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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

Meet the cast


The site used in this book contains two courses we'll be referring to in subsequent chapters. The teachers of these courses and one of their students will assist us in discovering the new features of Moodle 2.0. Let's meet them now:

Emma

She is just out of high school and has signed up as a student to both courses on our Moodle. She will allow us to see the changes from a student's point of view.

Martin

He is keeping an eye on both courses with the new "Manager" role in Moodle 2.0.

Stuart

He is a teacher of the "French for Beginners" course and will enable us to see course navigation and management from a teacher's perspective. He is very interested in controlled progression through a course and so will feature particularly in Chapter 6, Managing the Learning Path

Andy

He is a teacher of the "How to Be Happy" course and at the same time a student in the "French for Beginners" course. We'll follow him as he sets up collaborative learning activities.