Posts Tagged ‘packt publishing’
Taking a Peek at “Moodle 1.9 – Testing and Assessment”
From the title it might seem that the Moodle 1.9 - Testing and Assessment book by Jason Myrick is focused solely on the quiz features in Moodle. That assumption however misses Jason's coverage of Moodle's full tool belt of assessment-ready modules. While this new title by Packt covers the Quiz feature extensively (including a walk through of [...]
Submit a Presentation Proposal for @imootonline by 2/19 and you could win 3 Moodle Books!
As if you needed more prompting to submit a presentation proposal for this 2nd annual iMoot virtual conference. This year's iMoot organizers are dedicated to ensuring that the quality of presentations is as high (even higher!) than last year's great slate of presentations and webinars. In order to "raise the bar" they are offering a [...]
New Packt Publishing Title: Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment
There's a new Packt Publishing book out called Moodle 1.9 Testing and Assessment and I'm thrilled to have been given a copy to read and review. Building, maintaining and managing assessments is a big part of my day job at StraighterLine (though we're currently using another LMS for test delivery) and learning more about the ins and outs of [...]
Book Review: Moodle 2.0 First Look
The new title, Moodle 2.0: First Look, out from Packt Publishing and written by Mary Cooch (@Moodlefairy) is an in depth look at the soon-to-be-released Moodle 2.0 core code and the various changes in usability and function as compared to Moodle 1.9. The book is well organized, chockablock full of information and screenshots, and highlights (I [...]
Pre-order @moodlefairy’s “Moodle 2.0 First Look” today!
Reserve/order your copy of Mary Cooch's "Moodle 2.0 First Look" book published by Packt Publishing today. It's low cost and highlights the various changes and new features in Moodle 2.0 (out soon: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_2.0_release_notes). Hard copy: $36 eBook: $27 Both: $41 Though we haven't had a chance to review the [...]
Moodle 1.9 Theme Design book review @moodlerific @packtpub [4 stars]
![Moodle 1.9 Theme Design book review @moodlerific @packtpub [4 stars]](http://www.moodlenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/themedesign-244x300.png "Moodle 1.9 Theme Design book review @moodlerific @packtpub [4 stars]")
I recently read the book "Moodle 1.9 Theme Design" written by Paul James Gadsdon and I must say, of all the Moodle-related books from Packt Publishing, I was the most excited to read this one. I take a great interest in Moodle themes and I enjoy learning this type of web development and design. Before reading this book I thought I had limited [...]
#Moodle2 book by @moodlefairy coming in July from @Packtpub
With it's pending stable release slated for July, Packt Publishing and Mary Cooch (@moodlefairy) are working to provide a companion text for Moodle 2.0. This book takes an in-depth look at all of the major new features in Moodle 2.0 and how it differs from previous Moodle versions. It highlights changes to the standard installation and explains [...]
Do you have what it takes to write about Moodle for @packtpub?
Packt Publishing, one of the leading providers of Moodle books is seeking authors for several upcoming titles. Already Packt has published over a dozen books since it's original book authored by William Rice. From their site, Moodle is one of our favourite and and most popular topics. Three years after we published our first Moodle book by [...]
Moodle 1.9 for Second Language Teaching Site and Book @violinjeff
Jeff Stanford (@violinjeff) is the author of Moodle 1.9 for Second Language Teaching and has setup a public Moodle site with free resources to support the content in his book. The Book: Here's an excerpt from a review of the book by Miguel Guhlin (http://www.mguhlin.org/2009/12/book-reflection-moodle-19-for-second.html): ...jump straight to [...]
