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What makes this a particularly good book is that Jason and Helen don't just describe how* to do things in Moodle, but they also talk about why you might want to use the various features to enhance your teaching, or, more importantly, the students' learning. The original and the best book for teachers wanting to get a handle on how to drive Moodle.
Amazon is an excellent service and the book is helping me understand how to work with Moodle.
Also, pleased with delivery and timing. Very pleased with the book, its content, and usefulness.
Then the chapter gives a short overview and talks about the different features of Lesson. Moodle documentation and on-line forums are great resources but are not designed for the non-user or really new user. The teacher does not need to know much about course management software.
If you are looking for examples of GIFT or XML formats, then this is not the book for you. This book will help a teacher ask or find more information about what they want to do in their course. On the other hand, after reading the Lesson and Quiz chapters, the potential teacher will know that these are a few of the question formats that can be imported into Moodle.
This is an excellent book for a teacher who would like to know a little bit more about Moodle. Plus a few screen shots. It is "Moodle 101 : An Introduction to teaching with Moodle."
This book gives a great overview, with examples, while not getting caught up in the technical details.For example the Lesson module section starts off with non-Moodle classroom story told by Jason. There are a couple of inserts on tips and examples of how a feature could be used.
I recommend it to anyone charged with Moodle-related staff development.Well-done, Fellow Moodlers. Thank you to the authors of Using Moodle. This comprehensive introduction to Moodle is exactly what we needed in my school district.
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