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...