Labtech Learning Management System. Windows Installation. Standart Version 1.0

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1. Introduction

The Labtech LMS is a comprehensive education tool designed to enrich courses by embedding digital content and assessments into traditional teaching and learning. A full suite of content creation tools is included to enable instructors and instructional designers to enhance their courses with customized digital content. Scheduling, communication, and web 2.0 tools allow multiple options for students and instructors to meet the diverse needs of learners in the 21st Century.

This document is the installation and quick guid of Labtech LMS running on the Microsoft Windows platform. This guide is specifically for Standard versions 1.x.x starting at version 1.0.0. The intended audience for this document are IT andministrators, teachers or students. A basic understanding of the Windows operating system is required to understand this documentation.

1.1. Requirements

The following are the requirements to install Labtech LMS :

• Hardware: There are no limits on the type of hardware used to host an Labtech LMS installation. However, as your needs grow, so will the need for additional resources. A simple Labtech LMS installation requires about 50M of free disk space and 32M of free system memory. However, a minimum of 128M free memory available to PHP is recommended. Disk space should be allocated according to usage.

• Software: Labtech LMS requires an environment running the following: PHP version 5.1+ (PHP 5.2+ recommended)

Mysql Server 4+ (Mysql 5 is strongly recommended, and mandatory for Labtech LMS Enterprise installations)

Web server (Apache 2+ recommended, although Labtech LMS can work with Apache 1.x, IIS, nginx or lighttpd)

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2. Installation

2.1 User Acount Control

Run the Labtech LMS Setup.exe file. Application Labtech LMS popup will appear for certain versions of Windows (see Picture 2.1). If it does, click on the Yes button. Before or after this popup your anti-virus software may or may not also popup a message or screen identifying this setup program as an unknown or untrusted application. If so, click on whatever option in your anti-virus program that allows the setup to continue. You may have to configure your anti-anti-virus software before hand to allow this setup program to proceed, or you may have to disable your anti-virus program all together for a short time, run this setup program and then re-enable your anti-anti-virus software.

Picture 2.1 User Account Control

2.2 Welcome Screen

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Picture 2.2 Welcome Screen.

2.3 Select Component

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Picture 2.3 Select Component.

2.4 Select Start Menu Folder

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Picture 2.4 Select Start menu Folder

2.5 Select Additional Task

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Picture 2.5 Select Additional Task.

2.6 Ready To Install

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2.7 Installing Process

The next screen displayed the process installing requirement of Labtech LMS such as xampp, extracting LMS file (See Picture 2.7). Please wait while setup installs Labtech LMS on your computer or click Cancel button to abort installation.

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2.8 XAMPP Installation

The next screen displayed XAMPP Installation (See Picture 2.8). After the installation of the Labtech LMS is complete, the next step is to complete the XAMPP Installation. Select “C;/” as the default destination folder, then press “Install” or click Cancel button to abort installation.

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2.9 XAMPP Installation Progress

The next screen displayed The progress installing XAMPP that have been entered in the previous screens (See Picture 2.9). Please wait while setup installs XAMPP on your computer or click Cancel button to abort installation.

Picture 2.9 XAMPP Installation Progress

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Labtech LMS Installation • Press any key to continue when Installing MySQL as a service is complete.

Picture 2.9.2 XAMPP Installation Progress.

• After XAMPP installation process is finished, you must answer a few questions provided in the next steps below :

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2. Should I locate XAMPP correctly? Should I proceed? <y/x=exit setup>: y

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Labtech LMS Installation 4.

Please <Return> to continue: Click Enter .

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The last step of this process is to type “x” to exit.

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2.10 Welcome To Installation Wizard

The next screen displayed Installation Wizard (See Picture 2.10). Click on a button bellow to start.

Picture 2.10 Installation Wizard. • Click Continue button to go to the next step.

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• Click Install button to finish Installation Wizard. The default value is: Database host: localhost

Database user: root

Database password: lms-admin Database name: lms

Administrator username: admin Administrator password:lms@admin

Administrator email: [email protected]

Picture 2.10.2 Installation Wizard.

2.11 Installation Wizard Complete

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