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Question: What are the basic requirements for Moodle 2.0 to function?
Answer: It’s important that either you (if you’re doing this yourself) or your Moodle admin or webhost are aware of the requirements for Moodle 2.0. It needs:
Question: How can I upgrade to Moodle 2.0?
Answer: If you already have an installation of Moodle, you will find instructions for upgrading in the docs on the main Moodle site here http://docs.moodle.org/en/Upgrading_to_Moodle_2.0. If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Moodle (such as 1.8) then you should upgrade to Moodle 1.9 first before going to 2.0. You must update incrementally; shortcuts – for example. updating from 1.7 directly to 2.0 — are simply not possible. Read the docs carefully if you are planning on upgrading from very early versions such as 1.5 or 1.6.
Question: What are the potential problems with upgrading?
Answer: There are a few challenges that one may come across while upgrading from Moodle 1.9 to 2.0 which are listed below:
Question: How can teachers and students manage their learning?
Answer: The two new features of Moodle 2.0 help teacher and students manage their learning:
Question: What are the changes in the Themes structure for Moodle 2.0?
Answer: The themes structure has been completely rewritten for Moodle 2.0. Themes that worked in 1.9 needed to be updated to work in 2.0. There is a wide variety of attractive new themes available. If you need to update your own theme or would like information on Moodle 2.0 theming, you will find the documentation at http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Themes_2.0 helpful.
New to Moodle 2.0 are the following:
Question: Can we customize the MyMoodle page in Moodle 2.0?
Answer: Yes, we can customize the default MyMoodle page. It’s worth noting that on the MyMoodle page we can add blocks to the middle as well as the sides. With editing turned on, we’re given the option to move a block to a central location.
Question: Can we Comment on the Moodle blog?
Answer: Commenting on the Moodle blog is a bit of a workaround really; the Moodle blog doesn’t really have a built-in commenting facility like, say WordPress. Rather, Moodle is making use of the new Comments feature which ordinarily appears as a block anywhere you want to add it.
Question: What are the improvements in the Blog option in Moodle 2.0 as compared to the previous version?
Answer: There has always been a blogging option in a standard Moodle install. However, some users have found it unsatisfactory because of the following reasons:
For this reason, alternative blog systems (such as the contributed OU blog module) have become popular as they give users a wider range of options.
The standard blog in Moodle 2.0 has changed, and now:
Question: How to enable/disable the docking facility in Moodle 2.0?
Answer: The docking facility can be managed in Moodle 2.0 as follows:
Question: Has the HTML editor been replaced by some other editing tool? What is its advantage?
Answer: In Moodle 2.0, the HTML editor has been replaced with a version known as Tiny MCE, a very popular Open Source editor you might have encountered in content management systems or blogging software such as WordPress. Along with Internet Explorer and Firefox, it will work with web browsers such as Safari, Chrome, and Opera, unlike Moodle’s previous HTML editor. The following screenshot shows the new editor (on the bottom) with the original editor (on the top):
There are many more options available to us when adding descriptions of our materials or summaries of our courses. However, one of the most powerful new features is the ability to add and embed media directly from within this new HTML editor.
Question: What have been the improvements related to Moodle Quiz?
Answer: The following are the improvements to Moodle Quiz:
Question: What are Cohorts?
Answer: Cohort is Moodle 2.0’s take on the long wished for site-wide groups. When we click on the link we’re taken to the following screen where we click on Add to enter details of the cohort we want to create:
Question: Has there been any modification in the Filters menu as compared to the previous versions On/Off options?
Answer: The Manage Filters in Moodle 2.0 equates to the Filters menu in Moodle 1.9. The Manage Filters screen looks like the following screenshot (note—the screenshot only displays the first three filters):
Previously, filters were either On or Off. Now we have three choices:
Question: What are the changes in Site Administration?
Answer: Perhaps the simplest way to explore this is to look at how this menu has altered since Moodle 1.9:
In this article we took a look at the queries regarding what Moodle 2.0 has to offer with the exciting new modules and enhanced features, and the major overhauls in the file uploading and navigation system.
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