Moodle 2.5 Multimedia Cookbook

Knowing how to add multimedia to your Moodle courses makes them even more engaging and interactive. From embedding video to using 3D maps, it's all here with loads of practical advice and screenshots to make things simple.

Overview

• Add all sorts of multimedia features to your Moodle course
• Lots of easy to follow, step by step recipes
• Work with sound, audio and animation to make your course even more interactive

In Detail

Moodle is an open source virtual learning environment that is widely used in schools and businesses, specifically multimedia elements to enhance the user experience.

Moodle 2.5 Multimedia Cookbook provides quick recipes to make your Moodle courses more fun and engaging for your audience, taking you beyond the standard.

This cookbook will take you from your basic Moodle course to having a fully-fledged interactive user experience. We start by creating the user experience itself, moving to working with maps and charts before exploring how to embed audio, video and music to really make your Moodle course all it can be for your users.

What you will learn from this book

• Embed audio, video and music into your course
• Work with 2D and 3D maps
• Create and integrate screencasts and videos
• Design an e-portfolio and organize all of your information

Approach

With practical examples presented in the style of recipes, this book is designed for you to be able to dip in and out as you need, only using the multimedia options that you want at the time.

Who this book is written for

This cookbook is designed specifically for teachers who want to begin creating interactive and engaging Moodle courses by utilizing the multimedia capabilities of Moodle.