the moodle book module

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I n t r o d u c t i o n

The B o o k M o d u l e is a multi-page resource that you can build online chapter by chapter.The B o o k M o d u l e makes it easy to build multi-page collections of resources in a book-likeformat. This module can be used to build complete book-like websites inside of your Moodlecourse. Previously created websites can be imported directly into the Book module. Bookscan be printed entirely or by chapter. The Book module allows you to have main chaptersand sub chapters, but sub chapters cannot have their own sub chapters. The Book moduleis not interactive. You can, however, link to Choice Activities, Forums, etc., from within abook. And you can include multimedia objects like Flash movies in your book.

Crea t ing a Book

1. Log into your course.

2. Click .

3. Select Book from the A d d a r e s o u r c e drop-downmenu.

B o o k Se t t i n g s

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Enter t he informat ion into the Add a new Book page.

4. N a m e this will become the text name for the link to this book on the main coursepage.

5. S u m m a r y provides a brief description of the books contents.

6. Ch a p t e r N u m b e r i n g indicate how you want the chapters to be numbered. Thereare several predefined numbering formats.

N o n e chapter and subchapter titles are not formatted. Select this option if you want to define special numbering styles. For example letters: in chaptertitle type "A First Chapter", "A.1 Some Subchapter"

N u m b e r s chapters and subchapters are numbered. B u l l e t s subchapters are indented and displayed with bullets. I n d e n t e d subchapters are indented.

7. D i s a b l e P r i n t i n g The printer option allows you to print the whole book or bychapter. Disabling printing means hiding the print icons, the print option is one of this resource's most popular features, so you might not want to disable it.

8. Cu s t o m Ti t l e s If you enable custom titles, you will be able to create a custom titleat the top of your page, different from the one that appears on the left, in the ToC(Table of Contents) section. If you disable custom titles, the chapter title (the onethat appears in the table of contents) will appear as a header at the top of yourcontent page.

9. Vis ib le Select Show or H i d e to make the book visible to the class.

10. I D n u m b er Setting an ID number provides a way of identifying the activity forgrade calculation purposes. If the activity is not included in any grade calculation,then the ID number field can be left blank. The ID number can also be set on the

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edit grade calculation page in the gradebook, though it can only be edited on theupdate activity page.

11. Click Save and d i sp lay to be directed to the Editing chapter page.

12. Enter the Chapt e r Ti t l e .

Click the Subchapte r checkbox if creating a subchapter.

13. Enter the Conten t for the first chapter.

14. Click Save chan ges at the bottom of the page.

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First Chapter Displayed

After clicking the Save chan ges button, youll be able to view your work thus far. Noticethe ToC (Table of contents) section at the top left of the page, and the print icons to theright of the table of contents.

The Print , Generate I MS Content Package, and Editi ng Options

Click the icon to print the entire book

Click the icon to print the entire chapter

Click the icon to generate an IMS Content Package

An IMS Content Package - IMS is an organization that assists in definingtechnical standards for various systems, including e-learning material. TheIMS Content Packaging specification makes it possible to store chunks of material in a standard format which can be re-used in different systems,

without having to convert the material into new formats.

The IMS content package in Moodle enables such content packages to beuploaded and included in Moodle courses. There are various options fordisplaying content in a pop-up window, with a navigation menu or buttons etc.

The main difference between an IMS Content Package and a SCORM Packageis that IMS is mainly for " static " content. SCORM allows tracking of question/answers and reports a " grade " at the end. If you want to do anytracking or grading then use SCORM - if you just want to display content tothe user - use IMS.
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15. To add another chapter to the book, click the link.

Click the icon to move the chapter down one level Click the icon to move the chapter up one level Click the icon to edit the contents of the chapter Click the icon to delete the chapter Click the icon to Show or Hide the chapter

I m porting a Web Page

The Book Module allows you to include the content of a webpage (html files and associatedimages and multimedia files) into your book by directly importing the web page into thebook. To import a web page:

16. Click on the I m p o r t link

Theres an import link located beneath the Table of Contents text on thechapter list page which will take you directly to the Import chapters into books page.

Theres also an I m p o r t link at the bottom of the Editing chapter pagewhich is accessed after clicking the A d d a c h a p t e r icon ( ).


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17. Click Choose o r up load a f i l e .

18. Click the Choose link if your file has already been uploaded to Moodle.

19. Click U p l o a d a f i l e if your file has not been uploaded to Moodle

20. Click the B r o w s e button to browse forthe file on yourcomputer.


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21. Once the file has beenselected, click U p l oa d t h i s f i l e .

22. Once the file has been uploaded to Moodle, click the Choose link.

23. In the next window, click the Subchapte r check box if this is to be a subchapterof a chapter and then click I m p o r t .


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24. The next window displays a list of the files that are being re-linked in the webpage. Click C o n t i n u e at the bottom of the page.

25. The newly imported page will be listed under theTable of Contents.

I MPORTANT NOTE : Relative file links are converted toabsolute chapter links. Therefore images, Flash and Java are unlinked. Remember to upload images and multimediafiles as well as html files to your server for re-linking.JavaScript, SSI page includes, etc., will be lost, so keep thepages you want to import simple and static.

Ge n e r a t i n g a n I M S Pa c k a g e

Packing and Unzipping Your Book

To use your book in applications otherthan Moodle , youll need to generate itas an I M S Co n t e n t P ac k a g e . To dothis:

26. Click the icon

27. Click the Save f i l e option inthe File Download window.


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Adding Your Book as an IMS Content Package

You can import the Book into another course as a Book or an I M S Co n t e n t Pa ck a g e .(Please see the Course Import documentation in Moodle Learn for course importinstructions. To import the Book as an IMS Content Package:

28. Click .

29. Click on A d d a r e s o u r c e .

30. Select A d d a n I M S Co n t e n t Pa c k a g e .

31. Go through the procedure to Choose or Upload a f i l e as described in Step18 through Step 22.

32. After the file is uploaded, click Sa v e an d r e t u r n t o c o u r s e . Your book will beinserted as an IMS Content Package.

I MPORTANT N OTES:

Relative file links are converted to absolute chapter links. Therefore images,Flash and Java are unlinked. Remember to upload images and multimediafiles as well as html files to your server for re-linking. JavaScript, SSI pageincludes, etc., will be lost, so keep the pages you want to import simple andstatic.

Editing a book is not possible when it is opened as an IMS Content Package.

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