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Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development

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Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Moodle 1.9
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
10
Extending and Administering Moodle
Index

Add-On Modules


New modules are constantly being developed. To keep abreast of the latest developments, take an occasional look at the Modules and plug-ins database, on http://www.moodle.org/ where you get most modules. And even if you're not a programmer, contributing feedback and documentation to the modules in progress is a great help in their development.

Getting Modules

The following screenshot shows you the Modules and plugins page from moodle.org. Notice that the page lists the version of Moodle required, and whether the module is standard, third party, or contributed. Clicking the icon all the way to the right takes you to that module's page. On that page, you will find all the forum postings dealing with that module. You will also be able to download that module.

Installing Modules

In the previous screenshot, you can see the /mod directory in the Moodle installation. Under that directory is a subdirectory for each module:

Installing a new module is a simple process:

  1. Download the module...