You can see that my Getting Things Flying topic is still mostly words. The only pictures I have in there are the Moodle icons, used to indicate the resource or activity type. I really want to liven it up with pictures and animations, but where can I get the graphics from and what's the best way of including them?
The Internet has some fantastic resources for free images to include in our courses. Here are just a few of the more popular ones...
...is great for finding a picture on just about anything. Be careful about copyright (more on that later). The pictures are of mixed quality and you have to be prepared to hunt around. But they are good fun and wonderful for livening up an otherwise dry course.
Visit http://images.google.com/ for the Google Image Search main page.
I'm going to look for a picture of a do-it-yourself rocket. I type in the words "DIY Rocket" into the search box and hit...