Self-paced independent study means that your students are working on their own and that they will not have any direct interaction with an instructor or other students. Thus, there are a number of elements in Moodle that you will not need to include in your course website. For example, you will not need a forum and activities that require grading by an instructor.
At the same time, if students are working on their own, you may need to include self-help elements. You'll definitely need tools, such as a progress tracker, to help students know where they stand in the course, and you'll need to make sure that your instructional material, activities, and assessments tie together very clearly. You can build in activities such as low-stakes self-grading quizzes that keep students engaged and motivated. Keeping students motivated is critical because...