Index
A
- administration block
- roles adding, assign roles used / Manually Enrolling Teachers and Students
- assign roles page / Manually Enrolling Teachers and Students
- assignment activity
- about / Assignments
- types / Types of Assignments
- creating / Creating an Assignment
- printer-friendly directions / Printer-Friendly Directions
- assignment activity, types
- upload a single file assignment / Upload a Single File
- advanced uploading of files assignment / Advanced Uploading of Files
- online text assignment / Online Text
- offline activity assignment / Offline Activity
- authentication settings
- options / Authentication
- authenticating, against external database / Authenticating Against an External Database or Server
- authenticating, against external server / Authenticating Against an External Database or Server
- manual accounts method / Manual Accounts and No Login Methods
- no login method / Manual Accounts and No Login Methods
B
- block
- about / Blocks
- standard blocks / The Standard Blocks
C
- chat activity
- settings / The Editing Chat Page
- choice activity
- about / Choices
- student’s point of view / Student's Point of View
- teacher’s point of view / Teacher's Point of View
- course categories
- selecting / Using Course Categories and the User Experience
- creating / Creating Course Categories
- organizing / Organizing Course Categories
- course, putting into several categories / Putting a Course into Several Categories
- courses
- creating / Creating Courses
- course settings page / The Course Settings Page
- course settings page
- category / Category
- short name / Full Name and Short Name
- course ID number / Course ID Number
- summary / Summary
- format / Format
- topics format / Topics Format
- weekly format / Weekly Format
- social course format / Social Format
- number of weeks/topics, changing / Number of Weeks/Topics
- course start date / Course Start Date
- hidden sections / Hidden Sections
- news items / News Items to Show
- grade settings / Show Grades and Show Activity Reports
- activity reports settings / Show Grades and Show Activity Reports
- maximum upload size setting / Maximum Upload Size
- meta course / Is This a Metacourse?
- enrolment plug-ins / Enrolment Plug-Ins
- default role / Default Role
- course enrolment settings / Course Enrolable
- enrolment period / Enrolment Duration
- enrolment expiry notification / Enrolment Expiry Notification
- group mode / Groups, Force Group Mode
- seperate groups / Running Separate Groups Through a Course, Versus Having Separate Courses
- availability / Availability
- enrolment key / Enrolment Key
- guest access / Guest Access, Should You Allow Guest Access?course settings pageguest access, Using Enrolment Key and Guest Access to Market Your Site
- cost field / Cost
- language, selecting / Force Language
- roles / Roles (Words for Teacher and Student)
- course structure
- breadcrumbs / Breadcrumbs
- blocks / Blocks
- topics / Topics
- course discussion / Join a Discussion
- workshop / Complete a Workshop
- submissions / Assessing Other Students' Work
D
- directory
- about / Directory
- need for / Why Use a Directory?
- directory backup / What Gets Backed Up?
E
- editing mode
- normal versus editing mode / Normal Versus Editing Mode
- editing icon / The Editing Icon
- delete icon / The Delete Icon
- hidden/shown icon / The Hidden/Shown Icons
- group icon / The Group Icons
- enrolment settings
- options / Enrolment Choices
- internal enrolment / Internal Enrolment
F
- features, Moodle
- reports / Reports and Logs
- files
- uploading, need for / Why Upload Files?
