A resource is an item that an instructor can use to support learning, such as a file or link. LMS supports a range of resource types which instructors can add to their courses. In edit mode, a instructor can add resources via the ‘Add an activity or resource’ link.
Resources appear as a single link with an icon in front of it that represents the type of resource.
Administrators can decide whether or not to force instructors to add descriptions for each resource by enabling or disabling a site-wide setting in Administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Common settings.
- Book – Multi-page resources with a book-like format. Instructors can export their Books as IMS CP (admin must allow instructor role to export IMS)
- File – A picture, a pdf document, a spreadsheet, a sound file, a video file
- Folder – For helping organize files and one folder may contain other folders
- IMS content package -Add static material from other sources in the standard IMS content package format.
- Label – Can be a few displayed words or an image used to separate resources and activities in a topic section, or can be a lengthy description or instructions
- Page – The user sees a single, scrollable screen that an instructor creates with the robust HTML editor
- URL – You can send the user to any place they can reach on their web browser, for example Wikipedia
- PDF Uploader – You can upload PDF file which user could not be able to download, print or copy the content of it
Managing resources in several languages
The restriction by language availability condition additional plugin makes it easy to show an English resource only to English users and an activity in French only to French speaking users.