Moodle - Book resource (staff/faculty)
A Moodle Book resource allows you to combine multiple pages of content into a single resource. Pages in a book are called chapters, but they can be thought of as pages. Chapters in a book automatically create a table of contents that appears to the right.
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Navigating within a Book
This section will explain how to navigate within a book that has already been created.
Books use the following book icon.
Navigating to the book, you will see the contents of the current chapter in the middle and the table of contents on the right (on smaller screens the table of contents might appear below the book contents).
There are two ways to navigate within a book:
Select the next or previous buttons to move forward or backward OR select a chapter from the table of contents.
How To Add A Book
1. From the main course page, enable Edit Mode in the top right corner.
2. With edit mode enabled, select Add an activity or resource at the bottom of the section you wish to add the book and then select Book.
3. Enter a Name, which will appear as the Book's title. The Description field is optional. When you're done, select Save and display.
4. Once you create the Book, you will be prompted to add a chapter to the book. You can think of chapters as pages in the book, each chapter will automatically appear in the book's table of contents, and users will navigate from chapter to chapter.
Enter a Chapter title.
Enter Content for the chapter.
Select Save Changes.
Editing a Book's Contents
From the main course page, enable Edit Mode in the top right corner.
Select the book that you would like to edit.
Editing a chapter
Editing content in a book is different from editing content in other resources and activities within Moodle. To edit the content of a chapter in a Book select the pencil icon next to the chapter or sub-chapter that you wish to edit.
From here you can edit the Chapter title, change the chapter to a sub-chapter, or edit the Content. Click the Save changes button when you're done.
Re-ordering chapters
Reorder chapters by selecting the up or down arrows to move chapters up or down.
Deleting a chapter
Select the trash can next to a chapter to delete it.
Hiding a chapter
Chapters can be hidden or un-hidden by clicking on the eyeball icon.
Adding a chapter
To add a new chapter or sub-chapter select the plus button immediately before where you would like the new chapter to appear.
Enter in the Chapter title and the Content. If the chapter is to be a subchapter, select the Subchapter check box. When finished, select the Save changes button. A subchapter appears indented beneath the current chapter in the table of contents but is otherwise the same as a chapter.
Editing a Book's Settings
The setup of the book allows you to change the book's description and restrict access to the book, among other settings.
To edit the a book's settings, select Settings.
Printing a Book
When viewing a book, you can select on the More on the top menu. It will allow you to either print the whole book or print the current chapter in the book.