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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

Students comment on the usefulness of a resource


Andy, our teacher in the How To Be Happy course, has added several resources he feels the students might appreciate. Some are links to websites; others are downloadable resources. He would like the students to have a simple, one click way to let him know how useful the materials are to help him improve the course for future students.

An example is a PowerPoint he has added on Top Ten Tips for a Good Night's Sleep. When he uploaded it, in the editing screen, he set the Display option to Embed, as shown in the following screenshot:

Once saved, this shows the link to the PowerPoint on its own page on the course with the possibility to add a Comments block:

When he then clicks the configuration (hand/pen) icon, Andy gets the positioning options for this particular block. He chooses to have it showing only on this page where the link to the PowerPoint appears:

When a student such as Emma accesses this resource, she can now offer a comment as to its...