Author: Silvina Paola Hillar Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd ISBN: 178646814X Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 294
Book Description
Build customized themes to make your Moodle courses engaging and interactive About This Book Leverage the power of Moodle 3 to create interactive and engaging themes for your courses Experience and integrate the power of Bootstrap and CSS into your Moodle app Implement your plans with illustrative examples to become a top notch designer Who This Book Is For If you are a Moodle administrator, developer, or designer and wish to enhance your Moodle site to make it visually attractive, then this book is for you. You should be familiar with web design techniques such as HTML and further experience with CSS would be helpful. What You Will Learn Plan a personalized Moodle theme from start to finish Install a Moodle theme in different operating systems and change Moodle's theme settings Add your own customized logo and test your changes in several web browsers Customize the Moodle site to fit in with other elements such as websites and social networks, among others Create a design mock-up using graphics software Design themes that are capable of working with a huge number of different resolutions, screen sizes, screen orientations, and pixel densities Work with code to adjust the theme to users requirements Create new custom icons for your theme In Detail Theming is one of the main features of Moodle, and it can be used to customize your online courses and make them look exactly how you want them to,according to your target audience. If you have been looking for a book that will help you develop Moodle themes that you are proud of, and that your students will enjoy, then this is the book for you. We start off by introducing Moodle 3 and explaining what it is, how it works, and what tools you might need to create a stunning Moodle theme. We then show you how to choose and change the pre-installed Moodle themes in detailed steps, and explain what Moodle themes are and how they work. Next, we show you how to change an existing theme and test the changes that you have made. You can not only plan the customization of theme, but also tailor it using advanced Moodle theming processes; this book is your one-stop guide to creating your own personalized Moodle 3 theme. Style and approach This book acts as a comprehensive guide which helps you to create visually stunning and responsive themes to add that extra edge to your Moodle apps.
Author: Susan Smith Nash Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
"An easy-to-follow video tutorial to help you design your own Moodle themes; taking the e-learning experience to the next level. If you develop e-learning tutorials in Moodle and wish to create a course which is embossed with your brand, this video tutorial is just right for you. It will provide you with the means to develop a Moodle theme that has the advanced functionalities to make your course unique. Just do your basic homework in HTML and CSS, and you are good to go."--Resource description page.
Author: Silvina P. Hillar Publisher: ISBN: 9781786463210 Category : Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
Build customized themes to make your Moodle courses engaging and interactiveAbout This Book* Leverage the power of Moodle 3 to create interactive and engaging themes for your courses* Experience and integrate the power of Bootstrap and CSS into your Moodle app* Implement your plans with illustrative examples to become a top notch designerWho This Book Is ForIf you are a Moodle administrator, developer, or designer and wish to enhance your Moodle site to make it visually attractive, then this book is for you. You should be familiar with the basics of PHP programming, and some familiarity with web design techniques such as HTML and CSS would be helpful.What you will learn* Plan a Moodle theme from scratch* Install a Moodle theme in different OS and change Moodle's theme settings* Add your own customized logo and test your changes in several web browsers* Customize the Moodle site to fit in with other elements of your website* Create a design mock-up using graphics software* Slice and dice your design mock-up and create your graphic elements* Create themes that you can share with the Moodle communityIn DetailTheming is one of the main features of Moodle, and it can be used to customize your online courses and make them look exactly how you want them to. If you have been looking for a book that will help you develop Moodle Themes that you are proud of, and that your students would enjoy, then this is the book for you.We start off by introducing Moodle 3, explaining what it is, how it works, and what tools you might need to create a stunning Moodle theme. We then show you how to choose and change pre-installed Moodle theme in detailed steps, and explain what Moodle themes are and how they work. Next we show you how to change an existing theme and test the changes that you have made.From planning theme creation through to slicing and dicing and more advanced Moodle theming processes, this book is your one-stop guide to creating your own Moodle 3 theme.
Author: Vincent Flanders Publisher: Sybex ISBN: 9780782140200 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 295
Book Description
Humorously describes ways to design, build, and maintain effective Web sites, including criticism of Web sites the authors feel are poorly designed.
