Moodle manuals

This page contains some links to manuals, tutorials and other multimedia documentation produced by moodlers all over the world. Please feel free to submit your contribution by adding a link to this page or sending the file to docs@moodle.org.

Teacher manuals

English

Course Creator Reference Manual 1.9 - by Ray Lawrence 264 pages Print £20, Ebook £8.69 excl. VAT
Administrator Reference Manual 1.8 - by Ray Lawrence 69 pages Print £12, Ebook £6.95 excl. VAT
Course Creator Reference Manual 1.9 and Administrator Reference Manual 1.8 - Buy both offer - by Ray Lawrence Ebook only £13.04 excl. VAT
Course Creator Reference Manual 1.8 - by Ray Lawrence 191 pages Print £15, Ebook £8.69 excl. VAT
Course Creator Reference Manual 1.8 and Administrator Reference Manual 1.8 - Buy both offer - by Ray Lawrence Ebook only £13.04 excl. VAT
Moodle 1.4.3 For Teachers and Trainers - by Bryan Williams (PDF, 2.4MB)
Using Your Moodle (1.4.3) by Darren Smith Darren Smith (PDF, 2MB, Published Jan 2005)
Moodle 1.4 Teacher Manual - by Matt Riordan (PDF, 3.5MB)
Moodle 1.5.3 Teacher Manual - Original Documentation by Matt Riordan, updated to version 1.5.3 by Tom Marcais (PDF, 9.1MB)
Moodle Course Conversion: Beginner's Guide - by Ian Wild, Packt Publishing, November 2008, Print 264 pages £24.99, PDF version £16.99
Moodle E-Learning Course Development - by William Rice, Packt Publishing, May 2006, 250 pages, €33.29/$35.99
A Visual Introduction to Moodle - for teachers and page creators - by João Fernandes (PDF, 4MB), 43 pages, Creative Commons Non-Comercial Share Alike 2.5 License
Illustrated on-line Beginner, Student and Teacher manuals for Moodle 1.5.4, 1.6.4, 1.8.3 and 1.9.2 (including some third-party tools and Flash demos as well as a concise Hot Potatoes manual) by Paul Nijbakker, eLearning Centre of Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences.
Moodle Upgrading from 1.5.3 to 1.8, Changes for Teachers - by Tom Marcais (PDF, 3.5MB)
Moodle 1.8 Teacher Manual - by Tom Marcais (based in part on documentation by Matt Riordan) (PDF, 10.6MB)
Moodle Teacher Handbook (Moodle 1.9) - by Renate Jirmann and Ralf Hilgenstock, 163 pages, 30,- € plus mailing expenses, customized versions and online licence available
Using Moodle, Second Edition - by Jason Cole and Helen Foster, 282 pages, $27,99 for the PDF version, each chapter available as a PDF for $3,99 a piece
Teacher's Beginners Guide to Using Moodle - by SchoolAnywhere , 24 pages, FREE for the PDF version

MoodleBites online training - by HRDNZ 8 week teachers course NZ$199 (free introduction to Moodle available)

Other Languages

Moodle 1.9 Manual para professores (Português) - por SFM, Pequenos manuais visuais ou manual completo com 17 MB)
Kostenloses Moodle 1.9 Anwenderhandbuch - in deutscher Sprache (2.6 MB/PDF) und zum Ausdrucken. Erstellt von Kathrin Lind, Florian und Peter Sereinigg im Auftrag von e-LISA academy
Moodle 1.8+ Teacher Manual (Tamil - Sri Lanka) - by Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran ,LAKapps project, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (PDF, 1.54MB)
Moodle 1.8+ Teacher Manual (Sinhala) - by Sulochana Sooriyaarachchi ,LAKapps project, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (PDF, 2.79MB)
Moodle 1.5 Teacher Manual (Dutch) - (PDF, 3MB)
Moodle 1.3 Teacher Manual (Italian) - (PDF, 3.1MB)
Moodle 1.3 Teacher Manual (French) - (PDF, 5MB)
Moodle Teacher Manual (Spanish) - by Enrique Castro Lopez (PDF, 5.4MB)
Moodle 1.5 Teacher Manual (Spanish) - by Jesús Martín (PDF, 5.2MB)
Moodle 1.8 Trainerhandbuch (German) Inhaltsverzeichnis/Content - von Renate Jirmann und Ralf Hilgenstock 30,- € (gedruckt 155 Seiten)
moodle @ work (German) Praxisberichte /Use Cases Inhaltsverzeichnis/Content 12,50 €(gedruckt 150 Seiten)
moodle- Praxisbuch (German) Info - von Fredi Gertsch, Addison&Wesley 540 pages, 44,95 €
Moodle Teacher Manual (Arabic) - by Jamil Itmazi (PDF, 6.4MB) استعمال موودل للمعلمين باللغة العربية من إعداد: د.جميل إطميزي
Uma introdução visual ao Moodle - pa - by João Fernandes ra professores e criadores de páginas (PDF, 4MB), 43 pages, Creative Commons Non-Comercial Share Alike 2.5 License
Moodle 1.6 Teacher Manual (Croatian) - by Ivana Bosnić (PDF, 3MB)
Moodle 1.6 Teacher Manual (Slovenian) - by Alja Sulčič and Viktorija Sulčič, Center for e-learning, Faculty of management Koper, Slovenia (Wiki version, requires free site registration)
Moodle opiskelijan ja opettajan opas 1.5.4 ja 1.6.4 Sanna Saukkoriipi, Kemi-Tornion ammattikorkeakoulun eOppimiskeskus.
German DVD 8 Stunden Anleitungsvideos- von Ralf Hilgenstock
Moodle versión 1.8 Manual de consulta para el profesorado (Spanish) - Jesús Baños Sancho (16.5MB)
Практика электронного обучения с использованием Moodle (Russian) - Андреев А.В., Андреева С.В., Доценко И.Б., ЦДП ТТИ ЮФУ

Administration manuals

Administrator Reference Manual 1.8 - by Ray Lawrence 69 pages Print £12, Ebook £6.95 excl. VAT
Administrator Reference Manual 1.8 and Course Creator Reference Manual 1.9 - Buy both offer - by Ray Lawrence Ebook only £13.04 excl. VAT
Handbuch Installation und Administration (German) Inhaltsverzeichnis/Content - von André Krüger, Urs Hunkler, Ralf Hilgenstock 30,- € (gedruckt 110 Seiten)
Moodle Administrator Manual (Arabic) - by Jamil Itmazi (PDF, 0.3MB) تنزيل موودل باللغة العربية من إعداد: د.جميل إطميزي

Student manuals

Moodle 1.8+ Student Manual (Tamil - Sri Lanka) - by Kengatharaiyer Sarveswaran ,LAKapps project, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (PDF, 700KB)
Moodle 1.8+ Student Manual (Sinhala) - by Sulochana Sooriyaarachchi ,LAKapps project, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (PDF, 2 MB)
Moodle User Manual (Spanish) - by Enrique Castro (PDF, 3.1MB)
Teilnehmerhandbuch (German) Info und Bestellformular - von Ralf Hilgenstock und Renate Jirmann (gedruckt 63 Seiten)
Moodle Student Manual (Arabic) - by Jamil Itmazi (PDF, 3 MB) استعمال موودل للطلاب باللغة العربية من إعداد: د.جميل إطميزي
Illustrated on-line Beginner, Student and Teacher manuals for Moodle 1.5.4, 1.6.4, 1.8.3 and 1.9.2 (including descriptions of some contrib tools) in English and Finnish by Paul Nijbakker and Sanna Saukkoriipi, eLearning Centre of Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences.

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