The Design and Implementation of Moodle-based Network Teaching

Platform for Aesthetic Education in Colleges and Universities

Li Gui

Hulunbuir University, Hulunbuir City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Keywords: Aesthetic Education in Colleges and Universities, Network Teaching, Moodle, PHP.

Abstract: With the vigorous development of China's economy, social contradictions have gradually changed. After

meeting the people's material needs, their spiritual needs are increasing day by day. In this critical period of

ideological transformation, aesthetic education is particularly important. This paper designs a network

teaching platform of aesthetic education in colleges and universities based on Moodle. The Moddle software

is used to build the platform, PHP language is used for secondary development, B/S structure is used in

system architecture, and MySQL database is used for data storage management. The establishment of this

platform broadens the participation ways of aesthetic education, enriches the teaching resources of aesthetic

education, perfects the teaching system of aesthetic education in colleges and universities, and contributes to

the important task of educating people with aesthetic education and educating them with culture.

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1 INTRODUCTION

In the report of the 19th National Congress of the

Communist Party of China, it was mentioned that

the main contradiction in our society has changed.

At present, the main contradiction is the

contradiction between people's growing demand for

a better life and unbalanced development. People's

longing for a better life reflects people's desire for

beauty. So, in this important stage of mass concept

transformation, colleges and universities, as the

main positions of aesthetic education, should make

timely changes. At present, the problems of aesthetic

education are still complicated. Firstly, students'

understanding of aesthetic education is still lacking

in depth and height, and they only regard aesthetic

education as a single art subject education.

Secondly, the reform and innovation of curriculum

system, teaching methods and textbook compilation

in colleges and universities are still insufficient,

which leads to outdated textbooks and single

teaching forms, and reduces students' enthusiasm for

learning aesthetic education. Finally, the teachers of

aesthetic education in colleges and universities are

scarce, and the teaching resources are poor.

Aesthetic education is superficial in the teaching

process, and it does not play a real role. In order to

ensure the effectiveness of aesthetic education in

colleges and universities, we should face up to these

educational problems and innovate the traditional

aesthetic education mode.

For this reason, this paper combines digital

technology with aesthetic education in colleges and

universities, and builds a network teaching platform

of aesthetic education in colleges and universities

based on Moodle. Based on Moodle online teaching

system, it adopts B/S basic architecture and PHP

secondary development of aesthetic education

design form, and uses MySQL database to store

teaching data to complete the construction of

network teaching platform of aesthetic education in

colleges and universities. (Xu, 2020) This platform

combines online teaching with offline practice,

changes the traditional teaching methods of aesthetic

education in colleges and universities, enriches the

teaching resources of aesthetic education, solves the

fundamental problem of the shortage of aesthetic

education teachers in colleges and universities, and

provides a new practical way for the development of

aesthetic education in colleges and universities in the

new era.

Gui, L.

The Design and Implementation of Moodle-Based Network Teaching Platform for Aesthetic Education in Colleges and Universities.

DOI: 10.5220/0011899500003613

In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on New Media Development and Modernized Education (NMDME 2022), pages 111-116

ISBN: 978-989-758-630-9

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2 INTRODUCTION OF KEY

TECHNOLOGIES

2.1 Moodle

The Moodle is the abbreviation of modular dynamic

learning-oriented environment component. It is an

open-source curriculum management system, also

known as learning management system. It is a

dynamic learning website tool for students, which is

usually installed in a web server. The Moodle

platform uses PHP as the environment development

language, and its core focus lies in the highly

modular structure design. The interface is defined by

shared library, data abstraction layer and cascading

style sheet, which increases the convenience and

extensibility of this platform, so as to facilitate the

use of teachers and students. The interface of

Moodle platform is simple and clear, and users can

adjust the content or page layout at any time

according to their personal needs. In the course list,

the detailed description of each course can also be

displayed. Users can classify and search courses, and

learn courses according to their own needs, which

changes the traditional linear learning mode and

facilitates students' learning. Compared with other

platforms, Moodle is easier to install, can support a

variety of different courses, and the overall security

of the system is relatively high. The overall

architecture of Moodle platform is based on the B/S

three-tier structure, as shown in Figure 1, which can

effectively separate the user interface, business logic

control and data access, make it easy to apply and

understand the platform, and greatly reduce the

difficulty of subsequent upgrade and maintenance.