- types / File Types
- uploaded files,linking to / Linking to Uploaded Files
- uploaded files, importance / When to Use Uploaded Files
- filter settings
- Auto-linking filters / Auto-Linking Filters
- math filters / Math Filters
- email protection filter / Email Protection Filter
- multimedia plug-ins / Multimedia Plug-Ins
- multi-language content / Multi-Language Content
- word censorship / Word Censorship
- tidy / Tidy
- first question page, lesson activity
- adding / Importing Questionsfirst question page, lesson activityadding
- questions, importing / Importing Questionsfirst question page, lesson activityadding
- PowerPoint presentation, importing / Importing PowerPoint
- branch table, importing / Add a Branch Table
- question page, adding / Add a Question Page
- format, text page
- Moodle auto-format / Moodle Auto-Format—for Quick, Limited Formatting
- HTML format / HTML Format—for HTML Pages Composed Offline
- plain text format / Plain Text Format—for Program Listings
- Markdown format / Markdown Format—Intuitive, Fast Formatting
- forum activity
- about / Forum
- discussion / Discussion Equals Topic
- mass emails, sending / Using a Forum to Send Mass Emails
- multiple forums / Multiple Forums
- settings / Forum Settings
- general settings / General Settings
- post threshold for blocking / Post Threshold For Blocking Settings
- front page
- customizing / Customizing the Front Page
- front page blocks / Front Page Blocks
- front page blocks
- activities block / Activities
- site administration block / Site Administration Menu
- calendar / Calendar
- front page description / Front Page Description
- courses / Courses
- latest news block / Latest News, Login
- main menu block / Main Menu
- online users block / Online Users
- people block / People
- recent activity block / Recent Activity
- search forum block / Search Forums
- upcoming events block / Upcoming Events
- front page configuration
- using / How to Use this Section
- front page setting page / Front Page Settings Page
- full site name, settings / Full Site Name
- short site name, settings / Short Name for Site
- front page description
- about / Front Page Description
- front page items / Front Page Items
- topic section, using / Using a Topic Section on the Front Page
- show news items / Show News items
- show lists of courses / Show a List of Courses
G
- general settings, forum activity
- forum name / Forum Name
- forum type / Forum Type
- forum introduction / Forum Introduction
- force everyone to be subscribed option / Force Everyone To Be Subscribed?
- maximum attachment size / Grade Settingsgeneral settings, forum activitymaximum attachment size
- general settings, lesson settings
- name / Name
- time limit / Time Limit
- maximum numbers of answers/branches / Maximum Number of Answers/Branches
- glossary activity
- glossaries, adding / Adding Glossary Entries
- glossaries, editing / Adding Glossary Entries
- global vs local glossary / Global Versus Local Glossary
- secondary glossary / Main and Secondary Glossaries
- ratings / Ratings and Comments
- Googlebot / Open to Google
- grade options, lesson settings
- practice lesson / Practice Lesson
- custom scoring / Custom Scoring
- maximum grade / Maximum Grade
- student can re-take / Student Can Re-take
- handling of re-takes / Handling of Re-takes
- display ongoing score / Display Ongoing Score
- grades
- about / Grades
- viewing / Viewing Grades
- categorizing / Categorizing Grades
- categories, creating / Creating and Viewing Categories
- categories, viewing / Creating and Viewing Categories
- extra credit, using / Using Extra Credit
- grading, on curve / Grading on a Curve
- weights, using / When to Use Curve and When to Use Weight
- weight / Weight
- ungraded activities, hiding / Hide Ungraded Activities
- bonus points / Giving Bonus Points
- set grade letters tab / Points, Percents, and Letter Grades
- grade settings, forum activity
- grading strategy, workshop fields
- not graded / Not Graded
- accumulative / Accumulative
- error banded / Error Banded
- error banded questions / Making Best Use of Error Banded Questions
- rubric / Criterion and Rubric
I
- initial page, wiki activity
- steps, for creating wikis start page / Choose Initial Page
- text file, creating / Create a Text File for the Wiki's Home Page
- additional text files, creating / If Desired, Create Additional Text Files for Additional Starting Pages
- text files, uploading / Upload Text Files to the Course
- wiki, creating / Create the Wiki
- text files, selecting / While Creating the Wiki, Select the Text Files for the Initial Pages
- wiki, testing / Test the Wiki As a Student
- installation, Moodle
- web server / Installation Step 1—The Web Server
- hosting service, web server / How Much Hosting Service Do You Need?
