Monthly Archives: October 2026

How to Set Up Moodle Cron Correctly

System administrator monitoring a clockwork scheduler and successful Moodle task queue
Moodle cron is the heartbeat behind scheduled email, forum notifications, enrolment processing, automated backups and dozens of plugin jobs. A site may appear normal while cron is failing, then gradually develop delayed messages, stuck queues and incomplete background work. Moodle recommends running the cron script every minute. That does not mean every task runs every […] Continue reading

How to Create a Quiz in Moodle

Educator arranging questions, answers, a timer and grading controls in an online quiz
A Moodle quiz has two layers: the activity settings control how learners take the assessment, while the questions determine what they are asked. Treating those as separate jobs makes the setup easier to test and reuse. This guide follows the standard Moodle 5.x workflow. Labels can move slightly in a contributed theme, but the decisions […] Continue reading