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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

The course administration block


We'll look in greater detail at Course administration when we consider site administration as a whole in Chapter 8, Admin Issues. However, for now, it's useful to note that our student Emma, will still have a limited view in this block as she did in Moodle 1.9 (her grades) but that our teacher Stuart has more options than she had previously:

Very briefly, what's new is:

  • Completion tracking: If this is enabled, Stuart can set checks next to each activity so students can monitor their progress. This will be discussed in detail in Chapter 6, Managing the Learning Path

  • Users: This replaces the 1.9 Assign roles and is where Stuart or other teachers would enroll students, put them into groups, and check their permissions. This will be discussed in detail in Chapter 8, Admin Issues

  • Filters: It's now possible to have filters (such as multimedia filters/text filters, and so on) enabled or disabled in individual courses rather than globally for everyone. This will be...