Moodle 3 E-Learning Course Development: Create highly engaging e-learning courses with Moodle 3, 4th Edition

by Susan Smith Nash, William Rice

A complete guide to course development and delivery using Moodle 3.x Moodle is a popular Learning Management System (LMS) that is easy to install and use, but the challenge can be in developing a learning process which maps objectives to content and assessments. This Moodle book will help you to do just this, leveraging its power and guiding you through building integrated and effective courses in a practical way. This updated edition will show you how to add static learning material, assessments, and social features such as the forum-based instructional strategy, a chat module, and forums to your courses so that students can reach their full learning potential. You'll even learn how to create and integrate third-party plugins and widgets in your Moodle app, implement site permissions and user accounts, and ensure the security of content and test papers. Next, you'll implement PHP scripts that will help you create customized user interfaces (UIs) for your app. Later, you'll understand how to create your first Moodle VR e-learning app using the VR learning experience that Moodle 3 has to offer. Whether you want to support traditional class teaching or lecturing, or provide complete online learning and distance e-learning courses, this book will prove to be a powerful resource as you use Moodle. By the end of this Moodle development book, you will have explored the decisions and design considerations, and learned the techniques involved in developing successful courses. This book is for anyone who wants to get the best out of Moodle and develop useful courses. If you're a beginner, this book will be a helpful guide to understand how the software works and explore great ideas to start creating your first course. Experienced Moodle users will also find powerful insights into developing successful educational courses in this book. Some experience of working with e-learning systems will be beneficial to grasp the concepts covered in the book effectively.

432 pages, Paperback

Published May 30, 2018