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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

Summary


In this chapter, we've taken a tour of the drop-down menu Add a resource which appears when we edit our Moodle course pages.

We compared its earlier incarnation with the new Moodle 2.0 version and found that

  • File now replaces link to a file or website and is the normal location to upload individual resources such as word-processed documents or slideshows

  • Folder is the new name for the display a directory option

  • IMS Content package is still available here with aesthetic changes

  • Label now uses the enhanced TinyMCE HTML editor

  • Page combines the previous compose a text page and compose a webpage options

  • URL replaces link to a file or website and is the normal location to display weblinks we wish our students to access

Additionally, we've discovered that Moodle 2.0 gives us more control over who sees which resources and which filters are applied to them. For example, we could display an mp3 in one label with a player the student could click on to listen to and display it in another mp3...