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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

Uploading through the HTML editor


Martin has the new "Manager" role in Moodle 2.0 He doesn't appear or participate in courses but can edit and manage them. He's a bit like the old Category admin. He's been given charge of our Moodle front page and would like to add a link to a pdf with a summary of what's new in Moodle 2.0.

Note

If you want an area on your front page to add text or images, you tick (check) the box named add a topic section in front page settings.

  1. He turns on the editing on the front page , types text into the HTML editor, highlights the words he will link to, and clicks on the link icon, as shown in the following screenshot:

  2. This brings up a popup asking him to insert a URL. However, clicking on the box to the right of the URL prompt (1) will take him back to the File Picker (2) that we met earlier:

  3. When Martin clicks Upload this file… , the browse bar we saw before appears with the extra options to name an author, set a license, and, finally, upload:

  4. Moodle then goes back...