From the Back Cover

This unique book gives you more than just a guide to the Moodle software; it uses Moodle as a route to better teaching, more motivated students, and more successful courses.

What you will learn from this book

Once you read this book, you will:

• Understand what Moodle can do, how it compares to other e-learning packages, and how it can support your teaching strategies
• Install the Moodle software on your own computer or a server, and understand your way around it
• Know how to create different kinds of courses. Moodle can support courses where the group works through the classes with a shared schedule, or where individual students work through at their own pace, or courses where students are free to explore the different topics in their own time. This book will show you how.
• Understand all of Moodle's learning features. Moodle provides features for managing course content, interactive resources, and social activities such as forums and wikis. This book explains what each of these features are, how they work, and most importantly how and when to use them effectively.
• Manage students – so that you can ensure that the right students are going to the right classes; allow students to enroll themselves, or invite students to join a course. You can even set up commercial courses where students pay to sign