How to send SMS from Moodle as AdministratorThis webpage gives you a step-by-step configuration guide
and video tutorials on how you can setup your own SMS system. In this way you
can add SMS functionality to Moodle to make it more effective and user friendly.
Please follow the steps of the configuration guide and tutorial, as well, to
configure your system efficiently.
Prerequisites
In order to setup this solution you need to find a way
to connect your system to the mobile network. You can do this
by using an Internet connection or you can
setup a wireless connection by attaching a GSM phone/GSM modem to your
computer. To help you make a decision, we have prepared a webpage for you:
Internet based SMS connections vs. GSM modem based (wireless) SMS connections.
Depending
on what you select, you need the following prerequisites.
Prerequisites for Internet based connection to the
Mobile network
If you wish to connect your system to an SMS service
provider over the Internet you need the following components:
Figure 1/a - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway IP SMS connection
In this case you need to find an SMS service
provider who can reach the mobile phones in your area. This SMS
service provider should be able to provide SMS service through
the Internet. To find such a provider, you can check our
website where we list some of them:
SMPP SMS Service providers.
Once you have found such a provider, you need to sign up for
their service to get the connection parameters. You can use these parameters
to configure your Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software.
Prerequisites for wireless (GSM modem) connection
to the Mobile network
If you wish to connect your system to the mobile
network wirelessly, you need a GSM modem or GSM phone, that you
can attach to your computer with a data cable. In this case your Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway software will operate this phone and will send and receive
SMS messages wirelessly. To setup this connection method, you need the following
components:
Figure 1/b - Prerequisites for Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway GSM modem connection
Your checklist (for GSM modem connection):
*The SIM card will come with a plan, that will
determine how much money you will spend on each SMS.
System architecture
If you follow the configuration steps below, your SMS system will
work as follows:
After you logged into Moodle as Administrator you can easily send SMS from your
PC to mobile phones. The Ozeki NG SMS Gateway block for Moodle appears on the
website and all you need to do is to fill the form (specify the recipient phone
number and the text of the message) and click on Send (Figure 2). Then
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software sends out the SMS message to the recipient.
Figure 2 - System architecture
Configuration guide
To configure your SMS system please follow the steps below and
watch the video tutorial.
It is assumed that the
ozekisms module has already been
downloaded and extracted onto the desktop (Figure 3).
Figure 3 - Ozekisms module has been extracted
Now you need to Copy the ozekisms module (Figure 4).
Figure 4 - Copy ozekisms module
And Paste the ozekisms module into the
blocks folder of Moodle:
moodle\blocks (Figure 5).
Figure 5 - Paste the module into Blocks folder of Moodle
Start your browser and go to Moodle website (Figure 6).
Figure 6 - Moodle website
Login as Administrator (Figure 7).
Figure 7 - Login as admin
Click on Notifications at Site Administration menu
(Figure 8). The setup starts automatically.
Figure 8 - Notification menu item
After the setup finished, you need to click on Continue
(Figure 9).
Figure 9 - Click on Continue
Now return to the home page of your website (Figure 10).
Figure 10 - Return to the home page
Select Ozeki NG SMS Gateway block for Moodle at
Blocks/Modules (Figure 11).
Figure 11 - Ozeki NG SMS Gateway block for Moodle
On the appeared window you can configure your settings. Specify the
following parameters:
Ozeki NG Host: IP address of the computer on which Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
has been installed
Ozeki NG Port: Port number of the built-in HTTP server of Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway
Ozeki NG User: User name in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software
Ozeki NG Password: Password in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software
Finally click on Save changes (Figure 12).
Figure 12 - Configure settings
If you have saved changes click on Continue (Figure 13).
Figure 13 - Continue
Return to the home page of your website (Figure 14).
Figure 14 - Return to home page
Below you can find configuration on how to put the Ozeki
NG SMS Gateway block onto your website.
To do so, click on Turn editing on option (Figure 15).
Figure 15 - Turn editing on
A drop down menu appear (Figure 16).
Figure 16 - Drop down menu
Select Ozeki NG SMS Gateway block for Moodle option from
the list (Figure 17).
Figure 17 - Ozeki NG SMS Gateway block for Moodle option
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway block for Moodle block appears on
the website. To send SMS message from your website specify the phone number of
the recipient and compose the text of your message (Figure 18).
Figure 18 - Specify the recipient and text
To send out the SMS click on Send (Figure 19).
Figure 19 - Click on Send
If your message has been sent successfully then you will receive
a response message (Figure 20).
Figure 20 - Successfully sent message
On Figure 21 you can see the sent message in Ozeki NG SMS
Gateway software.
Figure 21 - Sent message in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Try the free
trial of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway right now to test its effectiveness.
Related sources:
Send SMS from Moodle as a user
Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software overview
GSM modem vs IP SMS connectivity
SMS services for Businesses
Other SMS solutions with Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
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