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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

Blogs—before and after


There has always been a blogging option in a standard Moodle install. However, some users have found it unsatisfactory because of the following reasons:

  • The blog is attached to the user profile so you can only have one blog

  • There is no way to attach a blog or blog entry to a particular course

  • There is no way for other people to comment on your blog

For this reason, alternative blog systems (such as the contributed OU blog module) have become popular as they give users a wider range of options.

The standard blog in Moodle 2.0 has changed, and now:

  • A blog entry can optionally be associated with a course

  • It is possible to comment on a blog entry

  • Blog entries from outside of Moodle can be copied in

  • It is now possible to search blog entries

Let's go to our Moodle 2.0 site and see how our student, Emma, handles blogging.