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How to use Moodle 2.7

Teacher’s Manual for the world’s most popular LMS

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Moodle 2.7 is the LTS version of the most popular open source learning management system supported by a large community at www.moodle.org

This book is a reference manual for the teachers to start teaching with Moodle.

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Jaswinder Singh

Dawn Alderson

Preface
- What is Moodle
- Who Is This Book For?
- Prerequisites—What Do You Need Before You Start?
- How to Use This Book
  - Happy Moodling!!!
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
- What is a Learning Management System?
  - Why Should You Use a LMS?
- What Makes Moodle Special?
- Summary
Chapter 2: How can I use Moodle
- What is a Learning Environment?
- Course Design Patterns
  - Introductory Survey Course
  - Skills Development Course
  - Theory/Discussion Course
  - Capstone Course
- Summary
Chapter 3: Moodle Basics
- Getting Started
  - The Moodle Interface
  - Languages
  - Moodle’s Help System and Documentation
- Creating an Account
  - Editing Your User Profile
- A First Look at a Course
  - Course Formats
  - Course Settings
  - Enrolling Students in the course
  - Editing Mode (“Turn Editing On” Button)
  - Adding content to the course:
- Summary
Chapter 4: Managing Content in Moodle
- Adding Content to Moodle
  - Adding a Label
  - Composing a Page
  - Adding URL to the course
  - Creating a folder resource
  - Creating a file resource
  - Adding an IMS content package
  - Adding a book resource
  - To add Multilanguage content
  - Adding Media files to your course
- Managing and updating your content
  - Creating an alias/shortcut
  - Tracking Versions
- Effective Content Practices
  - File Formats
  - Reducing file sizes
    - Strategy 1: Save your PowerPoint presentations as PDF
    - Strategy 2: Scan articles as text, not images
    - Strategy 3: Reduce your image size and use compression
  - Creative Content
    - Uploading lecture notes
    - External web sites
- Summary
Chapter 5: Managing Your Class
- Understanding and Using Roles:
- Moodle’s Default roles description
- Assigning Roles in Your Course:
- Removing Students
- Temporarily Suspending a User Account
- Managing Enrollment Methods for your course
- Capabilities and Permissions
- Override Permissions
  - Locations for overriding permissions
  - Overriding permission in activity
- Student Groups
  - Group levels
  - Why use groups?
  - Creating a group
  - Auto-create groups
- Backup and Restore
  - Backing up a course
  - Automated course backup
  - Restore a course
  - Creative uses
- Reports
- Summary
Chapter 6: Using Moodle Text Editors
- Moodle Text Editors
  - Atto HTML editor
  - Equation editor
  - Plugins for Atto
- TinyMCE Editor
  - Plugins for TinyMCE
- File Picker
  - Getting files from the file picker
  - Viewing your files in the file picker
- File Repositories
  - Standard repositories:
- Summary
Chapter 7: Chat, Messaging and forums
- Chat
  - Why use chat?
  - Why NOT use chat?
  - Creating Chat
  - Using Chats
  - Chat Reports
  - Effective Chat Practices
  - Creative Chat Practices
    - Online office hours
    - Group chats
    - Last-minute exam preparation
- Messaging
  - Instant messaging
  - Sending messages
  - To send a message to selected course participants
  - Managing contacts
  - Message history
  - Effective Messaging Practices
  - Creative Messaging Practices
    - Tutorial support
    - Encouraging participation
- Forums
  - Creating a Forum
  - Using Forums
  - Searching Forums
  - Managing Forums
    - Managing expectations
    - Behavior issues
  - Archiving forums
    - Quarantining a forum post
  - Forum Capabilities
  - Effective Forum Practices
    - Starting the discussion
    - Encouraging participation
  - Grading forums
  - Creative Forum Uses
    - Peer assessment
    - Q & A forums for problem solving
    - Interviews
    - Debates
    - Role-playing and storytelling
    - Frequently asked questions
    - Reading study groups
    - Social forum
- Summary
Chapter 8: Quizzes and Question Bank
- Quiz Uses
- Standard Question Types
- Creative Quiz Strategies
- How to Create a Quiz
  - Creating the Quiz Body
- Building Quiz
- Question Bank
  - Select a category
  - To add a category
  - Adding questions
  - Creating a new question
    - Calculated Questions
      - Adding/deleting your own values:
    - Calculated Multichoice
    - Calculated Simple
    - Description
    - Embedded Answers (Cloze)
    - Essay
    - Matching
    - Multiple Choice
      - Single Answer Questions-
      - Multiple Answer Questions-
    - Numerical
    - Random short-answer matching
    - Short Answer
    - True/False Question
  - Importing Questions
  - Exporting Questions
  - Adding Questions to a Quiz
  - Random questions
- Managing Quizzes
  - Grades report
  - Responses report
  - Statistics report
  - Manual grading report
- Quiz Capabilities
- Effective Quiz Practices
  - Creative Quiz Uses
    - Chapter checks
    - Test Practice
    - Data gathering
    - Progressive testing
- Quiz Security and Cheating
  - Printing and sharing questions
  - Using the textbook
  - Working with friends
  - Have someone else take the test
- Summary
Chapter 9: Assignments
- Assignment Types:
- Adding an Assignment activity
- Assignment capabilities
  - Managing Assignment Submissions
  - Grading Assignment Submissions
    - Filtering submissions
    - Quick grading
- Effective assignment practices
