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Moodle 2.0 First Look

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Moodle 2.0 First Look

Overview of this book

Moodle is currently the world's most popular E-learning platform. The long-awaited second version of Moodle is now available and brings with it greatly improved functionality. If you are planning to upgrade your site to Moodle 2.0 and want to be up-to-date with the latest developments, then this book is for you.This book takes an in-depth look at all of the major new features in Moodle 2.0 and how it differs from previous Moodle versions. It highlights changes to the standard installation and explains the new features with clear screenshots, so you can quickly take full advantage of Moodle 2.0. It also assists you in upgrading your site to Moodle 2.0, and will give you the confidence to make the move up to Moodle 2.0, either as an administrator or a course teacher.With its step-by-step introduction to the new features of Moodle 2.0, this book will leave you confident and keen to get your own courses up and running on Moodle 2.0. It will take you on a journey from basic navigation to advanced administration, looking at the changes in resource management and activity setup along the way. It will show you new ways tutors and students can control the pace of their learning and introduce you to the numerous possibilities for global sharing and collaborating now available in Moodle 2.0
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Moodle 2.0 First Look
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Moving blocks


Stuart wishes to move the Comments block so it is above the calendar. As with hiding, he has two options:

  • Click the edit icon and reset the default region/weight to the desired position

  • Click the move icon and move the block manually

The move (up/down arrow) icon is familiar with earlier versions of Moodle. If you had Ajax enabled in your site you might have had a different icon like a handlebar, for moving resources and activities. However, even though we don't have the Ajax handlebar icon for our block, we'll still see the presence of Ajax when Stuart moves his block. In the following screenshot, from left to right:

  1. The block to be moved is selected.

  2. Colored bars with dashed lines appear throughout the page. Clicking into the bar where block is to be moved.

  3. The block has been moved.

Note

If we were to click on the configuration (hand/pen) icon of the Comments block now, we'd see that its default weight for this particular page has now changed to -10, making it the top one on this...