Figure 1: Moodle platform architecture diagram

2.2 PHP

The PHP is a script programming language used on

the server side, which is characterized by open

source, free, fast and efficient.

Linux+Nginx+Mysql+PHP is its classic installation

and deployment mode. The function is

comprehensive, and out-of-the-box program code is

concise. The PHP array supports dynamic

expansion, which can greatly improve the

development efficiency; As a weakly typed

language, PHP has a high success rate of compiling

programs, and is more efficient than other strongly

typed languages. The grammar absorbs the

characteristics of C language, Java and Perl, which

is conducive to learning and widely used, and is

mainly applicable to the field of Web development.

The unique syntax of PHP is a mixture of C, Java,

Perl and PHP's own syntax. It can execute dynamic

web pages more quickly than CGI or Perl.

Compared with other programming languages, PHP

embeds programs into HTML (an application under

the standard generalized markup language)

documents to execute dynamic web pages, and its

execution efficiency is much higher than CGI which

completely generates HTML tags. The PHP can also

execute the compiled code, which can encrypt and

optimize the code running and make the code run

faster. With its cross-platform, high compatibility,

open source and easy-to-learn habits, PHP has

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become an excellent solution for the development of

Web applications. During the actual development

process, LAMP or LNMP mode is mostly adopted,

namely Linux, Apache, Mysql and PHP or Linux,

Nginx, Mysql and PHP. There is little difference

between them, both belong to synchronous

development mode, and the requirements for

hardware configuration are basically the same. The

process of PHP application processing request is

shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: PHP application processing request flow

2.3 MySQL Database

The MySQL is a relational database management

system, which stores data in different tables, thus

increasing the running speed and flexibility of the

system. With excellent database performance,

MySQL can form a good development environment

with PHP and IIS. And it has the characteristics of

small size, high speed, low development cost and

open source. MySQL is the first choice for the

development of small and medium-sized websites.

(Jing, 2016)

2.4 WEB Server

The Web server is a kind of Website server and a

computer program, which can be used to process the

user requests of web clients and make corresponding

responses. It can also configure websites, which can

be browsed by all people, and can also provide data

files for all people to use. At present, the three most

popular Web servers are Apache, Nginx and IIS.

The web usually uses HTTP for information

exchange, which is why it is called HTTPD server.

The Web server is a passive program: only when a

browser running in another computer on the Internet

makes a request, the server will respond that the

Web server can not only store information, but also

run scripts and programs based on the information

provided by users through the web browser.

2.5 Development Process

According to the system development requirements

of this platform, complete the overall deployment of

the development environment of aesthetic education

platform in colleges and universities. In order to

improve the extensibility and practicability of the

platform, this paper uses Moddle course

management system to build a platform for aesthetic

education in colleges and universities, uses PHP

language to redevelop Moodle, selects B/S structure

as the overall framework of the system, uses

MySQL 8.0 database for data storage management,

and the overall development of the system is based

on Windows 10.0 operating system. As for the

secondary development of Moodle college aesthetic

education online teaching platform, we also need to

rely on the integrated development tool IDE—

PHPStorm of PHP to realize the detailed code

realization of functional modules. (Sun, 2019)

At first, install the above required software under

the Windows system. After the basic environment is

installed, copy the Moodle platform installation file

to the root directory of IIS server. This system

adopts Moodle 3.1.1. In the configuration process of

Moodle platform, we should make use of the

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screening of databases, servers and other items, and

first ensure the correct order of software installation.

