"Moodle Course Conversion: Beginner's Guide" by Ian Wild, will help taking existing classes online quickly. This book shows you the quickest way to start using Moodle and e-learning, by bringing your existing lesson materials into Moodle. You can move your existing course notes, worksheets, and resources into Moodle quickly and then improve your course, taking advantage of multimedia and collaboration. It requires no prior knowledge of Moodle; but even experienced Moodlers will find this useful for converting 'paper' resources and face-to-face lessons into Moodle. 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.
To read an exclusive chapter from this book, please visit: http://www.packtpub.com/files/moodle-course-conversion-beginner-guide-sample-chapter-5-moodle-makeover.pdf
Schools, colleges, and universities all over the world are installing Moodle, but many educators aren't 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 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.
It 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.
It 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. One can even learn plenty of shortcuts to speed up the process. This book is for teachers, tutors, and lecturers who already have a large body of teaching material and want to use Moodle to enhance their courses, rather than developing brand new ones.
To read more about the book, you can visit: http://www.packtpub.com/moodle-course-conversion/book
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