- disk space, web server / Disk Space
- bandwidth, web server / Bandwidth
- memory, web server / Memory
- prerequisites, web server / What You Should Do Now
- subdomain / Installation Step 2—Subdomain or Subdirectory?
- prerequisites, subdomain / What You Should Do Now
- Moodle, downloading / Installation Step 3—Getting and Unpacking Moodle
- quick way / The Quick Way—Upload and Unzip, Upload and Decompress the Zip File on the Server
- long way / The Long Way—Decompress the Zip File Locally and Upload Files
- Moodle data directory / Installation Step 4—The Moodle Data Directory
- Moodle database, creating / Installation Step 5—Creating the Moodle Database and User, Creating the Database
- Moodle database, creating phpMyadmin used / Creating the Database
- prerequisites, Moodle database / What You Should Do Now
- installer script / Installation Step 6—The Installer Script
- configuration settings, installer script / Configuration Settings and config.php
- config.php, installer script / Configuration Settings and config.php
- database tables, installer script / Database Tables
- install.php running, installer script / Step 6a—Run install.php
- PHP settings, installer script / Step 6b—Checking PHP Settings
- web address, installer script / Step 6c—Specify the Web Address and Directories
- database settings, installer script / Step 6d—Specify Database Settings
- database tables by install.php, installer script / Step 6e—Database Tables Created by install.php
- prerequisites, installer script / What You Should Do Now
- internal enrolment, enrolment settings
- flat file / Flat File
- flat file format / The File
- student ID number, flat file / Student ID Number Required
- course ID, flat file / Course ID Required
- role, flat file / Role, Summary
- IMS enterprise file / IMS Enterprise File
- LDAP / LDAP
- external database / External Database
- PayPal / PayPal
- Authorize.net / Authorize.net
- Moodle Networking / Moodle Networking
L
- label
- about / Label
- language
- language files / Language Files
- language settings / Language Settings
- security settings / Security Settings
- filters settings / Filters
- language settings
- default language settings / Default Language and Display Language Menu
- display language menu / Languages on Language Menu and Cache Language Menulanguage settingsdisplay language menu
- language on language menu / Languages on Language Menu and Cache Language Menulanguage settingsdisplay language menu
- sitewide locale / Excel Encodinglanguage settingssitewide locale
- Excel files / Excel Encodinglanguage settingssitewide locale
- course content, in multiple languages / Offering Courses in Multiple Languages
- additional languages, installing / Installing Additional Languages
- lesson activity
- about / Lesson, What Is a Lesson?
- lesson page / What Is a Lesson?
- question page / What Is a Lesson?
- remedial page / What Is a Lesson?
- lesson settings / Lesson Settings
- first question page, adding / Adding the First Question Page
- editing / Editing the Lesson
- branch tables / Branch Tables
- lesson activity, editing
- collapsed option / Collapsed and Expanded
- pages, rearranging / Rearranging Pages
- pages, editing / Editing Pages
- pages, addiing / Adding Pages
- lesson settings
- general settings / General Settings
- grade options / Grade Options
- flow control / Flow Control
- lesson formatting / Lesson Formatting
- access control / Access Control
- web page / Pop-Up to File or Web Page
- other settings / Other Lesson Settings
- link
- using, versus web page / When to Use a Link Versus a Web Page
- LMS
- login page
- customizing / Customizing the Login Page
- login settings, security settings
- usernames, protecting / Protect Usernames
- force login / Force Users to Login
- force users to login profile / Force Users to Login for Profiles
- HTTPS logins / Use HTTPS for Logins
- limit of uploaded file size, setting / Maximum Pploaded File Size
- PHP settings / Maximum Pploaded File Size
- Apache settings / Maximum Pploaded File Size
- limit on the uploaded file size, changing in PHP / Changing the Limit on the Uploaded File Size in PHP
- limit on the uploaded file size, changing in Apache / Changing the Limit on Uploaded File Size in Apache
- logs page
- logs, viewing / Viewing Logs
M
- meta course
- about / Is This a Metacourse?
