Ed Tech by Bowman::Moodle Assists

I. Mini-Tutorials by Richard Bowman

"A Guide for New Faculty Users of Moodle" - read and follow this tutorial if you have not previously set up your account or worked in Moodle.
"Creating a Course in Moodle" - for a first-time faculty user of Moodle, or for those in need of a refresher on how to set up a course in Moodle, explore this tutorial.
"Teaching with Social Activities: Blogs, Wikis, and Forums" - an introduction to all three of these and how they may be creatively used to accomplish a teacher's goals for a course.
"Working with the Grades Module in Moodle" - the grade report is explored including how to add grade categories and new grade items, how aggregation works and on how to add or override grades manually.
"Important Things to Remember for Moodle Users" - this tutorial presents what settings should be changed, may be changed and should never be changed along with some reminders about back-ups and the file structure associated with each course in Moodle
"Backup and Restore Courses in Moodle" - directions are given for transferring the course structure, resources and assignments from one semester into the same course in a later semester.

The above tutorials for version 1.9 are under revision for version 2.0 of Moodle. In the meantime, most of them are still appropriate for version 2.0 with a bit of the look and feel being a bit different. Check back here in the weeks ahead for updated tutorials.
"A Guide for New Faculty Users of Moodle (2.0)" - read and follow this tutorial if you have not previously set up your account or worked in Moodle.
"Creating a Course in Moodle (2.0)" - for a first-time faculty user of Moodle, or for those in need of a refresher on how to set up a course in Moodle, explore this tutorial.

"Audio Recording for the Web and iPods" - a basic tutorial discussing file formats, what equipment and software to use and how to use them, and how to make as small a file as possible for easy download.
"Exploring Graphics for the Web" - explains how to use Paint, WordArt, and IrfanView to generate graphics and how to scan pictures and other material and how to manipulate scanned images.
"PowerPoint Presentations for the Classroom and the Web" - presents some basic principles for effective use of PowerPoint presentations and gives some guidance on how to construct a presentation and publish to the web or to Moodle.

"Getting Started for Teachers" ( http://docs.moodle.org/en/Getting_started_for_teachers ) - a good overview of how to begin using Moodle; see also the mini-tutorial below on getting started with BCMoodle.
Internal help files in Moodle - these files can be accessed by clicking on the question mark inside of a yellow circle by most items when in edit mode in Moodle.
Moodle Docs ( http://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_Page ) - users can access the Moodle Doc for a given page in Moodle by clicking on the appropriate link at the bottom of any page; this site is the main page to all of Moodel Docs.
Moodle.org ( http://moodle.org/ ) - the front door to all things Moodle.

Cole, Jason R. & Foster Helen. Using Moodle, 2nd ed. Sebastapol, CA: O'Reilly, 2008. - this book is based upon version 1.8, so if your school is using version 1.9, some sections will not be up-to-date, such as the grading section.
Rice, William H. Moodle : e-learning course development : a complete guide to successful learning using Moodle. Birmingham: Packt Publishing, 2006.
Some other Moodle books ( http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=7246 )

Teachers Manual 1.9 ( http://moodle.tokem.fi/mod/book/view.php?id=51005&chapterid=9556 ) - a "course" in Lappian Moodle that is open to the public; a good resource for faculty beginning to use Moodle.
Teacher Documentation at Moodle.org ( http://docs.moodle.org/en/Teacher_documentation ) - a set of links to documentation for teachers. (Some may be inactive.)
Moodle Documentation ( http://treadwell.cce.cornell.edu/moodle_doc/index.html ) - video tutorials from the Cornell Cooperative Extension.