Using Moodle: Teaching with the Popular Open Source Course Management System

by Jason Cole, Helen Foster

Using Moodle is a complete, hands-on guide for instructors learning how to use Moodle, the popular course management system (CMS) that enables remote web-based learning and supplements traditional classroom learning. Updated for the latest version, this new edition explains exactly how Moodle works by offering plenty of examples, screenshots and best practices for its many features and plug-in modules.

Moodle gives teachers and trainers a powerful set of web-based tools for a flexible array of activities, including assignments, forums, journals, quizzes, surveys, chat rooms, and workshops. This book is not just a how-to manual. Every chapter includes suggestions and case studies for using Moodle effectively. By itself, Moodle won't make your course better. Only by applying effective educational practices can you truly leverage its power. With this book, you







Using Moodle is both a guide and a reference manual for this incredibly powerful and flexible CMS. Authored by the Moodle community, this authoritative book also exposes little known but powerful hacks for more technically savvy users, and includes coverage of blogs, RSS, databases, and more. For anyone who is using, or thinking of using, this CMS, Using Moodle is required reading.

Genres: Education, Teaching

282 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2005

Reviews

[James]

This is a great desk reference for what moodle is, does, and can do. There is also a"book" app for Android and ipad, but does not seem to work as well as the e-copy for my kindle reader. I keep this on my tablet to use a more detailed and step-by-step tool when using a moodle function I am unfamiliar with. IT is not a very good book to get lesson plans and designs from; for that, I recommend Moodle Teaching Techniques.

[Marc]

A fine tome 'splainin' the free, open source version of expensive the expensive student/course tracker Blackboard

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creating a Moodle course for my Library Science I students so this book has been a great help.

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in preparation for GSLIS's launch of Moodle - all ancient history now!

[Teri Temme · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent overview of Moodle. Step-by-step instructions - older book, but gave me what I needed.