Purpose
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate step-by-step instructions for creating a book activity in a Moodle course
Procedure
1. Turn editing on
2. Click Add an activity or resource
3. Select the Book mini tile
4. Name your book, add text or media to the description box (optional), and click Display on course page (optional)
5. Set other criteria such as activity completion as you normally would
6. Save your changes
7. The book will appear on the course page
8. Add a chapter title and enter the chapter information in the content block. As an example, ChatGPT wrote a brief history of Ireland that was then pasted into the content block. In a real course, you would add information from a vetted source that did not violate copyright
9. Save your changes
10. You will now see a Table of contents at the top of the side navigation block. Click the addition sign in the Table of contents box to add new chapters
11. To edit a chapter, click on the chapter in the Table of contents and then click the gear wheel. You can hide the chapter by clicking the eyeball and delete the chapter by clicking the trash bin
12. Save your changes
13. It’s also possible to import files into the book. Use the plus sign to create an empty chapter. Click the Import chapter tab
14. Choose the file from your computer. It must be an HTML file. Convert a Word document to HTML by saving it as a web page.
15. Then right click on the file and select Send to compressed zip file
16. The file will appear next to the Choose File button
17. Upload your file
18. Now you will import it into your book. You will see the file in the box below Choose a file. Click the Import button
19. You should then see this screen
20. Click Continue
21. Below the imported test file shows up in chapter 6
22. Below you can see how the book displays for students. They will click the Next button to advance to a new chapter