First Steps

Access the Moodle site of the MoodleBox

To access to the Moodle installation of the MoodleBox, you must be connected to its Wi-Fi network. On your device, choose MoodleBox wireless network. When prompted type the password: moodlebox (all lowercase) and confirm your connection.

You may now log into Moodle in your browser. Open your browser and type http://moodlebox.home/ in the address bar. The home page of Moodle opens. Click on Log in and type the following credentials:

• username: moodlebox
• password: Moodlebox4$

Connect the Moodlebox to the Internet

It is very easy to provide an internet connection to users connected wirelessly to a MoodleBox.

Simply connect the MoodleBox with an Ethernet cable to a network that has Internet access. As soon as the connection is available, the devices connected via Wi-Fi to the MoodleBox have Internet access themselves.

If however, you want to use the MoodleBox without an Internet connection, for example for activities such as an escape game or assessments where student access to the Internet is not desired, simply disconnect the Ethernet cable from the MoodleBox. Without an Ethernet cable connection, devices connected via Wi-Fi can only access the resources available on the MoodleBox.

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Connect to the MoodleBox via Wi-Fi

On your device, choose MoodleBox wireless network. When prompted type the password: moodlebox (all lowercase) and confirm your connection.

You’re now connected on the Wi-Fi network, and you can access to the Moodle environment via your browser, using the following address: http://moodlebox.home/. The home page of your Moodle will now display.

Copy the disk image to a SD card

To copy the MoodleBox system on your microSD card, we recommend to use the Raspberry Pi Imager utility. This application is published by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

How to proceed

1. Download the latest version of the Raspberry Pi Imager utility and install it on your computer.
2. Launch the Raspberry Pi Imager application.

   

3. Click Choose Device under Raspberry Pi Device and select your model of Raspberry Pi.
4. Click Choose OS under Operating System, scroll down and click Other specific purpose OS.
5. Scroll down, click MoodleBox, then choose the latest MoodleBox disk image version.
6. Click Choose Storage and select your microSD card.
7. Click Next button, then Edit settings on the next dialog and answer No to the Would you like to prefill the wifi password from the system keychain? question.
8. On the General tab of the next window, specify the settings you want for your MoodleBox:
   • Check box Set hostname and indicate the hostname, e.g. moodlebox
   • Check box Set username and password and indicate the username et the password, e.g. moodlebox and Moodlebox4$
   • Do not check the remaining boxes (Configure wireless LAN and Set locale settings)

     

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