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SMS from Moodle | Mobile Site users in Moodle 1.x

How to send SMS from Moodle 1.x in Administrator mode

This 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.

Video:		Send SMS from Moodle (part 1/2, configure your GSM modem)
Video:		Send SMS from Moodle (part 2/2, configure your SMS system)

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

	SIM Card - You can get this from your local mobile network operator.*
	Modem - Use a Wavecom, Siemens or Multitech modem.
	Data cable - Comes with the modem
	Computer - Recommended: Intel P4 3Ghz, 2GB RAM, 500Mb HDD, Windows OS
	Ozeki NG SMS Gateway - Download it from http://www.sms-integration.com
	Moodle

Ozeki NG SMS Gateway can be obtained by opening the download page: Download Ozeki NG SMS Gateway!

How to send SMS from Moodle

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 - How to send SMS from Moodle

Configuration guide for sending SMS from Moodle (as Administrator)

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.

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