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Published inDec 2016

Reading LevelIntermediate

Publisher

ISBN-139781786463210

Edition1st Edition

Languages

HTML

Tools

Moodle

Concepts

Learning Management System

Author (1)

Silvina Paola Hillar

Appendix A. Test Your Knowledge Answers

This appendix contains answers to all the Test Your Knowledge quizzes that appear in the chapters. Now, let's have a look at the answers to the respective questions.

Chapter 1, An Introduction to Moodle 3 and MoodleCloud

Questions	Answers
A. Moodle is a learning platform through which ...	1. ...we can design, build and create E-learning environments.
B. BigBlueButtonBN ...	2. ...lets you create from within Moodle links to real-time online classrooms.
C. Moodle Cloud ...	2. ...does not allow more than 50 users.
D. The number of pixels the display of the device has horizontally and vertically and the color depth measuring the number of bits representing the color of each pixel make up...	1. ...screen resolution.
E. Anti-aliasing can be applied to ...	3. ...both images and text.

Chapter 2, Themes in Moodle 3 on-premises and MoodleCloud

Questions	Answers
A. MoodleCloud offers ...	1. ...a restrictive number of themes because there are no plugins available.
B. More theme can be customized...	2. ...directly from our Moodle on-premises course or MoodleCloud course using HTML tags.
C. Course themes ...	2. ...overrides user themes.
D. The Essential Moodle theme can be ...	1. ...downloaded from www.moodle.org and customized.
E. Mobiles app can be detected only if ...	3. ...the Enable device detection icon is ticked within Theme settings.

Chapter 3 Setting up Logos in Moodle Themes

Questions	Answers
A. We can see the logo in MoodleCloud theme More ...	1. ...in the header of the front page and on the login page.
B. If we add a logo to the Essential theme ...	2. ...we can see the logo in the header of all pages in the course.
C. Favicon is short for ...	1. ...favorite icon.
D. When we add a favicon ...	2. ...we have to download a `.ico` file.
E. Header background images can be set as tiled style ...	1. ...to cover all the header below the logo.

Chapter 4, Customizing the Header and the Footer

Questions	Answers
A. If we customize the footnote in MoodleCloud...	1. ...we can see it throughout the course.
B. We can add links to social networks in Essential themes in Moodle on premise ...	2. ...adding the URL to the belonging blocks under Header within Theme \| Appearance.
C. If we want to add an image to the footer ...	1. ...we can do it using HTML code.
D. When we customize the front page area we can see it on ...	2. ...site home.
E. We can add ...	1. ..no more than 16 slides.

Chapter 5, Customizing Elements with CSS

Questions	Answers
A. To customize the size of an image ...	1. ...we need to edit CSS code.
B. The Essential theme lets us customize CSS ...	2. ...within the Site administration menu.
C. Course themes ...	2. ...can be partially customized.
D. The Essential Moodle theme ...	1. ...allows us to edit CSS.
E. Online editors ...	3. ...let us edit code and see the changes in order not to make mistakes in Moodle.

Chapter 6, Locating, Editing, and Using New Icons

Questions	Answers
A. We need to modify which file in order to see the changes in Moodle on-premises ...	1. ...the `.svg` file
B. We have to work with Inkscape ...	2. ...to edit an SVG file.
C. We need to check the number of pixels of which file that we have edited so that they match the same number of pixels of the original file/files ...	2. ...a PNG file
D. We have to rename ...	3. ...both the edited SVG file and the edited PNG file as the original.
E. It is advisable to keep a copy of ...	3. ...both the original PNG and SVG files.

Chapter 7, Optimizing Themes for Mobile Devices

Questions	Answers
A. We can enable Device Mode in Google Chrome by ...	1. ...pressing the F12 key and clicking on the Toggle Device Toolbar icon.
B. We can edit an emulated device by selecting ...	2. ...devices.
C. In order to add a custom device, we need to complete ...	2. ...the device's name, width, and height blocks without exception.
D. When we throttle a network connectivity for the device ...	1. ...we simulate the Internet speed of the mobile device.
E. When we emulate network connectivity, we can ...	1. ...choose what we need to emulate.

Chapter 8, Exploring Layouts

Questions	Answers
A. These themes can be used for corporations, professionals, and companies...	1. ...essential, Contemporary, Adaptable, Sharp, Shoeborn, and Rocket.
B. A child theme is a theme that ...	1. ...inherits the functions and styles from anther parent theme.
C. Cerulean and Bootswatch are ...	2. ...child themes.
D. Both Dynamic and Sharp are themes that can be used for ...	1. ...academic and personal use.
E. All of the themes in the chapter are ...	1. ...available free of charge at https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=3.

Chapter 9, Course Formats

Questions	Answers
A. The course format determines ...	1. ...the layout of the course page.
B. The default course formats are ...	2. ...single activity, Social, Topics, and weekly format.
C. When we select the Topic course format...	1. ...we can name the section or list the topics by default.
D. Once we select a course format ...	2. ...we can edit it and change it.
E. Course formats can be downloaded and...	1. ...uploaded to Moodle on-premises so that they can be chosen.

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Author (1)

Silvina Paola Hillar

Silvina P. Hillar is Italian and has been teaching English since 1993. She has always had a great interest in teaching and has done a lot of research on teaching methodologies, management techniques and embed them into e-learning and teaching. She has also explored different types of e-learning combining them with Moodle. She also researches on multimedia assets that enhance teaching and learning through VLE platforms. She tries to embed the learning of students through new resources that are appealing and innovative for them. In this way, she ensures that multimedia stimulates different thinking skills as well as multiple types of intelligence. She is an English teacher, a Certified Legal Translator (English/Spanish), and has a postgraduate degree in Education (graduated with honors). She has worked at several schools and institutions with native English speaking students and students of English as a foreign language, and as an independent consultant for many international companies in the capacity of an Interpreter, Translator, and Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Course Designer. She has always had a passion for technological devices concerning education. Formerly, videos and cassettes were a must in her teaching lessons; the computer was, and still does, play a big role. Her brother, Gastón C. Hillar, designed some programs and games for her teaching. Lately, she has been teaching using Moodle and the Web. She believes that one of the most amazing challenges in education is bridging the gap between classic education and modern technologies. She has authored: Moodle 1.9: The English Teacher's Cookbook, Moodle 2.0 Multimedia Cookbook, Moodle 2.5 Multimedia Cookbook second edition, Mind Mapping with FreeMind and Moodle 2.3 Multimedia Video Course. When not tinkering with computers, she enjoys travelling with her son, Nico and her love, Jorge, with whom she spends wonderful time.
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