The purpose of this article is to demonstrate step-by-step instructions for creating a book activity in a Moodle course.

1. Turn editing on.

2. Click the + sign in the appropriate place in the course and then click Activity or resource.

3. Select the Book tile.

4. Name your book, add text or media to the description box (optional), and click Display description 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. Click the resource link to add a chapter. Enter a chapter title and the chapter information in the content block.

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 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.