Author: Susan Smith Nash Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1789349605 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 155
Book Description
Fast-paced guide for designing effective Moodle courses; experiment with Moodle’s features for free using MoodleCloud Key Features Apply principles of instructional design to create great Moodle learning experiences Enhance collaboration and spur creativity with Moodle Bring together instructional materials, social interaction, and student management functions in your courses Book Description Moodle is a leading virtual learning environment for your online course. This book incorporates the principles of instructional design, showing you how to apply them to your Moodle courses. With this guidance, you will develop and deploy better courses, content, and assessments than ever. This book will guide you as you learn how to build and incorporate many different types of course materials and dynamic activities. You will learn how to improve the structure and presentation of resources, activities, and assessments. All this will help you to create better for self-led courses, instructor-led courses, and courses for collaborative groups. The use of multimedia features to enhance your Moodle courses is also explained in this book. Our goal is to encourage creativity, and the free MoodleCloud hosting option is an ideal place for teachers, students, trainers, and administrators to jump in and play with all the new features, which include powerful new plug-ins, new resources, and activities. Moodle can be your sandbox as well as your castle of learning! With this book, you will build learning experiences that will last your learners’ lifetimes. What you will learn Build a course structure that fits your goals Design a unique appearance Manage the resources and activities Tips for better organization of your course content Select and set up assessments Include effective instructional strategies Incorporate competency frameworks Run and archive webinars Motivate learners by incorporating badges Explore MoodleCloud Who this book is for If you create courses with Moodle, this book is for you. It can be used by teachers, instructors, training managers, Moodle administrators, instructional technologists, instructional designers, and e-learning entrepreneurs. Prior experience with Moodle will be helpful.
Author: Jason Hollowell Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1849513236 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 447
Book Description
Use Moodle to manage and organize your administrative duties, monitor attendance records, manage student enrolment, record exam results, and much more.
Author: Radana Dvorak Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118086511 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 438
Book Description
The fun and friendly guide to the world's most popular online learning management system Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, also known as Moodle, is an online learning management system that creates opportunities for rich interaction between educators and their audience. However, the market has been lacking a simple, easy-to-understand guide that covers all the essentials of Moodle?until now. Using straightforward language and an entertaining tone to decipher the intricate world of Moodle, this book provides you with the resources you need to take advantage of all the eLearning and eTraining possibilities that Moodle offers. Offers a hands-on approach to learning Moodle, the revolutionary online learning management system Uses simple language peppered with good humor to break down the complexities of Moodle into easily digested pieces of information Caters to the specific needs of teachers and business trainers by providing the resources they need Moodle For Dummies provides you with the tools you need to acquire a solid understanding of Moodle and start implementing it in your courses.
Author: Alex Büchner Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1783289724 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 492
Book Description
An administrator's guide to configuring, securing, customizing, and extending Moodle About This Book Learn how to plan, install, optimize, customize, and configure Moodle Guarantee a cutting-edge learning experience in a secure and customizable environment while optimizing your day-to-day workload A one-stop guide with a problem-solution approach and a wide range of real-world examples Who This Book Is For If you are a technician, systems administrator, or part of academic staff, this is the book for you. This book is ideal for anyone who has to administer a Moodle system. Whether you are dealing with a small-scale local Moodle system or a large-scale multi-site Virtual Learning Environment, this book will assist you with any administrative task. Some basic Moodle knowledge is helpful, but not essential. What You Will Learn Install and update Moodle on multiple platforms manually and via CLI and GIT Manage courses and categories, users and cohorts, as well as roles Get Moodle hooked up to repositories, portfolios, and open badges Configure Moodle for mobile usage, accessibility, localization, communication, and collaboration Guarantee backups, security and privacy, and achieve maximum performance via the Moodle Universal Cache and the new cron system Configure the Moodle events system to generate comprehensive reports, statistics, and learning analytics Network Moodle with Mahara and extend it with third-party add-ons and via LTI Customize Moodle web services to enable mobile learning and integration with other IT systems In Detail Moodle is the de facto standard for open source learning platforms. However, setting up and managing a learning environment can be a complex task since it covers a wide range of technical, organizational, and pedagogical topics. This ranges from basic user and course management, to configuring plugins and design elements, all the way to system settings, performance optimization, events frameworks, and so on. This book concentrates on basic tasks such as how to set up and configure Moodle and how to perform day-to-day administration activities, and progresses on to more advanced topics that show you how to customize and extend Moodle, manage courses, cohorts, and users, and how to work with roles and capabilities. You'll learn to configure Moodle plugins and ensure your VLE conforms to pedagogical and technical requirements in your organization. You'll then learn how to integrate the VLE via web services and network it with other sites, including Mahara, and extend your system via plugins and LTI. By the end of this book, you will be able to set up an efficient, fully fledged, and secure Moodle system. Style and approach The book takes a problem-solution approach to fall in line with your day-to-day operations. This is a one-stop reference for any task you will ever come across when administering a Moodle site of any shape and size.
Author: Susan Nash Publisher: ISBN: 9781783286812 Category : Computer-assisted instruction Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is an easy-to-follow guide with a hands-on approach that will help you learn the best practices for designing attractive and highly interactive courses with the help of Moodle. This book can be used by training managers, teachers, instructors, Moodle network specialists, instructional designers, and e-learning entrepreneurs. If you are involved in online, cloud-based education, training, or professional development, this is the book for you. No prior experience with Moodle is required, though it would be helpful to understand the basics of using HTML and also working with different m.
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