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Using Moodle 2nd Edition
Using Moodle is a complete, hands-on guide for instructors
learning how to use Moodle, the popular course management
system (CMS) that enables remote web-based learning and
supplements traditional classroom learning. Updated for the
latest version, this new edition explains exactly how Moodle
works by offering plenty of examples,
screenshots and best
practices for its many features and plug-in modules.
Moodle gives teachers and trainers a powerful set of
web-based tools for a flexible array of activities,
including assignments, forums, journals, quizzes, surveys,
chat rooms, and workshops. This book is not just a how-to
manual. Every chapter includes suggestions and case studies
for using Moodle effectively. By itself, Moodle won't make
your course better. Only by applying effective educational
practices can you truly leverage its power. With this book,
you will:
Get a complete overview CMS in general and Moodle in
particular. Review Moodle's basic interface and learn to
start a course.
Learn to add Moodle tools to your course, and how different
tools allow you to give quizzes and assignments, write
journals, create pathed lessons, collaboratively develop
documents, and record student grades.
Discover some of the creative ways teachers have used
Moodle. There are plenty of ideas for effectively using each
tool.
Effectively manage your Moodle course, such as adding and
removing users, and creating user groups. Learn to use
Moodle's built-in survey functions for assessing your class.
Find out how to administer an entire Moodle site. A system
administrator usually handles these functions, but if you're
on your own, there's a lot of power behind the curtain.
Using Moodle is both a guide and a reference manual for this
incredibly powerful and flexible CMS. Authored by the Moodle
community, this authoritative book also exposes little known
but powerful hacks for more technically savvy users, and
includes coverage of blogs, RSS, databases, and more. For
anyone who is using, or thinking of using, this CMS, Using
Moodle is required reading.
CONTENTS:
Introduction
Moodle Basics
Creating and Managing Content
Managing Your Class
Forums, Chats, and Messaging
Quizzes
Assignments
Glossaries
Lessons
Wikis
Blogs
Databases
Grades and Scales
Surveys and Choices
Putting It All Together
Moodle Administration
Index
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