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Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development

You're reading from   Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development Create highly engaging and interactive e-learning courses with Moodle 3

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
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ISBN-13 9781788472197
Length 432 pages
Edition 4th Edition
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William Rice William Rice
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Susan Smith Nash Susan Smith Nash
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Preface 1. A Guided Tour of Moodle 2. Installing Moodle FREE CHAPTER 3. Configuring Your Site 4. Creating Categories and Courses 5. Resources, Activities, and Conditional Access 6. Adding Resources 7. Adding Assignments, Lessons, Feedback, and Choices 8. Evaluating Students with Quizzes 9. Getting Social with Chats and Forums 10. Collaborating with Wikis and Glossaries 11. Running a Workshop 12. Groups and Cohorts 13. Extending Your Course by Adding Blocks 14. Features for Teachers 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Entering the name and description


For every resource or activity that you add, you must enter a name and description. You will also choose if and when the description is displayed. As these fields are common to every resource or activity that you add, let's cover them under the respective sections.

To give a name and description for a resource or an activity, do the following:

  1. Enter a name in the Name block:

When you are done with editing and saving the resource or activity, this name will appear as a link on the course page, as seen in the following screenshot:

The name will also appear as a link on the navigation menu of the course. It is usually in the left or right column:

  1. Enter a description in the Description block:

The item's description can appear on the course home page and also when the item appears in a list of resources for your course:

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