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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 tasks


Stuart, our teacher in the Beginners' French course, has decided he wants his students to access certain resources in a particular order as they get started. These are:

  • An introduction to the course (in the form of a webpage). Students have to read this before they can do anything else in the course.

  • A forum where students can introduce themselves. They have to post a "hello" message before they can move on.

  • A quiz to gauge their prior knowledge. They have to get 40% in a "how much do you know? quiz before they can tackle lesson 1.

  • The first French lesson. They have to tackle this lesson before they can do the assignment.

  • The first French assignment based on lesson 1.

Viewed as a flow chart, we get this:

Once he has completed his work, the initial part of Stuart's course will look like the following screenshot:

Note that the only activity currently visible is the Read This first! webpage. The others are grayed out, just as a hidden activity or topic section is normally in Moodle...