Moodle E-Learning course development : a complete guide to create and develop engaging e-learning courses with Moodle / William Rice.
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.
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| Other title: | Complete guide to create and develop engaging e-learning courses with Moodle. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Birmingham, UK :
Packt Publishing,
2015.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: | Community experience distilled.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: A Guided Tour of Moodle; A plan to create your learning site; Step-by-step instructions to use Moodle; Step 1
- learn about the Moodle experience; Step 2
- install Moodle; Step 3
- configure your site; Step 4
- create the framework for your learning site; Step 5
- make decisions about common settings; Step 6
- add basic course material; Step 7
- make your courses interactive; Step 8
- evaluate your students; Step 9
- make your course social.
- Step 10
- add collaborative activitiesStep 11
- manage and extend your courses; Step 12
- take the pulse of your course; The Moodle philosophy; The Moodle experience; The Moodle front page; Arriving at the site; Anonymous, guest, and registered access; The main menu; Blocks; The site description; Available courses; Inside a course; Navigation bar; Blocks; The navigation block; Sections; Joining a discussion; Completing a workshop; Editing mode; Normal mode versus editing mode; The edit icon; The delete icon; The hidden/shown icons; The group icons; Resources and activities.
- Adding resources and activitiesThe administration menu; The Moodle architecture; The Moodle application directory; The Moodle data directory; The Moodle database; Summary; Chapter 2: Installing Moodle; Installation step 1
- the web server; How much hosting service do you need?; Disk space; Bandwidth; Memory; Ensuring minimum prerequisites; Installation step 2
- subdomain or subdirectory?; Installation step 3
- getting and unpacking Moodle; Choosing a Moodle version; The quick way
- upload and unzip; Uploading and decompressing the zip file on the server.
- The long way
- decompress the zip file locally and upload filesInstallation step 4
- the Moodle data directory; Installation step 5
- creating the Moodle database and user; Creating the database; Creating the database user; Installation step 6
- the installer script; Configuration settings and config.php; Database tables; Step 6a
- run install.php; Step 6b
- specify the web address and directories; Step 6c
- specify database settings; Step 6d
- copyright; Step 6e
- check server; Step 6f
- database tables created by install.php; Installation step 7
- create the administrative user.
- Installation step 8
- front page settingsInstallation step 9
- success; Summary; Chapter 3: Configuring Your Site; Preparing to experiment; Creating test accounts; Installing several browsers; Exploring the site administration menu; Configuring authentication methods; Manual accounts and no login methods; Enabling e-mail-based self-registration; Authenticating against an external source; Granting access to courses with enrollment choices; Name; Instances/enrolments; Enable; Up/down; Settings; Manual enrollments; Guest access; Self enrolment; Cohort sync; Creating a cohort.