- modules
- obtaining / Getting Modules
- installing / Installing Modules
- managing / Managing Modules
- Moodle
- steps / Step-By-Step — Using Each Chapter
- installing / Step 2 — Install and Configure Moodle (Chapter 2), Installing Moodle
- site framework, creating / Step 3 — Create the Framework for Your Learning Site (Chapter 3)
- basic course material, adding / Step 4 — Add Basic Course Material (Chapter 4)
- interactive course material, adding / Step 5 — Make Your Courses Interactive (Chapter 5), The Moodle Philosophy
- social course material, adding / Step 6 — Make Your Course Social (Chapter 6), The Moodle Philosophy
- features, addingto frontpage / Step 7 — Create a Welcome for New and Existing Students (Chapter 7)
- tools / Step 8 — Use Teacher's Tools to Deliver and Administer Courses (Chapter 8)
- modules / Step 9 — Extend Moodle (Chapter 9), Add-On Modules
- static course material, adding / The Moodle Philosophy
- course structure / Inside a Course
- editing mode / Editing Mode
- resources / Resources and Activities
- activities / Resources and Activities
- resources, adding / Adding Resources and Activities
- administration block / The Administration Block
- files link / Files
- courses, backing up / Backing Up, Restoring, and Duplicating Courses
- courses, restoring / Backing Up, Restoring, and Duplicating Courses
- courses, duplicating / Backing Up, Restoring, and Duplicating Courses
- site-wide backup / What Gets Backed Up?
- backup directory structure / What Gets Backed Up?
- disaster recovery plan, creating / Create a Disaster Recovery Plan
- course, duplicating with import / Duplicate a Course with Import
- individual course, backing up / Especially for Teachers—Backing Up and Restoring an Individual Course, To Back Up a course
- individual course, restoring / To Restore a Course
- courses, resetting / Resetting Courses, and Continual Improvement
- Moodle architecture
- about / The Moodle Architecture
- Moodle application directory / The Moodle Application Directory
- Moodle data directory / The Moodle Data Directory
- Moodle database / The Moodle Database
- Moodle backup / What Gets Backed Up?
- Moodle database
- backing up / Backing Up the Database
- backing up, phpMyAdmin used / Using phpMyAdmin to Back Up the Database
- Moodle directories
- backing up / Backing Up the Moodle Directories
- Moodle frontpage
- about / The Moodle Front Page
- Anonymous access / Anonymous, Guest, and Registered Access
- Guest access / Anonymous, Guest, and Registered Access
- Registered access / Anonymous, Guest, and Registered Access
- main menu / The Main Menu
- blocks / Blocks
- site description / Site Description
- free courses / Available Courses
- Moodle site
- front page, with Spanish option / Language
- front page, with Romanian option / Language
- login page / First Impression — Login Page, Front Page, or Your Page?
- front page / First Impression — Login Page, Front Page, or Your Page?
