticator is created, check it and scroll down to create a user and a
group.
Create the group "moodle_group" and the "admin" user and assign it to the group:
Now you can go back to the Moodle configuration interface and download the Virtual
PC plugin to link your UDS Enterprise platform with your Moodle site.
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Moodle Dashboard
1. Download the Plugin
Open the link: https://github.com/evltuma/moodle-mod_virtualpc and choose
MOODLE_31_STABLE in the tab “Branch: master”. Then click on “Clone or
download” to download the file in local.
2. Plugin installation
In the Moodle dashboard, expand "Site administration":
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Within the “Site administration” we will open the “Plugins” tab and select "Install plugins".
In the "Install plugin from ZIP file" section, choose a file and select the downloaded
file "MOODLE_31_STABLE.zip". Then, click on "Install plugin from the ZIP file".
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If the validation is correct, continue with the Plugin configuration.
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3. Plugin configuration
In the Plugin configuration page, you should take into account the following details and
properties:
UDS Server URL: The link to your UDS Enterprise platform. It can an IP or
domain name, depending on your platform and hosting.
UDS Server port number: This field can be set with the value "0".
UDS administrator user: Introduce the user you have created in the Moodle
group in UDS Enterprise. The user must be an administrator
UDS administrator user password: Moodle user password in UDS Enterprise.
Administrator user UDS authenticator tag: The main authenticator label to
which the administrator user belongs and which Moodle uses to access UDS
Enterprise.
Pool filter regular expression: It works as a filter to limit the displayed results
of the available services. For example, "^W.*" filters by service name that
begins with "W" and "W.*" filters by service name that contains "W".
UDS authenticator tag: This tag is used to locate the authenticator where UDS
users will be created through Moodle.
Group name: Name of the group of UDS authenticators where new UDS users
will be created, through Moodle.
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When finished, save the changes and exit the configuration.
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Publishing a Virtual PC activity
Once the Plugin is properly configured, the next step is publishing it as an activity and
make it visible to students and teachers.
In the control panel, enable "Customize this page". Then, click on "My Courses":
We have already created a category "Miscellaneous". Within this category we have
created a "VPC" course with three assignments, each one offers a different set of
virtual services: Application (LibreOffice), a Windows desktop and a Linux CentOS
desktop.
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Each assignment can be hidden or removed and special roles can be assigned through
the “Edit” menu.
For example, when entering Virtual PC, you will see something similar to this:
Clicking on Windows 10 icon, a Windows 10 session will be started in your browser.
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Through the list “Add an activity or resource”, you can add new courses or new
activities/assignments to the current course.
Expand the "Add an activity or resource" list and choose "Virtual PC".
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Enter a description and choose a name for the Virtual PC activity.
Choose the service you want to link.
NOTE: Green names are filtered due to the regular filter expression Pool "^W.*"
that filters all expressions that do not start with "W".
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Select "Paint", and feel free to edit any of the tabs shown below if necessary.
Clicking on “Save and return to course”, the new activity will be displayed in the list:
When you open the "Virtualpaint" activity, a Microsoft Paint window will be opened.
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About VirtualCable
VirtualCable develops, supports and commercializes UDS Enterprise through a
subscription model based on the number of users, including product support and
updates.
In addition, VirtualCable offers proffesional servicios to install and configure UDS
Enterprise.
For further information, visit www.udsenterprise.com or email us at info@udsenterprise.