Book Review - Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion
As a Moodle champion, I am often asked if there are book recommendations I would make to those teachers just starting out with Moodle. I did this in the past, but with so many institutions upgrading to Moodle 2.+, there were just enough differences between 1.9 & 2.0 that those previous resources were creating confusion for the new Moodle user. Finally I have a resource that I can recommend to the new Moodle users I am working with: Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion by Ian Wild This book does a great job of introducing the brand new Moodler (person using Moodle) to the features and functionality available to them on a Moodle server. It uses easy to understand examples, and incorporates hands-on practice exercises for the user to perform in his/her own Moodle course throughout. Ian does a great job of incorporating tips and cautionary words for those pieces that might trip up the new user. For example, after walking the user through uploading a file he inclu...