A great way to include complex notation in your Moodle course is to use an equation editor. The two readily available editors discussed in detail in this section are as follows:
Microsoft Equation Editor—ships with all versions of Microsoft Office
OpenOffice.org Math—if you're not a Microsoft Office user and want to create complex math notation for free, then this is a great choice
Microsoft Equation Editor is a program that's bundled free in Microsoft Office. I'm currently using Word 2003. Let's open the Equation Editor and create our first equation.
The Microsoft Office Equation Editor is very easy to use. The trick is first finding it:
1. Open Microsoft Word. Create a new Web page document:
2. From the main menu, select Insert | Object. The Object dialog is displayed. Scroll down the list of different object types until you find Microsoft Equation 3.0:
3. Press the Equation editor button. The Equation editor...