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http://moodle.janaksodha.com
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- Quick Start : If you have a login name and password for a course on a Moodle server, then you need only watch videos 2, 3, 4 and 5 to learn enough to create your own course.
- Link to this free resource using http://moodle.janaksodha.com
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| 1 | Download and Install your own personal Moodle server
(a) How to download and install Moodle for your computer (desktop or laptop) running the windows XP operating system from the web-site www.moodle.org. You will then be the administrator on your own personal moodle server running on your computer i.e. you can create new courses, new users, etc. A chance to have lots of fun moodling!
(b) How to create a new course.
(c) How to create a new user and assign this user to a given course.
(d) Tour of the new course home page and available administrative features that will be covered in later videos.
(e) Download and install a new Moodle theme (i.e. change look and feel)
If you do not wish to install a moodle server on your computer, then skip to the next video (#2), which assumes you have a username and login password for an existing moodle course.
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| 2 | Course Configuration: "Settings" Administration
How to login to your course and begin by setting the course name, description, and controlling the student and guest login access to your course. Numerous other configurations for your course are all within this "settings" administration link on your course home page.
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| 3 | Upload Files and Create Links: "Files" Administration
How to explore your web-space on the Moodle server, create folders and sub-folders, and how to upload a single or multiple files. Finally, how to create links on your course home-page to the files within your moodle web-space.
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| 4 | Move a Link
How to move a link (or anything else) on your course home-page to a different location.
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| 5 | Labels
How to create a topic label and also create your own label(s), which can be placed anywhere on your home-page.
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| 6 | Course Backup
How to backup your course, view the location of where the backup has been stored and finally, download it to your computer.
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| 7 | Course Restore
How to restore your course using a backup that is within your web-space.
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| 8 | Additional Videos
Other videos based on feedback.
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