Book Image

Moodle 2.0 First Look

Book Image

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

What do users who are logged in see?


Let us log in and note the difference in the Navigation block (I've undocked it for ease of viewing).

Basically there are five links here:

  • Home: This directs us to our front page.

  • My home: This takes us to our myMoodle page.

  • Site pages: This is where we can access site news, items on the front page, blogs, and tags. Users with higher permissions can also access reports and notes from here.

  • My profile: Here we can quickly view or edit our profile.

  • Courses: Here we can select a course to go to.

As the Navigation block is a "sticky" block in all my courses (we will learn more about sticky blocks later), it means that wherever I am in Moodle I can quickly access my profile details, move to a different course, or go back to the front page or myMoodle. Let's check out these links in more detail.

Home/My home

It is possible to set the default home page for users who are logged in to myMoodle, instead of the front page in Site administration | Appearance | Navigation...