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Moodle E-Learning Course Development - Third Edition: RAW

Moodle E-Learning Course Development - Third Edition: RAW

By : William Rice, Susan Smith Nash
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Moodle E-Learning Course Development - Third Edition: RAW

Moodle E-Learning Course Development - Third Edition: RAW

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By: William Rice, Susan Smith Nash

Overview of this book

This book is for anyone who wants to get the best out of Moodle. Experienced Moodle users will find powerful insights into developing successful educational courses.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
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1. A Guided Tour of Moodle
1. A Guided Tour of Moodle
A plan to create your learning site
Step-by-step instructions to use Moodle
The Moodle experience
The Moodle architecture
Summary
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2. Installing Moodle
2. Installing Moodle
Installation step 1 – the web server
Installation step 2 – subdomain or subdirectory?
Installation step 3 – getting and unpacking Moodle
Installation step 4 – the Moodle data directory
Installation step 5 – creating the Moodle database and user
Installation step 6 – the installer script
Installation step 7 – create the administrative user
Installation step 8 – front page settings
Installation step 9 – success
Summary
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3. Configuring Your Site
3. Configuring Your Site
Preparing to experiment
Exploring the site administration menu
Summary
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4. Creating Categories and Courses
4. Creating Categories and Courses
Using course categories and the user experience
Creating courses
Enrolling teachers and students
Handling course requests
Summary
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5. Resources, Activities, and Conditional Access
5. Resources, Activities, and Conditional Access
Settings that are common to all resources and activities
Adding a resource or activity
Entering the name and description
Showing and hiding a resource or an activity
Setting the availability of a resource or an activity
Rearrange/move items on the course home page
Summary
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6. Adding Resources
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6. Adding Resources
Adding different kinds of resources
Adding URLs
Adding pages
Adding files for your students to download
Adding Media – Video and audio
Organize your course
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7. Adding Assignments, Lessons, Feedback, and Choices
7. Adding Assignments, Lessons, Feedback, and Choices
Definitions
Understanding assignments
Lesson
Feedback
Choices
Summary
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8. Evaluating Students with Quizzes
8. Evaluating Students with Quizzes
Question banks
Summary
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9. Getting Social with Chats and Forums
9. Getting Social with Chats and Forums
The chat module
Creating and running forums
Summary
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10. Collaborating with Wikis and Glossaries
10. Collaborating with Wikis and Glossaries
Glossary
Wiki
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11. Running a Workshop
11. Running a Workshop
Workshop strategies
The four phases
Summary
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12. Groups and Cohorts
12. Groups and Cohorts
Groups versus cohorts
Cohorts
Managing students with groups
Summary
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13. Extending Your Course by Adding Blocks
13. Extending Your Course by Adding Blocks
Configuring where a block appears
Standard blocks
Summary
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14. Features for Teachers
14. Features for Teachers
Logs and reports
Summary
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Index
Index

Chapter 6. Adding Resources

Resources are course materials that students read but don't interact with, such as presentations, graphics, and PDFs. This chapter teaches you how to add those resources to a course, and how to make the best use of them.

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