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Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development - Fourth Edition

By : Susan Smith Nash, William Rice
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Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development - Fourth Edition

By: Susan Smith Nash, William Rice

Overview of this book

Moodle is a learning platform or Course Management System (CMS) that is easy to install and use, but the real challenge is in developing a learning process that leverages its power and maps the learning objectives to content and assessments for an integrated and effective course. Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development guides you through meeting that challenge in a practical way. This latest edition will show you how to add static learning material, assessments, and social features such as forum-based instructional strategy, a chat module, and forums to your courses so that students reach their learning potential. Whether you want to support traditional class teaching or lecturing, or provide complete online and distance e-learning courses, this book will prove to be a powerful resource throughout your use of Moodle. You’ll learn how to create and integrate third-party plugins and widgets in your Moodle app, implement site permissions and user accounts, and ensure the security of content and test papers. Further on, you’ll implement PHP scripts that will help you create customized UIs for your app. You’ll also understand how to create your first Moodle VR e-learning app using the latest VR learning experience that Moodle 3 has to offer. By the end of this book, you will have explored the decisions, design considerations, and thought processes that go into developing a successful course.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Preparing to experiment


While this chapter describes the effects of different configuration choices, there is no substitute for experiencing them yourself. Don't be afraid to experiment with different settings.

You can try the following method:

  1. While installing Moodle, you created an account for the site administrator. Now, create test accounts for at least one teacher and three students.
  2. Install three different browsers in your computer; for example, Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer.
  3. In the first browser, log in as an administrator. Use this account to experiment with the settings that you read about here.
  4. In the second browser, go to your site as a teacher. Each time you change a configuration setting, refresh the teacher's browser and observe the change to see how the teacher version of it works.
  5. In the third browser, go to your site as a student. Each time you change a configuration setting, refresh the student's browser and observe how it changes the student's experience.

Instructions...