Publisher: Packt Publishing; 2nd New edition (November 17, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1849514828
ISBN-13: 978-1849514828
eBook Description:
A complete guide to successful learning using Moodle 2.0 with Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion: Beginner’s Guide, 2nd Edition
Move your existing course notes, worksheets, and resources into Moodle quickly
No need to start from scratch! This book shows you the quickest way to start using Moodle and e-learning, by bringing your existing lesson materials into Moodle
Demonstrates quick ways to improve your course, taking advantage of multimedia and collaboration
Requires no prior knowledge of Moodle, even experienced Moodlers will find this useful for converting ‘paper’ resources and face-to-face lessons into Moodle
This book shows how to bring your existing notes, worksheets, resources and lesson plans into Moodle quickly and easily. Instead of exploring every feature of Moodle, the book focuses on getting you started immediately you will be turning your existing materials into Moodle courses right from the start.
The book begins by showing how to turn your teaching schedule into a Moodle course, with the correct number of topics and weeks. You will then see how to convert your resources documents, slideshows, and worksheets, into Moodle. You will learn how to format them in a way that means students will be able to read them, and along the way plenty of shortcuts to speed up the process.
An administrator’s guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle with Moodle 2 Administration
A complete guide for planning, installing, optimizing, customizing, and configuring Moodle
Learn how to network and extend Moodle for your needs and integrate with other systems
A complete reference of all Moodle system settings
Moodle 2 Administration
Moodle has evolved from an academic project to the world’s most popular virtual learning environment. During this evolution, its complexity has risen dramatically and so have the skills that are required to administer the system.
Moodle 2 Administration is a complete, practical guide to administering Moodle sites. It covers how to set up Moodle in any learning environment, configuration and day-to-day admin tasks, as well as advanced options for customizing and extending Moodle.
The author, who has been administering systems for over 20 years, has adopted a problem-solution approach to bring the content in line with your day-to-day operations. The practical examples will help you to set up Moodle for large groups and small courses alike.
Use Moodle to create quizzes, puzzles, and games to enhance the learning ability of your students with Moodle 2 for Teaching 4-9 Year Olds Beginner’s Guide
A beginner’s guide with lots of practical examples
Learn how to create a wealth of exciting activities to make teaching and learning fun
Minimize the stress of lesson planning with lots of exercises that can be used again and again
Written to Moodle 2, the examples in this book can also be used in previous versions of Moodle
Moodle 2 for Teaching 4-9 Year Olds Beginner’s Guide
Moodle is a virtual learning environment that is being used in more and more schools worldwide. It is ideal for teaching a younger age group as interactive lessons enable children to learn quicker and with greater ease.
Moodle 2 for Teaching 4-9 Year Olds Beginner’s Guide will help you to adapt your existing lesson plans to online Moodle courses and will give you ideas to create new activities, quizzes, and puzzles to make the learning process fun and interactive for young children.
Taking existing classes online quickly with the Moodle LMS
No need to start from scratch! This book shows you the quickest way to start using Moodle and e-learning, by bringing your existing lesson materials into Moodle.
Move your existing course notes, worksheets, and resources into Moodle quickly then improve your course, taking advantage of multimedia and collaboration.
Moving marking online no more backbreaking boxes of assignments to lug to and from school or college.
Requires no prior knowledge of Moodle; but even experienced Moodlers will find this useful for converting ‘paper’ resources and face-to-face lessons into Moodle.
Moodle Course Conversion: Beginner’s Guide
This book shows how to bring your existing notes, worksheets, resources, and lesson plans into Moodle quickly and easily. Instead of exploring every feature of Moodle, the book focuses on getting you started immediately you will be turning your existing materials into Moodle courses right from the start.
The book begins by showing how to turn your teaching schedule into a Moodle course, with the correct number of topics and weeks. You will then see how to convert your resources documents, slideshows, and worksheets, into Moodle. You will learn how to format them in a way that means students will be able to read them and along the way you will learn plenty of shortcuts to speed up the process.
This book and eBook is a complete guide to successful learning and e-learning using Moodle
The new book and ebook edition of the best selling introduction to using Moodle for teaching and e-learning, updated for Moodle 2.0
Straightforward coverage of installing and using the Moodle system, suitable for newcomers as well as existing Moodle users who want to get a few tips
A unique course-based approach focuses your attention on designing well-structured, interactive, and successful courses
Configure site settings, set up the front page, create user accounts, and create courses
In Detail
Enhance your teaching with the Moodle 2.0 E-Learning Course Development book and eBook
Moodle is the leading Open Source e learning management system. Using Moodle, teachers and professors can easily construct richly textured web-based courses. A course can consist of a number of lessons, with each lesson including reading materials; activities such as quizzes, tests, surveys, and projects; and social elements that encourage interaction and group work between students.
Create a History course in Moodle packed with lessons and activities to make learning and teaching History interactive and fun
Follow the creation of a history course that includes activities for all age groups, with subjects ranging from the medieval times up to the fall of the Third Reich
Make your students ‘ homework more exciting by enabling them to watch videos of historical documentaries, participate in group discussions, and complete quizzes from home
Save time by transforming your existing lesson plans into interactive courses
Monitor your students’ progress using the Gradebook
In Detail
Moodle is an open source virtual learning environment that is coming to be used in more and more schools worldwide. History and Moodle complement each other perfectly in terms of content and delivery. This book will show you how to set up tasks and activities that will enable your students to forge a greater understanding of complex issues, bringing History into the 21st century.
History Teaching with Moodle 2 presents new and exciting ideas for the delivery of History content making use of tried-and-trusted methods of teaching the subject. By following a sample course, you will find it easy to transform your existing lesson plans into a Moodle course that will become even more efficient, attractive, and useful over time.
Add images, videos, music, and much more to make your Moodle course interactive and fun
Learn how to add photographs, videos, animations, and much more to make your Moodle course even more interactive
Embed 2D or 3D maps, interactive or static charts, resources, assets, videos, bitmaps, and photographs into Moodle courses
Learn how to design and work with podcasts, audio assets, sound, music, and screencasts and integrate them into Moodle
Part of Packt’s Cookbook series, which is ideal if you want to follow clear recipes to quickly add effects to your course without the need for extra reading
In Detail
Moodle is an open source virtual learning environment that is widely used in schools and businesses. By including multimedia, such as animated graphics, bitmaps, photographs, and videos in your Moodle site, you can enhance the enjoyment of your site’s users and sustain their attention.
Moodle 2.0 Multimedia Cookbook provides a plethora of recipes showing you how to manage, link, and embed different multimedia resources into your Moodle course – ideal if you don’t have the time to read a long tutorial and want quick ways to enhance your Moodle course.
Implement Moodle in your business to streamline your interview, training, and internal communication processes
The first book that shows how to use Moodle in a corporate environment
Practical examples allow you to set up Moodle in your business with ease
Well-known companies that have implemented Moodle for staff training share their experiences in the form of case studies
Use Moodle for recruitment, training, group activities, and much more
In Detail
Many people will recognize Moodle as a Virtual Learning Environment that can be used in schools to teach lessons and organize student information. Fewer people will realize that Moodle can be used in businesses to dispense training, share important documents, and encourage teamwork.
Moodle 2.0 for Business Beginner’s Guide will show you how to set up Moodle in your corporation. By introducing a system within your company that will allow for a centralized, accessible repository of knowledge, staff training will become a lot more streamlined, and the retention of skills will improve, leading to huge productivity benefits.
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