Moodle Course Conversion

Download or read book Moodle 2. 0 Course Conversion written by Ian Wild and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Schools, colleges and universities all over the world are installing Moodle, but many educators arent making much use of it. With so many features, it can be a hassle to learn and with teachers under so much pressure day-to-day, they cannot devote much time to recreating all their lessons from scratch.This book provides the quickest way for teachers and trainers to get up and running with Moodle, by turning their familiar teaching materials into a Moodle e-learning course.This book shows how to bring your existing notes, worksheets, resources and lesson plans into Moodle quickly and easily. Instead of exploring every feature of Moodle, the book focuses on getting you started immediately you will be turning your existing materials into Moodle courses right from the start.The book begins by showing how to turn your teaching schedule into a Moodle course, with the correct number of topics and weeks. You will then see how to convert your resources documents, slideshows, and worksheets, into Moodle. You will learn how to format them in a way that means students will be able to read them, and along the way plenty of shortcuts to speed up the process.By the end of Chapter 3, you will already have a Moodle course that contains your learning resources in a presentable way. But the book doesnt end there you will also see how to use Moodle to accept and assess coursework submissions, discuss work with students, and deliver quizzes, tests, and video.Throughout the book, the focus is on getting results fast moving teaching material online so that lessons become more effective for students, and less work for you.