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| Introduction |
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Learn about the Moodle Experience (Chapter 1) |
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Install and Configure Moodle (Chapter 2) |
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Create the Framework for Your Learning Site (Chapter 3) |
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Add Basic Course Material (Chapter 4) |
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Make Your Courses Interactive (Chapter 5) |
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Make Your Course Social (Chapter 6) |
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Create a Welcome for New and Existing Students (Chapter 7) |
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Use Teacher's Tools to Deliver and Administer Courses (Chapter 8) |
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Extend Moodle (Chapter 9) |
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Anonymous, Guest, and Registered Access |
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Assessing Other Students' Work |
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Normal Versus Editing Mode |
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Adding Resources and Activities |
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The Moodle Data Directory |
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Installing and Configuring Moodle |
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How Much Hosting Service Do You Need? |
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Subdomain or Subdirectory? |
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Getting and Unpacking Moodle |
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The Quick Way---Upload and Unzip |
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The Long Way---Decompress the Zip File Locally and Upload Files |
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The Moodle Data Directory |
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Creating the Moodle Database and User |
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Creating the Database User |
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Configuration Settings and config.php |
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Specify the Web Address and Directories |
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Specify Database Settings |
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Database Tables Created by install.php |
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The Site Administration Menu |
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Accessing the Site Administration Menu |
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Authenticating Against an External Database or Server |
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Manual Accounts and No Login Methods |
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66 | (5) |
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78 | (2) |
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Default Language and Display Language Menu |
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Languages on Language Menu and Cache Language Menu |
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Offering Courses in Multiple Languages |
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Installing Additional Languages |
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85 | (4) |
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Configuring the Front Page |
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94 | (1) |
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Creating Categories and Courses |
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Using Course Categories and the User Experience |
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Creating Course Categories |
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Organizing Course Categories |
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Putting a Course into Several Categories |
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108 | (18) |
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Show Grades and Show Activity Reports |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Enrolment Expiry Notification |
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123 | (1) |
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Roles (Words for Teacher and Student) |
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Manually Enrolling Teachers and Students |
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126 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (5) |
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151 | (2) |
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Adding Static Course Material |
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What Kinds of Static Course Material Can Be Added? |
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155 | (3) |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (5) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (2) |
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Linking to Uploaded Files |
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161 | (1) |
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When to Use Uploaded Files |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (4) |
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Choosing a Format for a Text Page |
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163 | (1) |
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Moodle Auto-Format---for Quick, Limited Formatting |
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164 | (1) |
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HTML Format---for HTML Pages Composed Offline |
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164 | (1) |
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Plain Text Format---for Program Listings |
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165 | (1) |
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Markdown Format---Intuitive, Fast Formatting |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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When to Open Pages in a New Window |
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167 | (4) |
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Advantages of Using HTML View When Editing Web Pages |
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168 | (2) |
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Composing in an HTML Editor and Uploading to Moodle |
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170 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (2) |
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When to Use a Link Versus a Web Page |
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171 | (2) |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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Adding Multimedia (Audio and Video) |
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177 | (2) |
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Allowing Non-Trusted Users to Embed Items |
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179 | (1) |
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Uploading and Linking to Multimedia Files |
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179 | (1) |
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Workaround for Uploading Large Files |
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180 | (2) |
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182 | (1) |
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Adding Interactive Course Material |
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184 | (8) |
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185 | (1) |
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Advanced Uploading of Files |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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Printer-Friendly Directions |
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Make It Clear That Assignments Are Mandatory |
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Pop-Up to File or Web Page |
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Adding the First Question Page |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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Creating the Question Pages |
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Create Pages and Then Assign Jumps |
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Question Pages without Questions |
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210 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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Create and Edit Question Categories |
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Create and Manage Questions |
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Feedback for a Numeric Question |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (2) |
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Preventing Glossary Auto-Linking in Quiz Questions |
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235 | (1) |
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Preventing an Open-Book Quiz |
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When to Use the Different Types of Surveys |
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240 | (1) |
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Allow Students to Change Their Minds |
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243 | (1) |
