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--- en:moodle:activities:database:start [2022/11/15 13:17] – [Sample applications for Moodle databases] helmke
+++ en:moodle:activities:database:start [2024/03/25 14:02] (current) – [Create database] maziyar
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 ====== Database ======
-In a database, data of students and teachers can be stored in a structured and systematically efficient way. Content with associated data is stored in a similar way to a table.
+In a database, data from students and teachers can be stored in a structured and systematically efficient way. Content with the associated data is stored in a similar way to a table. Databases allow systematic searching and the assignment and classification of files, data and content.
-Databases allow systematic searching and the assignment and classification of files, data and content.
-===== Examples for Moodle databases =====
+<WRAP center round important 90%>
+**Note:** When adding entries via the Moodle app, you may be in offline mode. A corresponding note will appear in the browser. Without confirmation of the synchronization the database entry will not be saved!
+</WRAP>
-  * Collaborate to create a digital archive or collection of diverse materials (e.g., literature or image collection).
+===== Examples of Moodle database applications =====
-  * Offer participants an upload option (in addition to the [[en:moodle:activities:forum:start|Forum]], the [[en:moodle:activities:glossary:start|Glossary]] or the [[en:moodle:activities:assignment:start|Activity "Task"]])
-  * Have images, photos, logos, text, websites, etc. commented.
+  * Collaboratively create a digital archive or collection of diverse materials (e.g., literature or image collection)
+  * Provide participants with an upload option (in addition to the [[en:moodle:activities:forum:start|Forum]], [[en:moodle:activities:glossary:start|Glossary]] or [[en:moodle:activities:assignment:start|Assignment]] activity)
+  * Have images, photos, logos, text, websites, etc. commented
 ===== Create database =====
-Step 1: **Create a new database** \
+Step 1: **Create a new database**
-Switch on editing > Add material/activity > Database
+Switch on edit mode > Add an activity or resource > Database
-You will get to a form with setting options for the database. Give your database a name and describe the content. The other settings can be kept for now.
+A form with setting options for the database appears. Give your database a name and describe the contents. The other settings can be kept for the time being.
 Step 2: **Apply templates**
-You can configure the data fields yourself. \\
+You can configure the data fields yourself.
-The input mask, the list view and the single view can look clearer and more attractive if they are designed with HTML. \\
+The input mask, the list view and the single view can look clearer and more attractive if they are designed with HTML.
-It is easier to take a ready-made template with fields and designed interface from templates that other Moodle users have created. Click on the "Template Sets" tab and select a template in the "Import" section. \\
+It is easier to take a pre-made template with fields and designed interface from templates that other Moodle users have created. Click on the "Presets" tab and select a template in the "Import" section.
-You will find templates for an image gallery and a literature database as well as a variety of templates provided by your colleagues. \\
+You will find templates for an image gallery and a literature database as well as a variety of templates provided by your colleagues.
-Instructions on how to create your own templates can be found in the general Moodle documentation [[https://docs.moodle.org/311/de/Datenbank_erstellen|Creating a database: moodle.org]].
+Instructions on how to create your own templates can be found in the general Moodle documentation on [[https://docs.moodle.org/403/en/Building_Database|Building Database, moodle.org]].
 Step 3: **Filling the database**.
-After you have created the database, click on the "Add Entry" tab.
+After you have created the database, click on the "**Add Entry**" tab.
 ===== Export database entries =====
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 If you want to reuse the database content in another course or share it with other users, you can export the database entries to a file.
-[[https://docs.moodle.org/35/de/Datenbank_nutzen#Datenbankeintr.C3.A4ge_exportieren|Export database entries: moodle.org]]
+[[https://docs.moodle.org/403/en/Using_Database#Exporting_entries|Exporting entries, moodle.org]]