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Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788472197

Length 432 pages

Edition 4th Edition

Tools

Moodle

Concepts

Learning Management System

Authors (2):

William Rice

Susan Smith Nash

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

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

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Adding different kinds of resources

The following table lists the types of resources that are available in Moodle. Resources are added from the Add an activity or resource drop-down menu. Using this menu, you can add these resources:

Resources	Description
	A `Book` is a series of web pages, organized into chapters. A `Book` can consist of one or more chapters. This is a good option for presenting a series of web pages that you want the student to read in order. It keeps things neat and clean so that your students do not have to wade around in a chaotic jumble of content.
	Moodle can serve a single `File` to your student. If Moodle's built-in media player can play the `File`, you can configure it to automatically embed. Alternatively, you can configure the `File` so that it downloads to the student's computer and lets the student's computer determine how to open and display it. You can place `File` instances within the folder of a chapter, which makes it easy for the student to know which resources correspond...

Resources

Description

A Book is a series of web pages, organized into chapters. A Book can consist of one or more chapters. This is a good option for presenting a series of web pages that you want the student to read in order. It keeps things neat and clean so that your students do not have to wade around in a chaotic jumble of content.

Moodle can serve a single File to your student. If Moodle's built-in media player can play the File, you can configure it to automatically embed. Alternatively, you can configure the File so that it downloads to the student's computer and lets the student's computer determine how to open and display it. You can place File instances within the folder of a chapter, which makes it easy for the student to know which resources correspond...