In this chapter, we've focused on making sure that everything on our course page displays properly for our students. We've also helped a new Moodler ensure that her teaching materials are easily accessible. We have:
Provided a link on our course page to OpenOffice—a free alternative to MS Office—for students such as Joe, who don't have Microsoft Office Word at home
Used OpenOffice's pdf conversion facility to change documents into a format that anyone can easily read
Downloaded and used iSpring, a free program that converts slideshows to a format that all children can view without difficulty
Downloaded an image resizing and editing program, IrfanView, to help colleague Liz display her photos better on Moodle
Learned how to allow YouTube videos on Moodle, even though the site is not allowed in our school.
We can be happy in the knowledge that even though Joe's Internet connection is slow, and he doesn't have MS Office, he'll still be able to view his teacher's resources. And he'll have...