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Adding Social Course Material |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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Next Chat Time and Repeat Sessions |
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247 | (1) |
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Save Past Sessions and Everyone Can View Past Sessions |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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Using a Forum to Send Mass Emails |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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Post Threshold For Blocking Settings |
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255 | (1) |
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Global Versus Local Glossary |
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258 | (1) |
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Main and Secondary Glossaries |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Using Wiki Type and Group Mode to Determine Who Can Edit a Wiki |
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260 | (1) |
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Wiki Markup Versus HTML Mode |
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261 | (1) |
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Enabling the Uploading of Binary Files |
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261 | (1) |
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When to Use CamelCase Linking |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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Create a Text File for the Wiki's Home Page |
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If Desired, Create Additional Text Files for Additional Starting Pages |
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Upload Text Files to the Course |
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While Creating the Wiki, Select the Text Files for the Initial Pages |
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Test the Wiki As a Student |
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267 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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Peer Assessment of Assignments |
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269 | (1) |
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Timing of Submissions and Assessments |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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Grade for Assessments and Grade for Submission |
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Number of Comments, Assessment Elements, Grade Bands, Criterion Statements, or Categories in Rubric |
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273 | (1) |
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Number of Assessments of Examples from Teacher |
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Comparison of Assessments |
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Number of Assessments of Student Submissions |
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275 | (1) |
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Weight for Teacher Assessments |
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275 | (1) |
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275 | (1) |
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Assessments Must Be Agreed |
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Hide Grades Before Agreement |
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League Table of Submitted Work |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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Start and End of Submissions/Assessments |
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277 | (1) |
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277 | (1) |
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First Impression---Login Page, Front Page, or Your Page? |
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279 | (2) |
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Customizing the Login Page |
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281 | (1) |
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Customizing the Front Page |
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282 | (12) |
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283 | (1) |
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284 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (2) |
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Combining Anonymous, Guest, and Registered Access |
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294 | (1) |
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Security Options Available to You |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (7) |
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Themes---Customize Colors and Styles |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (1) |
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306 | (2) |
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To Enable Site Statistics |
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Using Scales for Feedback, Rating, and Grading |
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Applying a Scale to an Activity |
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310 | (1) |
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Establishing Custom Scales |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (9) |
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312 | (2) |
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Creating and Viewing Categories |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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When to Use Curve and When to Use Weight |
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Compensate for a Difficult or Easy Category by Weighting Grades |
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318 | (1) |
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318 | (1) |
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Dropping the Lowest Scores in a Category |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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Points, Percents, and Letter Grades |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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322 | (1) |
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Extending and Administering Moodle |
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323 | (30) |
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323 | (17) |
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323 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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Backing Up, Restoring, and Duplicating Courses |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (3) |
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Automated Backup of Your Site |
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329 | (2) |
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Choosing a Backup Location |
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331 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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Using phpMyAdmin to Back Up the Database |
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331 | (3) |
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Backing Up the Moodle Directories |
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334 | (1) |
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Create a Disaster Recovery Plan |
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335 | (1) |
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Duplicate a Course with Import |
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335 | (1) |
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Especially for Teachers---Backing Up and Restoring an Individual Course |
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336 | (1) |
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336 | (2) |
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338 | (1) |
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Resetting Courses, and Continual Improvement |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (11) |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (3) |
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343 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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To Assign a Role to Someone at the Site Level |
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344 | (1) |
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To Assign a Role to Someone Within a Course Category |
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345 | (1) |
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To Assign a Role to Someone Within a Course (That Is, Enroll a Student or Assign a Teacher) |
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346 | (2) |
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Editing a Role's Capabilities |
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348 | (1) |
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To Edit a Role's Capabilities |
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348 | (3) |
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Recommendations for Working with Roles |
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351 | (1) |
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351 | (2) |
| Index |
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