Chapter 2. Building the Foundation—Creating Categories and Courses

Now that you have explored the basics of Moodle, developed a concept of how it is designed and most often used, and walked through the installation process and initial customization process, it is time to work on further building Moodle into a CIMS. The C in CIMS stands for curriculum and the fundamental unit within curriculum, as I will use it in this chapter, is the course.

This chapter will explain and demonstrate how to create and organize the courses offered in your curriculum, within Moodle. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• The creation of course categories

• Creation of teacher accounts

• Installing and using the bulk course creation tool