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Moodle 4 E-Learning Course Development - Fifth Edition

By : Susan Smith Nash
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Moodle 4 E-Learning Course Development - Fifth Edition

By: Susan Smith Nash

Overview of this book

Moodle 4.0 maintains its flexible, powerful, and easy-to-use platform while adding impressive new features to enhance the user experience for student success. This updated edition addresses the opportunities that come with a major update in Moodle 4.0. You'll learn how to determine the best way to use the Moodle platform’s new features and configure your courses to align with your overall goals, vision, and even accreditation review needs. You’ll discover how to plan an effective course with the best mix of resources and engaging assessments that really show what the learner has accomplished, and also keep them engaged and interested. This book will show you how to ensure that your students enjoy their collaborations and truly learn from each other. You'll get a handle on generating reports and monitoring exactly how the courses are going and what to do to get them back on track. While doing this, you can use Moodle 4.0’s new navigation features to help keep students from getting “lost.” Finally, you'll be able to incorporate functionality boosters and accommodate the changing needs and goals of our evolving world. By the end of this Moodle book, you'll be able to build and deploy your educational program to align with learning objectives and include an entire array of course content.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting started
5
Part 2: Implementing The Curriculum
14
Part 3: Power Tools for Teachers and Administrators

The map – CDD

We've mentioned planning and mapping the course. Now, we will go into more detail. If you are working in schools, it is likely that you are already required to develop a plan and follow the format established in your school. However, if you are in charge of corporate training, you may not be required to produce planning documents. Nevertheless, it is an excellent idea, especially if you require your employees to complete training in order to comply with regulations.

Let's return to the concept of a map for your course. This is known as the Course Design Document (CDD). It is also often called the Instructional Design Document. It is a document that contains the basic organization, structure, formatting, and style elements to make sure that all the units are uniform and consistent. It also incorporates the instructional strategy, which will describe when and where to incorporate activities and items intended to engage the learner, connect to course...