Moodle E-Learning course development
Subtitle: a complete guide to create and develop engaging e-learning courses with Moodle
By: William Rice
Edition: Third edition.
Series: Community experience distilled
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Birmingham, UK
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781782163350; 9781782163343
Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction; Computer programs; COMPUTERS; Programming; Open Source; Moodle
Other titles: Complete guide to create and develop engaging e-learning courses with Moodle
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: learn about the Moodle experience; Step 2; title: install Moodle; Step 3; title: configure your site; Step 4; title: create the framework for your learning site; Step 5; title: make decisions about common settings; Step 6; title: add basic course material; Step 7; title: make your courses interactive; Step 8; title: evaluate your students; Step 9; title: make your course social; title: Step 10; title: add collaborative activitiesStep 11; title: manage and extend your courses; Step 12; title: 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; title: 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; title: the web server; How much hosting service do you need?; Disk space; Bandwidth; Memory; Ensuring minimum prerequisites; Installation step 2; title: subdomain or subdirectory?; Installation step 3; title: getting and unpacking Moodle; Choosing a Moodle version; The quick way; title: upload and unzip; Uploading and decompressing the zip file on the server; title: The long way; title: decompress the zip file locally and upload filesInstallation step 4; title: the Moodle data directory; Installation step 5; title: creating the Moodle database and user; Creating the database; Creating the database user; Installation step 6; title: the installer script; Configuration settings and config.php; Database tables; Step 6a; title: run install.php; Step 6b; title: specify the web address and directories; Step 6c; title: specify database settings; Step 6d; title: copyright; Step 6e; title: check server; Step 6f; title: database tables created by install.php; Installation step 7; title: create the administrative user; title: Installation step 8; title: front page settingsInstallation step 9; title: 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