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Moodle 2.0 First Look

Moodle 2.0 First Look

By : Mary Cooch
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Moodle 2.0 First Look

Moodle 2.0 First Look

4.3 (7)
By: Mary Cooch

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 (10 chapters)
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Summary

In this chapter, we've investigated the way text and files are handled in Moodle 2.0

  • We've seen that there is a new text (HTML editor) based on the popular TinyMCE editor, and we have looked at how it differs from the HTML editor in previous versions of Moodle
  • We've seen how the opportunities to embed multimedia are greater and simpler with this new editor
  • We have taken a look at how to upload files and where they are stored, contrasting the system with that of Moodle 1.9
  • We've also discovered that Moodle 2.0 offers the possibility of sourcing and displaying content from other sites such as Flickr or Picasa
  • We've investigated the opportunity to use the Private files option for personal storage
  • We ended our journey into the text and files domain by considering the potential given to our users by the Portfolio API which allows users to push selected pieces of work directly to other sites such as Mahara or Google Docs

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