- login page, customizing / Customizing the Login Page
- front page, customizing / Customizing the Front Page
- registered access / Security Options Available to YouMoodle siteregistered access
- security options / Security Options Available to YouMoodle siteregistered access
- layout / Look and Feel
- logo, customizing / Custom Logo
- header and footer / Custom Header and Footer
- header, customizing / Customizing the Header
- footer, customizing / Customizing the Footer
- icons, customizing / Custom Icons
- site statistics / Site Statistics
- site statistics, enabling / To Enable Site Statistics
- teacher forum / The Teacher Forum
- automated backup / Automated Backup of Your Site
- backup location, selecting / Choosing a Backup Location
- multimedia
- adding / Adding Multimedia (Audio and Video)
- embedding / Embedding Multimedia, Allowing Non-Trusted Users to Embed Items
- files, uploading / Uploading and Linking to Multimedia Files
- large files, uploading / Workaround for Uploading Large Files
Q
- question categories, quiz activity
- new category, adding / To Add a New Category
- category, editing / To Edit a Category
- question pages, lesson activity
- creating / Creating the Question Pages
- page title / Page Title
- page contents / Page Contents
- answers / Answers
- response / Responses
- jumps / Jumps
- jump, assigning / Create Pages and Then Assign Jumps
- page flow / The Flow of Pages
- questions, quiz activity
- displaying, from bank / Display Questions from the Bank
- moving, between categories / Move Questions between Categories
- new question, creating / Create a Question
- types / Question Types
- feedback. adding / Adding Feedback to Questions and Quizzes
- feedback, for multiple choice question / Feedback for a Multiple-Choice Question
- quiz activity
- about / Quizzes
- quiz settings / Quiz Settings
- editing / Editing a Quiz
- assembling / Assemble the Quiz
- quiz activity, assembling
- maximum grade / Maximum Grade
- page breaks / Page Breaks
- random questions / Random Questions
- naming questions / Naming Questions
- quiz activity, editing
- question categories, editing / Create and Edit Question Categories
- questions, creating / Create and Manage Questions
- questions, managing / Create and Manage Questions
- feedback, for numeric question / Feedback for a Numeric Question
- glossary auto linking, preventing / Preventing Glossary Auto-Linking in Quiz Questions
- open-book quiz, preventing / Preventing an Open-Book Quiz
- quiz settings
- general / General
- timing / Timing
- display / Display
- attempts page / Attempts
- grades / Grades
- student may review control / Students May Review
- security / Security
- security techniques / Techniques for Greater Security
- common module settings / Common Module Settingsquiz settingscommon module settings
- overall feedback / Overall Feedback
R
- reports page
- about / The Reports Page
- activity reports, viewing / Viewing Activity Reports
- roles
- about / Roles, Roles
- terminology / Terminology
- built-in roles / Moodle's Built-In Roles
- assigning / Assigning a Role
- assigning to someone at site level / To Assign a Role to Someone at the Site Level
- assigning to someone within course category / To Assign a Role to Someone Within a Course Category
- assigning to someone within course / To Assign a Role to Someone Within a Course (That Is, Enroll a Student or Assign a Teacher)
- capabilities, editing / Editing a Role's Capabilities, To Edit a Role's Capabilities
- recommendations / Recommendations for Working with Roles
S
- scales
- seperate and connected ways of knowing / Using Scales for Feedback, Rating, and Grading
- numeric / Using Scales for Feedback, Rating, and Grading
- applying, to activity / Applying a Scale to an Activity
- custom scales, establishing / Establishing Custom Scales
- SCORM
- about / SCORM/AICC
- security settings
- open to Google / Open to Google
- open to Google, disadvantages / Open to Google
- login settings / Login Settings
- settings, chat activity
- name / Name
- introduction text / Introduction Text
- repeat sessions / Next Chat Time and Repeat Sessions
- save past sessions / Save Past Sessions and Everyone Can View Past Sessions
- chat security / Chat Security
- Site Administration menu
- options / The Site Administration Menu
- accessing / Accessing the Site Administration Menu
- site configuration
- Site Administration menu / The Site Administration Menu
- authentication settings / Authentication
- enrolment settings / Enrolment Choices
- language / Language
- front page, configuring / Configuring the Front Page
- backup settings / Backup
- cron job, setting up / Set Up the Cron Job
- social course activities
- standard block
- network server / Network Server
- standard blocks
- activities / Activities
- administration block / Administration
- turn editing off/on, administration block / Turn Editing Off/On
- settings, administration block / Settings
- assign roles, administration block / Assign roles
- grades, administration block / Grades
- restore course, administration block / Backup and Restore
- import, administration block / Import and Reset
- reset, administration block / Import and Reset
- blog menu / Blog Menu
- blog tags / Blog Tags
- calendar / Calendar
- course summary / Course/Site Description
- courses categories / Courses Categories
- HTML block / HTML, Latest Newsstandard blocksHTML block
- latest news block / Latest Newsstandard blocksHTML block
- login block / Login
- login block, advantages / Login
- main menu block / Main Menu
- mentees / Mentees
- messages block / Messages
- online users block / Online Users
- people block / People
- quiz results block / Quiz Results
- random glossary entry block / Random Glossary Entry
- recent activity block / Recent Activity
- remote RSS feeds block / Remote RSS Feeds
- search block / Search Forums
- topics block / Section Links
- section links / Section Links
- upcoming events block / Upcoming Events
- static course material
- adding / What Kinds of Static Course Material Can Be Added?
