***NOTE NOTE NOTE **********************************************************

THIS IS A BIG CHANGE!

I've renamed the "reading" module to "resource".

This meant changing quite a few references throughout Moodle.

The automatic upgrade process should work OK (it worked OK on my
development server) and there shouldn't be any problems.

BUT PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND KEEP BACKUPS OF EVERYTHING
UNTIL I HAVE A FEW MORE TESTS!   If you upgrade please let me know.

One thing that will break are any hard-coded links within forum messages.

What I will be doing to fix this on my apache server is to add this to
httpd.conf:

Redirect /mod/reading/ http://moodle.com/mod/resource/

Sorry about any inconvenience, but it's better this is done sooner than later.
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<P><strong><a name="activities" id="activities"></a>Learning Activities</strong></P>
<blockquote>
<p>These are by far the most important modules, and reside in the 'mod' directory.
There are six default modules: assignment, choice, forum, journal, reading,
There are seven default modules: assignment, choice, forum, journal, quiz, resource,
and survey. Each module is in a separate subdirectory and consists of the
following mandatory elements (plus extra scripts unique to each module):</p>
<ul>
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<li>choice.php - strings for choice module</li>
<li>forum.php - strings for forum module</li>
<li>journal.php - strings for journal module </li>
<li>reading.php - strings for reading module</li>
<li>survey.php - strings for reading module</li>
<li>quiz.php - strings for quiz module</li>
<li>resource.php - strings for resource module</li>
<li>survey.php - strings for survey module</li>
<li>.... plus other modules if any.<br>
<br>
A string is called from these files using the <strong><em>get_string()</em></strong><em>

