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History Teaching with Moodle 2

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History Teaching with Moodle 2

Overview of this book

Moodle is an open source virtual learning environment that is coming to be used in more and more schools worldwide. History and Moodle complement each other perfectly in terms of content and delivery. This book will show you how to set up tasks and activities that will enable your students to forge a greater understanding of complex issues, bringing History into the 21st century.History Teaching with Moodle 2 presents new and exciting ideas for the delivery of History content making use of tried-and-trusted methods of teaching the subject. By following a sample course, you will find it easy to transform your existing lesson plans into a Moodle course that will become even more efficient, attractive, and useful over time. Make the past come to life using a range of tasks and activities that can consolidate learning for some, enhance understanding for others, and enthuse all. Learn how to add an RSS feed to your home page to display daily 'On this day in history' posts. Create a one-minute quiz about how the Second World War began. Post video footage of a trip to a castle and set some questions for students in anticipation of their next visit. Set up a wiki so that student groups can create their own story about 'murder at a monastery'. Moodle's built-in features allow students to get a better grasp of historical concepts and will rejuvenate their interest in the subject.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Chapter 8. Using Xerte and Audacity

Xerte enables rich interactive learning resources to be created quickly and seamlessly. Producing a resource involves creating a series of interlinked pages. Navigation is far more straightforward for those of you who were mystified by the lesson's branch tables and question pages.

The pages are packaged in a folder and can be uploaded as a ZIP file and a link to the index.htm file ensures that the learning resource will roll out. We have practised such skills in earlier chapters.

Why do I like Xerte? The materials produced have a professional finish that the developers of some commercial software would do well to replicate. There are also a series of accessibility options which make it useful for a whole range of students with different learning styles and needs. The slides created can be viewed in a variety of color formats, font sizes, and font types at the click of a button. Xerte integrates multimedia seamlessly and enables work to be done on images...