- resource summary / The Resource Summary
- link / Link
- directory / Directory
- label / Label
- multimedia / Adding Multimedia (Audio and Video)
- strings, Moodle site
- customizing / Custom Strings
- survey activity
- about / Survey
- creating / Creating a Survey
- types / Survey Types
- types, using / When to Use the Different Types of Surveys
- survey types
- COLLES / COLLES
- ATTLS / ATTLS
- critical incidents survey / Critical Incidents
T
- teacher’s point of view, choice activity
- number of choices / Number of Choices
- limit / Limit
- time limit / Time Limit
- publish results / Publish Results
- privacy / Privacy
- allow choice to be updated / Allow Students to Change Their Minds
- terminology, roles
- role / Role
- context / Context
- capability, context / Capability
- permission, context / Permission
- text page
- about / Text Page
- format, choosing / Choosing a Format for a Text Page
- windows settings / Window Settings
- themes, Moodle site
- selecting / Themes—Customize Colors and Styles
W
- web page
- about / Web Page
- advantages, using HTML view / Advantages of Using HTML View When Editing Web Pages
- HTML editor, composing in / Composing in an HTML Editor and Uploading to Moodle
- uploading, to Moodle / Composing in an HTML Editor and Uploading to Moodle
- HTML code / Learn More about HTML
- wiki activity
- about / Wiki
- group mode / Using Wiki Type and Group Mode to Determine Who Can Edit a Wiki
- HTML mode / Wiki Markup Versus HTML Mode
- binary files, uploading / Enabling the Uploading of Binary Files
- CamelCase / When to Use CamelCase Linking
- student admin options / Student Admin Options
- page name field / Page Name
- initial page / Choose Initial Page
- windows settings, text page
- pages, opening in new window / When to Open Pages in a New Window
- workshop activity
- about / Workshop
- strategies / Workshop Strategies
- creating / Creating a Workshop
- workshop fields
- about / Workshop Fields
- title / Title and Description
- grade for submission / Grade for Assessments and Grade for Submission
- grading strategy / Grading Strategy
- number of grade bands / Allow Resubmissionsworkshop fieldsnumber of grade bands
- allow resubmissions / Allow Resubmissionsworkshop fieldsnumber of grade bands
- number of assessments of examples from teacher / Number of Assessments of Examples from Teacher
- comparison of assessments / Comparison of Assessments
- number of assessments of student submissions / Number of Assessments of Student Submissions
- weight for teacher assessments / Weight for Teacher Assessments
- over location / Over Allocation
- self assessment / Self Assessment
- assessments must be agreed / Assessments Must Be Agreed
- high grades before agreement / Hide Grades Before Agreement
- league table of submitted work / League Table of Submitted Work
- hide names from students / Hide Names from Students
- use password / Use Password and Password
- maximum upload size / Maximum Size
- start and end of submissions/assessments / Start and End of Submissions/Assessments
- release teacher grades / Release Teacher Grades
- group mode / Group Mode
- visible / Visible
- workshop strategies
- peer assessment of assignments / Peer Assessment of Assignments
- timings of submissions and assessments / Timing of Submissions and Assessments