Moodle 2.0 First Look. Discover what's new in Moodle 2.0, how the new features work, and how it will impact you Tychy

Moodle is currently the world's most popular E-learning platform. The long-awaited second version of Moodle is now available and brings with it greatly improved functionality. If you are planning to upgrade your site to Moodle 2.0 and want to be up-to-date with the latest developments, then this book is for you.This book takes an in-depth look at all of the major new features in Moodle 2.0 and how it differs from previous Moodle versions. It highlights changes to the standard installation and explains the new features with clear screenshots, so you can quickly take full advantage of Moodle 2.0. It also assists you in upgrading your site to Moodle 2.0, and will give you the confidence to make the move up to Moodle 2.0, either as an administrator or a course teacher.With its step-by-step introduction to the new features of Moodle 2.0, this book will leave you confident and keen to get your own courses up and running on Moodle 2.0. It will take you on a journey from basic navigation to advanced administration, looking at the changes in resource management and activity setup along the way. It will show you new ways tutors and students can control the pace of their learning and introduce you to the numerous possibilities for global sharing and collaborating now available in Moodle 2.0 Spis treści: Moodle 2.0 First Look Table of Contents Moodle 2.0 First Look Credits About the Author About the Reviewers Preface What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Errata Piracy Questions 1. Whats New in Moodle 2 Why read this book? Looks cleaner, moves faster A new way of managing your content More places to have your say Existing activities updated and improved Control your students' progress Improved admin How do we get Moodle 2.0? What you need for Moodle 2.0 Installing Moodle 2.0 for the first time Upgrading to Moodle 2.0 Potential problems with upgrading Themes Third party add-ons and custom code Backup and Restore Summary 2. Finding our way around (Navigation and Blocks) Meet the cast Emma Martin Stuart Andy What does Moodle 2.0 look like? What do users who are logged in see? Home/My home Site pages My profile My courses The Settings block Navigating around a course Named topic sections What does a student see? Configuring the navigation block The Navigation bar (breadcrumb trail) The course administration block What admin sees Managing blocks Making a block sticky throughout our Moodle Adding a block to a course category page Adding a block to courses in one category Teachers managing blocks in courses Hiding blocks Moving blocks Summary 3. Editing Text and Managing Files Typing and editing text in Moodle 2.0 Embedding multimedia in the HTML editor Managing files Uploading through the HTML editor Where's our file on the front page? Reusing a file in another course Uploading a file from the Resource menu Where's our file in the course? Follow the path! What about "Course files"? What about FTP? Importing an image from Flickr Using images from other Flickr users Private filespersonal storage space Sending work out of Moodle with the Portfolio API Exporting an assignment Exporting a forum post Summary 4. What's new in Add a Resource New look new wording Adding a file Displaying a file Resource administration Edit settings Locally assigned roles and Permissions Adding a folder Uploading a folder to Moodle Adding an IMS content package Inserting a label So what's new? Other options for our label Page Adding a page URL Adding a link to a website with URL Summary 5. What's new in Add an Activity Spot the difference... What's hiding? What's changed? Making a Moodle 2.0 quiz Where do we go from here? Creating questions for our quiz Click Add a question Add question details Adding more questions Ordering and displaying the quiz questions What does the student see? Making sure our students don't submit before they've answered all the questions The teacher's perspective Making more quizzes Sharing questions between courses Quiz reports Recap on the Quiz Making a Moodle 2.0 Wiki Adding new pages What's new in the tabs View Edit Comments History Map Recap on the wiki What's new in the Workshop The set-up phase Workshop features Grading settings Submission and assessment settings When and who? The submission phase How does the student submit their work? Who assesses what? The assessment phase How do students assess each others' work? What the teacher sees Weighting the assessments The grading evaluation phase Teacher control A glance in the gradebook Where's the League table? Recap on the workshop Downloading assignments A new forum type Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format Neater display of SCORM packages Summary 6. Managing the Learning Path Why would we want to do this? What admin needs to do What the course teacher needs to do Setting up the tasks Setting up the introductory webpage Restricting when students see a resource: 1 No