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How to send SMS from Mobile to site users in Moodle 1.x

This page provides you a step-by-step configuration guide to help you configure SMS functionality for Moodle. This solution allows site users to send SMS messages to the mobile phones of individuals or groups attended on courses. Please follow the steps below and watch the video tutorials to realize this solution effectively.

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

How to send SMS from Mobile to site users

If you follow the guide below this page you can configure your system to let users of Moodle (e.g. teachers) to send SMS messages to the mobile phones of individuals or groups. The system will work as follows:

After the installation, Ozeki NG SMS Gateway client for Moodle appears on the website that allows to send SMS messages to mobile phones. After the site user logged into Moodle, he can select the courses of which participants he wants to notify via SMS. For example, he wants to send SMS to three participants of Course 1. Then he can enable the checkboxes after the participants, compose the text of the message and click on Send SMS button. The SMS messages will be sent out to the mobile phones of the three participants by the Ozeki NG SMS Gateway software (Figure 1).

Figure 1 - Sending SMS from Mobile to site users

Configuration guide of Moodle SMS (for site users)

Please follow this guide to be able to add SMS functionality to Moodle. Please also watch the video tutorials on how to configure your GSM modem (in case you use GSM modem for SMS sending) and on how to configure SMS functionality for Moodle:

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

It is assumed that you have already downloaded and extracted the Ozeki SMS module to your desktop (Figure 2).

Figure 2 - Extracted Ozeki SMS module

Copy the Ozeki SMS module, right click on the module and select Copy (Figure 3).

Figure 3 - Copy Ozeki SMS module

Paste the Ozeki SMS module into the blocks folder of Moodle moodle\blocks (Figure 4).

Figure 4 - Paste the Ozeki SMS module

Start your browser and go to the Moodle site (Figure 5).

Figure 5 - Go to Moodle site

For configuration you need to log into Moodle as Administrator (Figure 6).

Figure 6 - Log into Moodle

Click on Notifications at Site Administration menu (Figure 7).

Figure 7 - Notifications

After the automatic setup is complete, click on Continue (Figure 8).

Figure 8 - Continue

Select Ozeki NG SMS Gateway client for Moodle option at Blocks/Modules (Figure 9). Then Ozeki NG SMS Gateway client for Moodle module appears and you can configure the following settings:

Ozeki NG Host: IP address of the computer on which you have installed Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Ozeki NG Port: Port number of the built-in HTTP server of Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Ozeki NG User: Username you use in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
Ozeki NG Password: Password for the user you use in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway
If you provide all the parameters, click on Save changes and return to the home page.

Figure 9 - Ozeki NG SMS Gateway client for Moodle

Now you can configure the Ozeki SMS block to be appeared on the website. To do so, click on Turn editing on (Figure 10).

Figure 10 - Turn editing on

A drop down menu appears (Figure 11).

Figure 11 - Drop down menu for blocks

Select Ozeki NG SMS Gateway client for Moodle from the list (Figure 12).

Figure 12 - Select Ozeki NG SMS Gateway client for Moodle

To send SMS messages click on Send SMS button under the Ozeki NG SMS Gateway client for Moodle block (Figure 13).

Figure 13 - Send SMS button

On the appeared module you can specify details for sending SMS (Figure 14).

Figure 14 - Ozeki SMS module appears

On the module select one of the courses of which participants you wish to notify via SMS. Then enable the checkboxes of the participants to whom you wish to send SMS. After you have selected the recipients, compose the text of the SMS and click on Send SMS (Figure 15).

Figure 15 - Send SMS from Ozeki SMS module

After you sent the messages you receive a notification on the site if the messages have been sent (Figure 16).

Figure 16 - Messages have been sent

In the Sent folder of admin user in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway you can see the sent messages (Figure 17).

Figure 17 - Sent messages in Ozeki NG SMS Gateway

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