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<H2>Features</H2>
Here is a big list of some of the features in Moodle 1.0:
<UL><LI>Supports a social constructionist pedagogy (collaboration, activities, critical reflection, etc)</LI><LI>Suitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing face-to-face learning<LI>Simple, lightweight, browser-compatible interface</LI><LI>Plug-in "themes" allow you to customise the colours, fonts, layout etc</LI><LI>Easy to install on most platforms</LI><LI>Easy administration - students can create their own accounts. Email addresses are verified.</LI><LI>One account works for the whole server</LI><LI>Security - teachers can add an "enrolment key" to their courses to keep out non-students. They can give out this key face-to-face or via personal email etc</LI><LI>Students are encouraged to build an online profile including photos, description etc</LI><LI>Every user can specify their own timezone, and every date in Moodle is translated to that timezone (eg posting dates, assignment due dates etc)</LI><LI>Choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or a discussion-focussed social format</LI><LI>Flexible array of course modules - Forums, Journals, Readings, Choices, Surveys, Assignments.</LI><LI>New modules can be written and plugged in to existing Moodle installations</LI><LI>The code is clearly-written PHP under a GPL license - easy to modify and localise</LI><LI>Full database abstraction supports all major brands of database (except for initial table definition)</LI><LI>Ready for internationalisation - supports plug-in languages and locale-based date formats etc</LI><LI>Mail integration - copies of forum posts, teacher feedback etc can be mailed in HTML or plain text.</LI><LI>Recent changes to the course since the last login are displayed on the course home page</LI><LI>Full user logging and tracking - activity reports for each student are available with graphs and details about each module (last access, number of times read) as well as a detailed "story" of each students involvement including postings, journal entries etc on one page.</LI>
<UL><LI>Supports a social constructionist pedagogy (collaboration, activities, critical reflection, etc)</LI><LI>Suitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing face-to-face learning<LI>Simple, lightweight, browser-compatible interface</LI><LI>Plug-in "themes" allow you to customise the colours, fonts, layout etc</LI><LI>Easy to install on most platforms</LI><LI>Easy administration - students can create their own accounts. Email addresses are verified.</LI><LI>One account works for the whole server</LI><LI>Security - teachers can add an "enrolment key" to their courses to keep out non-students. They can give out this key face-to-face or via personal email etc</LI><LI>Students are encouraged to build an online profile including photos, description etc</LI><LI>Every user can specify their own timezone, and every date in Moodle is translated to that timezone (eg posting dates, assignment due dates etc)</LI><LI>Choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or a discussion-focussed social format</LI><LI>Flexible array of course modules - Forums, Journals, Resources, Choices, Surveys, Assignments.</LI><LI>New modules can be written and plugged in to existing Moodle installations</LI><LI>The code is clearly-written PHP under a GPL license - easy to modify and localise</LI><LI>Full database abstraction supports all major brands of database (except for initial table definition)</LI><LI>Ready for internationalisation - supports plug-in languages and locale-based date formats etc</LI><LI>Mail integration - copies of forum posts, teacher feedback etc can be mailed in HTML or plain text.</LI><LI>Recent changes to the course since the last login are displayed on the course home page</LI><LI>Full user logging and tracking - activity reports for each student are available with graphs and details about each module (last access, number of times read) as well as a detailed "story" of each students involvement including postings, journal entries etc on one page.</LI>
</UL>
<B>Forum Module</B>
<UL><LI>Different types of forums are available, such as teacher-only, course news, open-to-all, and one-thread-per-user.</LI><LI>All postings have the authors photo attached.</LI><LI>Discussions can be viewed nested, flat or threaded, oldest or newest first.</LI><LI>Individual forums can be subscribed to by each person so that copies are forwarded via email, or the teacher can force subscription for all</LI>
</UL>
<B>Survey Module</B>
<UL><LI>Built-in surveys (COLLES, ATTLS) have been proven as instruments for analysing online classes</LI><LI>Online survey reports always available, including many graphs. Data is downloadable as an Excel spreadsheet or CSV text file.</LI><LI>Survey interface prevents partly-finished surveys.</LI><LI>Feedback is provided to the student of their results compared to the class averages</UL>
<B>Readings Module</B>
<B>Resource Module</B>
<UL><LI>Supports display of any electronic content</LI><LI>Files can be uploaded and managed on the server, or created on the fly using web forms (text or HTML)</LI><LI>External content on the web can be linked to or seamlessly included within the course interface.</LI></UL>
<B>Choice Module</B>
<UL><LI>Like a poll. Can either be used to vote on something, or to get feedback from every student (eg research consent)</LI></UL>

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<LI>Full user account management (eg connection to external databases, import/export etc)
<LI>Full grade management
<LI>Ability to define groups and group work
<LI>Automatic linking in texts to uploaded readings (like Wiki)
<LI>Automatic linking in texts to uploaded resources (like Wiki)
<LI>Online support for teachers to design and maintain classes
<LI>Online support for students in collaboration processes
</UL>

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<p align="center"><img src="pix/files.jpg" width="400" height="347"></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>This interface is only available to teachers - it is not accessible by students.
Individual files are made available to students later on (as &quot;Readings&quot;
Individual files are made available to students later on (as &quot;Resources&quot;
- see the next section).</p>
<p>As you can see in the screenshot, files are listed alongside subdirectories.
You can create any number of subdirectories to organise your files and move
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with the same name as an existing file it will automatically be overwritten.</p>
<p>A final note: if your content resides out on the web then you don't need
to upload the files at all - you can link directly to them from inside the
course (see the Readings module and the next section).</p>
course (see the Resources module and the next section).</p>
<HR>
</blockquote>
<H3><A NAME="activities"></A>Setting up activities</H3>
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and students will receive an automatic email informing them of your feedback.</dd>
<BR>
<BR>
<dt><strong>Reading</strong></dt>
<dd>Readings are the content of your course. Each reading can be any file
<dt><strong>Resource</strong></dt>
<dd>Resources are the content of your course. Each resource can be any file
you have uploaded or can point to using a URL. You can also maintain simple text-based pages by typing them
directly into a form.</dd>
<BR>