- Creative Assignment Practices
- Summary
Chapter 10: Workshop
- Workshop phases
  - Setup phase
  - Submission phase
  - Assessment phase
  - Grading evaluation phase
  - Closed
- Adding a new workshop activity
- Using Workshop Activity
  - Setup Phase
  - Submission phase
  - Assessment phase
  - Grading evaluation phase
    - Comparison of assessments
    - Workshop toolbox
  - Closed Phase
- Grading a Workshop Activity
  - Grade for submission:
  - Grade for assessment:
- Workshop Capabilities
- Summary
Chapter 11: Glossaries
- Creative Glossary Uses
- Creating Glossaries
- Using Glossary
  - Adding Entries
  - Search options
- Glossary Categories
- Autolinking
- Importing and Exporting
- Commenting on Entries
- Printing a glossary
- Glossary Capabilities
- Effective Glossary Practices
  - Glossary Basics
  - Creative Glossary Strategies
    - Collaborative glossaries
    - Mini-projects
    - Collaborative quiz questions
    - Credit for word use
- Summary
Chapter 12: Lesson
- Creating a Lesson Activity
- Building Lesson
- Planning your lesson
- Adding content and questions to your lesson
  - Import questions
  - Add a content page
    - Title
    - Page contents
    - Content
    - Format
    - Number of options available
    - The Jump
  - Add a cluster
  - Add a question page
  - Question types:
    - Multichoice
    - Essay
    - Matching
    - Numerical
    - Short answer
    - True/false
- Moving your lesson forward
- Ending your lesson
- Managing Lessons
- Lesson capabilities
- Effective Lesson Practices
  - Branching Quizzes
  - Flash Cards
- Creative Lesson uses
  - Self-directed learning of a new topic
  - Allow for different learning styles
  - Role play simulations/Decision-making exercises
  - Interactive fiction
  - Differentiated revision guides
- Summary
Chapter 13: Wikis
- Creating Wikis
- Creating first page of your wiki
- Editing Wiki activity
- Wiki capabilities
- Effective Wiki practices
  - Wiki basics
- Creative wiki practices
  - Group lecture notes
  - Group Project management
  - Idea Generation
  - Contribute to other wikis
  - Collaborative story-telling
- Summary
Chapter 14: Blogs
- Using Blogs
  - Adding a blog entry
  - Viewing Blog Entries
- Blog visibility
- Blog preferences
- Blog Tags
  - Blog Tags block
- Blog Capabilities
- Effective Blog Practices
- Blogging etiquette’s for students:
- Creative Blog Practices
  - Group work with tags
  - One-minute responses
- Summary
Chapter 15: Database
- Creating Database
- Adding a database
- Building Database
  - Creating Fields
- Editing Templates
- Add template
  - Single template
  - List template
  - RSS template
  - CSS template
  - JavaScript template
- Managing Databases
  - Quality Data
  - Rating
- Database Presets
  - Creating a new preset
  - Importing a preset
  - Exporting a preset
  - Using an Existing Preset
- Database activity capabilities
- Effective database practice
- Creative Database Practices
- Summary
Chapter 16: Surveys, Choices and Feedback
- Surveys
  - Creating Surveys:
  - Administering Surveys
  - Survey Capabilities
- Choice Activity
  - Creating Choices
  - Administering Choices
  - Choice Capabilities
- Feedback
  - Why use Feedback
    - Sign up!
    - Anti-bullying surveys
    - Making choices
    - IT Skills audit
    - Use of Moodle!
  - Creating Feedback
  - Building Feedback
    - Position
    - Required
    - Question Types
    - Dependence item and Dependence value
  - Managing Feedback:
    - - Overview
    - Edit questions
    - Template
    - Analysis
    - Show responses
    - Show non-respondents
  - Feedback Templates:
    - Use a template
    - Save these questions as a new template
    - Delete Template
    - Export Questions
    - Import Questions
  - Feedback Capabilities:
- Summary
Chapter 17: SCORM & External Tool (LTI)
- SCORM Packages
  - Adding SCORM Activity
  - Using SCORM Activity
  - SCORM Capabilities
- External Tools (LTI)
  - Adding a new external tool
  - Why use an external tool?
  - External Tool Capabilities:
- List of LTI Apps
- Summary
Chapter 18: Grades and Scales
- Grades Interface
- Editing
  - Highlighting rows and columns
  - Sorting by columns
  - Highlighting scores that are either adequate or unacceptable in red and green
  - Horizontal scrollbar
  - Mouse-over tooltips
  - Hiding columns or individual grades
  - To hide/show columns or individual grades just click
  - Altering the grades
- Set Preferences
- Grade Categories
  - Adding a grade category
  - Grade calculations
    - Setting a grade calculation
    - Assigning ID numbers
    - Calculation functions
  - Grade letters
    - To set your grade letter scale
    - Displaying letter grades
  - Student Grade View
  - Export Grades (Backing up your gradebook)
  - Import Grades
- Scales
  - Creating a new scale
  - Using scales
  - Creative Grade Uses
  - Scale Practices
- Summary
Chapter 19: Moodle Administration
- Notifications
- Registrations
- Advanced Features
- Users
  - Accounts
  - Permissions
- Courses
- Grades
- Badges
- Location
- Language
- Plugins
  - Install Plugin
  - Plugins Overview
  - Activity Modules
  - Admin Tools
  - Authentication
  - Blocks
    - Remote RSS feeds
  - Course Formats
  - Enrolments
  - Filters
  - Licences
  - Local Plugins
  - Logging
  - Message Outputs
  - Question Behaviors
  - Question Type
  - Reports
  - Repositories
  - Text Editors
  - Web Services
- Security
- Appearance
- Front Page:
- Server
- Reports
- Development
- Assignment Upgrade Helper
- Summary
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