Resources: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:33, 27 November 2018

A resource is an item that a teacher can use to support learning, such as a file or link. Moodle supports a range of resource types which teachers can add to their courses. In edit mode, a teacher can add resources via the 'Add an activity or resource' link. Resources appear as a single link with an icon in front of it that represents the type of resource.

Administrators can decide whether or not to force teachers to add descriptions for each resource by enabling or disabling a site-wide setting in Administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings.

Book - Multi-page resources with a book-like format. Teachers can export their Books as IMS CP (admin must allow teacher role to export IMS)
File - A picture, a pdf document, a spreadsheet, a sound file, a video file
Folder - For helping organize files and one folder may contain other folders
IMS content package - Add static material from other sources in the standard IMS content package format
Label - Can be a few displayed words or an image used to separate resources and activities in a topic section, or can be a lengthy description or instructions
Page - The student sees a single, scrollable screen that a teacher creates with the robust HTML editor
URL - You can send the student to any place they can reach on their web browser, for example Wikipedia

Managing resources in several languages

The restriction by language availability condition additional plugin makes it easy to show an English resource only to English users and an activity in French only to French speaking students. See this forum thread for an example.

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-{{Resources}}
+{{Managing a Moodle course}}
+A resource is an item that a teacher can use to support learning, such as a file or link.  Moodle supports a range of resource types which teachers can add to their courses. In edit mode, a teacher can add resources via the 'Add an activity or resource' link.
+Resources appear as a single link with an icon in front of it that represents the type of resource.
-Moodle supports a range of different resource link types that teachers can add to their course sections.
+Administrators can decide whether or not to force teachers to add descriptions for each resource by enabling or disabling a site-wide setting in ''Administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings''.
-==Resource dropdown picture==
+*[[Book module|Book]] - Multi-page resources with a book-like format. '' Teachers can export their Books as IMS CP'' (admin must allow teacher role to export IMS)
-The picture below is course section showing the resource dropdown menu and calls attention to the text page<br>
+*[[File resource|File]] - A picture, a pdf document, a spreadsheet, a sound file, a video file
-[[Image:Text_page_1.png]]
+*[[Folder]] - For helping organize files and one folder may contain other folders
+*[[IMS content package]] - Add static material from other sources in the  standard IMS content package format
+*[[Label]] - Can be a few displayed words or an image used to separate resources and activities in a topic section, or can be a lengthy description or instructions
+*[[Page]] - The student sees a single, scrollable screen that a teacher creates with the robust HTML editor
+*[[URL resource|URL]] - You can send the student to any place they can reach on their web browser, for example Wikipedia
-==Creating a text page==
+==Managing resources in several languages==
-A [[Text page|text page]] resource is a simple page written using plain text.  Text pages aren't pretty, but they're a good place to put some information or instructions.
+The [https://moodle.org/plugins/availability_language restriction by language ] availability condition additional plugin makes it easy to show an English resource only to English users and an activity in French only to French speaking students. See [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=345816 this forum thread] for an example.
+==See also==
-Here's how to add a text page resource:
+*[[Resources FAQ]]
-*From the course main page, click the '''Add a resource...''' pull-down menu within the topic you wish to add a text page.
+[[Category:Resource]]
-*You'll be taken to a page labeled "Adding a new Resource to topic x."
+[[de:Arbeitsmaterialien]]
+[[es:Recursos]]
-*You must type a Name for the text page. This is what your students will click on, so have it make some sense.
+[[eu:Baliabideak]]
+[[fr:Ressources]]
-*You can add a Summary, but you don't have to.
+[[it:Risorse]]
-*Type your text in the Full text box. You also paste text from MS Word or any other location.
-*Choose whether you want this resource to open in the same window or a new one. If you choose New Window, you can choose what attributes the new window will have. Make sure you allow the window to be resized and scrolled, otherwise your students might not be able to read the bottom of the page!
-*Once you've made your choices, click on the '''save Changes''' button. You will be see a preview of what your new resource looks like.
-A number of formatting types are available to help turn your plain text into nice-looking web pages. [[Formatting options|More about these text formats]]
-==Creating a web page==
-This sort of resource makes it easy to develop a complete single [[Web_page|web page]] within Moodle, especially when you are using Moodle's WYSIWYG HTML editor.
-The page is stored in the database, not as a file, and you have a lot of freedom to do almost anything you like using HTML, including Javascript.
-==Linking to a file or web site==
-This resource type allows you to [[File_or_website_link|link to any web page or other file]] on the public web. It also allows you to link to any web page or other file that is in the course file area. Since Moodle is web based application, it is possible to link to other specific pages in an activity or to another activity in a different course.
-Normal web pages are simply displayed as they are, while multimedia files are dealt with more intelligently and may be embedded within a web page. For example, MP3 files will be displayed using a built-in streaming player, as will movie files, flash animations and so on.
-There are many options for displaying your content in popup windows, framed windows and so on.
-In particular, if your resource is a web application or other type of content able to accept parameters, you can choose to send information to your resource such as the user's name, their email, the course they are currently in, and so on.
-==Displaying a directory==
-The [[Directory|directory resource]] can display a whole directory (and its subdirectories) from your course files area. Students can then browse and view all those files.
-== Deploy IMS Content==
-This resource type allows you add [[IMS_content_package|IMS content packages]] to your course by a zipped file. There are various options for displaying content in a popup window, with a navigation menu or buttons etc.
-==Inserting a label==
-A [[Label|label]] is a way to add text to the content area of your course. Labels can be used to give a quick instruction or for telling users what to click on next. Usually labels should be short and to the point. Don't put in course content...use web pages or text pages for that.
-== See also ==
-*[http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch3_content.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 3: Creating and Managing Content]
-[[Category:Teacher]]

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Resources: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:33, 27 November 2018

Managing resources in several languages

See also