restrictions What does Only available from mean? What does Grade condition mean? What does Activity completion condition mean? What does Add 2 grade/activity conditions to form mean? What does Before activity is available mean? Restricting when students see a resource: 2 Activity completion condition: Require view What does Completion tracking mean? What does Require view mean? What does Expect completed mean? Setting up the forum Grade condition Activity completion condition Before activity is available Restricting when students see a resource: 3 Activity completion condition: Require post Completion tracking Require view Require grade Require posts Require discussions/require replies Expect completed Setting up the quiz Only available from Grade condition Activity completion condition Before activity is available Restricting when students see a resource: 4 Activity completion condition: Require grade Completion tracking Require view Require grade Expect completed Setting a pass or fail grade condition Setting up the Lesson Grade condition Activity completion condition How can students track their progress? The completion tracking options What does a student see? Automatic tracking Manual tracking Differentiating with conditional activities Differentiating with a grade condition Basic Lesson grade conditions Intermediate Lesson grade conditions Differentiating with a forum post Marking a course as "Complete" Overall criteria type aggregation Course prerequisites Manual self completion Manual completion by Activities completed Date Duration after enrolment Grade Unenrolment Course Completion in Practice: Example 1 What does a student see? How can they self-complete? Course Completion in Practice: Example 2 What does a teacher see? What does a student see? Summary 7. Having your say Blogsbefore and after Where's my blog? The Blog Menu block The Recent Blog Entries block Course specific blogs The blog tags block Blog settings Preferences External blogs Register an external blog Admin issues Commenting on blogs Getting a dialog going Deleting comments in a blog Recapthe blog in Moodle 2.0 Using the Comments block Deleting comments on the course page Why comment on the course page? Students comment on the usefulness of a resource Teachers comment in private (1) What admin needs to do What the teacher needs to do Teachers comment in private (2) Moderating grades with a Comments block Students hold a dialogue during a workshop or Wiki Recap the Comments block in Moodle 2.0 Moodle messaging What does admin need to do? Where are my message options? What does admin see? What does a teacher or student see? How do messages display? Giving feedback Why anonymous? Adding a new feedback Giving feedback Summary 8. Admin Issues The navigation block The Settings block Changes in Site administration Notifications/Registrations Community hubs Advanced features Completion tracking Progress tracked roles Enable conditional availability What's new in Users Authentication Bulk User Actions Cohorts Permissions User Policies Site administrators Define roles Assign system roles Check system permissions Capability reports What's new in Courses What's new in Grades What's new in Location What's new in Plugins Activity modules Blocks Authentication Enrolments Manage enrol plugins Text editors License Filters Portfolios Repositories Repository example 1: Flickr Repository example 2: File System an FTP workaround What does a course tutor see? Repository example 3: Webdav another FTP workaround Webservices Question types Local plugins What's new in security IP blocker Site policies What's new in appearance Themes Theme settings Individual theme settings pages Blog Navigation Default MyMoodle page Default profile page Course Contacts Ajax and JavaScript What's new in Front page Front page settings Users Groups Permissions Front page roles Front page filters Front Page backup/restore Where are site files? What's new in server What's new in networking What's new in reports Comments Config changes Question instances Development Experimental Web service test client Purge all caches Moodle network test client Functional database tests Changes in Course administration How to enrol students into a coursethe Users link How to back up a course the Backup link How to restore a coursethe Restore link How to share a coursethe Publish link Repositories Where are the course files? Summary Index O autorze: Mary Cooch has taught Languages and Geography in the UK for over 20 years. She manages several websites, even more Moodles, and runs her own Moodle blog. A Moodle Certified Teacher, she now spends part of her working week travelling the country as a VLE trainer specializing in Moodle. She regularly promotes its benefits in Junior and High schools and has a deep understanding of what works best for younger students. Known online as the moodlefairy, Mary is a frequent contributor to the help forums of Moodle.org where she aims to enthuse others with her passion for this open source Virtual Learning Environment.