Regarding Uploading of a book resource
Hi!
How can I upload book link from my own machine? I did not find it anywhere while practicing to upload book recourse.
Secondly, can i upload the pdf of a book available on the internet? is it legally viable to provide a link (say pdf format of a book) of a book without the permission of author or publisher?
Further, What is the meaning of ID number under the title of Common module settings?
Thank you in anticipation.
Regards
Dr. Sukhpal Singh, A.P.
Department of Basic and Applied Sciences
Punjabi University, Patiala-147002
Moodle-Learning-Management-System Formatting-Course-material-in-Moodle 05-06 min 30-40 sec
Answers:
It is legal to provide the link to the pdf file.
It is NOT legal to upload the pdf/video or any such content, without an explicit permission from the creator.
If the content is licensed under Creative Commons, it is generally legal to upload it as it is. Most of MHRD project created content is released under a Creative Commons License. For example, Spoken Tutorial is one such resource.
For uploading files from your local system, you will have to add a 'File' resource in Moodle.
Steps:
- Open up your course
- Turn editing on
- Click on 'Add an activity or resource'; an 'Activity chooser' pop-up appears
- Scroll down and select 'File' option here; click on 'Add'
- In the next window, enter your file details and upload the file in 'Select files' section
- After filling in the details, click on 'Save and return to course'
- You should be able to view the uploaded file resource
- Turn off editing mode
Also, if you click on the '?'(Help) icon next to the field 'ID number' in 'Common module settings', you will see the description of that field.
It says, "Setting an ID number provides a way of identifying the activity for grade calculation purposes..."
Let me know if you have any further queries.