After the configuration of the functional modules of

the platform is completed, the basic settings such as

the configuration of the main account, the basic

settings of the platform, and user management will

be entered. And then, using PHPStorm 2018 version,

complete the configuration of environment

variables, set up with server and database, and then

use it normally. Through the introduction of the

above-mentioned professional technology, the

general framework of the online teaching platform is

planned, and the feasibility of constructing the

online teaching platform of aesthetic education in

colleges and universities is clarified. (Shi, 2021)

3 FUNCTION REALIZATION

3.1 Student Side

3.1.1 System Login Module

When students log in to the system for the first time,

they need to fill in the corresponding information

according to the user guide to complete the system

registration. After logging in, students can use all the

materials of aesthetic education courses under this

platform. In this platform, as the main body of

aesthetic education courses in colleges and

universities, students' specific functional design is

systematically divided into three parts: autonomous

learning, practice extension and interactive

communication, so that students don't have to learn

according to the conventional linear mode, and the

freedom of aesthetic education learning is expanded

while students' planning learning ability is

cultivated.

3.1.2 Autonomous Learning Module

The purpose of this platform is to improve students'

aesthetic ability and cultivate their learning planning

ability. Therefore, students mainly study by

themselves under this module. This module is

divided into the following three parts: theoretical

aesthetic education courses, appreciation aesthetic

education courses and art and skill aesthetic

education courses. Students can choose the

corresponding modules to study according to their

interesting content. The course of theoretical

aesthetic education mainly focuses on the basic

theoretical knowledge of aesthetic education, which

covers the development history of aesthetic

education and the spirit of the times. Through the

study of this module, students can clarify the

specific meaning of aesthetic education, and lay a

foundation for further study. (Hao, 2022) The

aesthetic appreciation course is mainly aimed at

cultivating students' aesthetic senses and improving

their ability to create beauty. The specific course

consists of three parts: appreciation of drama music,

appreciation of poems and beautiful texts, and

appreciation of famous paintings and calligraphy.

The Artistic aesthetic education courses are more

inclined to students' hands-on practice, such as

practical training courses such as paper-cutting,

carving, playing the piano, painting, etc. These

courses are uploaded to the resource database by

video for students to watch. The video playing code

is shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Video playback code (original)

3.1.3 Practice Extension Module

This module focuses on the experience feedback of

offline teaching activities. On this page, students can

participate in the practice activities or competitions

released by the school by themselves, and share their

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feelings on the platform after the practice

experience. They can also upload their own literary

and painting works or musical instrument playing

audio for other students to appreciate and evaluate,

and gradually improve their personal aesthetic

thinking in communication. This part of function is

realized based on the secondary development of

Moodle platform. (Zhao, 2014)

3.1.4 Appreciation and Communication

Module

This function is realized based on the secondary

development of Moodle platform. On this page,

students can share and communicate as they please,

and they can add comments by using Add

Question.PHP. In the personal page, students can

check the progress of the course and the works or

comments published by individuals, and they can

also share their own learning trends in real time to

support other students and teachers to check.

(Huang, 2020)

3.2 Teacher Side

After the teacher successfully logs in to the system,

the courseware resources are uploaded by

Courseware upload.PHP, and the specific code is

shown in Figure 4. As far as the functions of

students are concerned, teachers focus on the

guidance and organization of teaching activities. The

courseware uploaded by teachers is included in the

teacher center, which is convenient for subsequent

secondary development. The teachers should also

actively answer questions for students and improve

their learning efficiency.

Figure 4: Courseware upload code (original)

4 CONCLUSIONS

In the new era, the construction of aesthetic

education system in colleges and universities is

based on the needs of three different levels: family,

school and society. At present, aesthetic education

should pay more attention to the direction and

effectiveness, broaden students' artistic thinking and

improve their aesthetic level in a subtle way. The

construction of this platform emphasizes the

penetrating role of aesthetic education in educating

people, attaches importance to the embodiment of

aesthetic education in specific subject courses,

clarifies the necessity of aesthetic education in

improving students' comprehensive quality level,

cultivating students' practical innovation ability and

healthy and complete personality, and opens up a

new path for the exploration of aesthetic education

in the new era.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The 8th Teaching and Research Project of Hulunbuir

Univesity: Research on the Construction of College

Aesthetic Education Course —"Introduction to Art"

based on WeChat Platform

Project Approval Number: JYZC2021016

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