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Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development

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Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Moodle 1.9
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
10
Extending and Administering Moodle
Index

Text Page


Under the Add a resource... drop-down menu, use Compose a text page to add a text page to any course, including the site's Front Page. A link then appears to the page that you have created. The page is stored in Moodle's database.

The name 'text page' implies an unformatted, text-only page. However, Moodle's text pages can take several formats. Each of these formats offers some advantages and disadvantages.

Choosing a Format for a Text Page

When you edit a text page, Moodle gives you a drop-down list where you select the format for that page:

The online help explains what each format is, and how to use it. This section expands on that, and covers when to use each of the text page formats:

  • Moodle auto-format

  • HTML format

  • Plain text format

  • Markdown format

There are four types of formats you can use while creating a new text page. Each offers some advantages and disadvantages. They all offer a limited set of formatting commands. If you need more formatting options than what is offered by these...