Using Moodle book
Using Moodle - Teaching with the Popular Open Source Course Management System by Jason Cole and Helen Foster is published by O'Reilly as part of the Community Press series.
The first edition of the book, written by Jason Cole and released in July 2005, is based on Moodle 1.4. The second edition, released in November 2007, has been updated to cover all the features in Moodle 1.8, such as the new roles and permissions system, blogs, messaging and the database module.
Book download
The first edition of Using Moodle is available for download as PDF. The second edition will be available soon.
- Table of Contents (8 pages)
- Preface (4 pages)
- Chapter 1 Introduction p. 1 (6 pages)
- Chapter 2 Moodle Basics p. 7 (26 pages)
- Chapter 3 Creating and Managing Content p. 33 (18 pages)
- Chapter 4 Using Forums, Chats and Dialogues p. 51 (20 pages)
- Chapter 5 Quizzes p. 71 (24 pages)
- Chapter 6 Workshops p. 95 (20 pages)
- Chapter 7 Assignments and Exercises p. 115 (12 pages)
- Chapter 8 Journals p. 127 (10 pages)
- Chapter 9 Glossaries p. 137 (12 pages)
- Chapter 10 Lessons p. 149 (12 pages)
- Chapter 11 Wikis p. 161 (12 pages)
- Chapter 12 Grades and Scales p. 171 (6 pages)
- Chapter 13 Managing Your Class p. 177 (10 pages)
- Chapter 14 Surveys and Choice p. 187 (6 pages)
- Chapter 15 Putting It All Together (Class Design) p. 193 (8 pages)
- Chapter 16 Server Administration p. 201 (6 pages)
- Index p. 217 (4 pages)
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