PacktLib: Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development

About the Author

About the Reviewers

Who is This Book for?

A Plan for Creating Your Learning Site

Step-By-Step — Using Each Chapter

The Moodle Philosophy

The Moodle Experience

The Moodle Architecture

Installing and Configuring Moodle

Go Ahead, Experiment

Using This Chapter

Installing Moodle

Configuring Your Site

Go Ahead, Experiment!

The Site Administration Menu

Enrolment Choices

Configuring the Front Page

Set Up the Cron Job

Creating Categories and Courses

Using Course Categories and the User Experience

Creating Courses

Manually Enrolling Teachers and Students

Adding Static Course Material

What Kinds of Static Course Material Can Be Added?

Adding Multimedia (Audio and Video)

Adding Interactive Course Material

Adding Social Course Material

Welcoming Your Students

First Impression — Login Page, Front Page, or Your Page?

Customizing the Login Page

Customizing the Front Page

Combining Anonymous, Guest, and Registered Access

Features for Teachers

Reports and Logs

Using Scales for Feedback, Rating, and Grading

The Teacher Forum

Extending and Administering Moodle