Courses are divided into sections. What constitutes a section depends on the course's format. If you're new to Moodle then there are two main, important formats:
For your first few courses, especially courses based on existing non-e-learning material, these are likely to be the only two you use. However, there are others:
SCORM: Third-party e-learning materials are likely going to be supplied to you in SCORM format (SCORM is an educational resource "standard" format, in much the same way that documents are supplied in "
.DOC
" format). If you know what they are then this is a useful course format type. If you've never heard of SCORM then don't worry.Social format: The whole course is built around a single forum. This is useful for using Moodle to manage things that are not strictly courses. You could use it to set up a departmental...