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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 forum


Stuart set a completion condition on the Read This first! page. He now needs to set an availability condition on the Bonjour! forum. Here's how he does it.

With the editing turned on, he:

  1. Selects the Add an Activity drop down

  2. Chooses forum

  3. Adds the type, name, and details he wants in the forum

  4. Completes other information as he wishes

  5. Scrolls down to the Restrict availability section

Let's take a look at the settings Stuart chooses and see if they make sense:

Grade condition

This is set to none because our students Andy and Emma didn't have to get a particular grade in the webpage they read; they just needed to read it (well view it!).

Activity completion condition

This is set so that the webpage Read This first! must be marked complete. It will be marked complete when the students have viewed it we know that, because Stuart our teacher entered that as the condition when he set up the page.

Before activity is available

This is set to show the forum greyed-out but with restriction...