Moodle Course ConversionBeginner’s Guide

Ian Wild

Chapter No. 5"Moodle Makeover"

In this package, you will find:

A Biography of the author of the book A preview chapter from the book, Chapter NO.5 "Moodle Makeover"A synopsis of the book’s contentInformation on where to buy this book

About the Author

Ian Wild

, a physicist by profession, has always focused primarily on communicationand learning throughout his career.Fifteen years spent in private industry designing communication systems soft wareeventually saw Ian concentrate on the development of accessibility and learning aids forblind, partially sighted, dyslexic, and dyscalculic computer users—whilst also workingpart-time as a math and science tutor.Teaching only part-time meant not spending as much time with his students as he wouldhave wanted. This and his background in learning and communication technology seededhis interest in virtual learning environments.

This book has given me the opportunity to work with a magnificentgroup of people. The team at PACKT publishing: thank you for allyour support and guidance. You have all been wonderful. Next, I mustthank the team of reviewers who poured over the first drafts—keepingeverything on track and focused. A very big thank you must go to youthe reader for taking the time to read this book. I do hope you find itworth your while. I will quickly say that if you do encounter anyproblems as you work through the book then do not hesitate to visitthe Moodle community at

http://moodle.org

. That's right: it's aMoodle and it's completely free to join. That's where you'll find meand my colleagues—a huge community of Moodle users anddevelopers—there to help you with your Moodle-related issues. Comeand join us now.A final big thank you must, of course, go to Martin Dougiamas and histeam. Thank you all and keep up the good work.