Installation / Upgrade Instructions

New Installation.

Follow these steps if you have never installed this or any other version of ConnectLMS.

1. Install the connectLMS component (com_connectlms.zip) using the Joomla! extension installer.
2. Install the mod_connectlms_students module (mod_connectlms_students.zip) using the Joomla! extension installer.
3. Install the mod_connectlms_teachers module (mod_connectlm_steachers.zip) using the Joomla! extension installer.
4. Publish the two modules (these can be published on all pages as they will only display information when a course is being viewed).
5. Install the plug_xajax plugin (if you already have a version installed, then please uninstall it [you may need to delete its files] and replace with this version)
6. In Admin-Extensions-Plugin Manager, publish the xAjax plugin
7. Set up your courses/lessons/modules!

Upgrading from Version 1.0

Follow these steps if you have previously installed an earlier version of ConnectLMS

1. Uninstall version 1 of connectLMS using the Joomla! extension uninstaller
2. Delete all database tables relating to connectLMS. These start with "jos_connectlms_" ^#
3. Install the connectLMS component (com_connectlms.zip) using the Joomla! extension installer.

^# The default database table prefix for Joomla! is "jos_". If you unselected or changed this option when installing Joomla!, please adjust this line appropriately.