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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

Setting up the introductory webpage


Our teacher Stuart turns on the editing of his course. He then:

  1. Selects the Add a resource drop-down

  2. Chooses page

  3. Adds the name and details he wants in the webpage (such as an introduction to the course)

  4. Completes other information as he wishes

  5. Scrolls down to the Restrict availability section.

For this first item, Stuart wants it to be available as soon as the students enroll in the course. So he doesn't set start or end dates and he sets to (none) the Grade condition and the Activity completion condition, as in the following screenshot:

Restricting when students see a resource: 1

Moodle 2.0 gives us a number of ways to restrict how students see a resource. We'll look at them below. First of all-let's not restrict it at all.

No restrictions

For this first item, Stuart wants it to be available as soon as the students enroll in the course. This is the default for each newly created activity - so he doesn't need to set start or end dates and he ensures the Grade...