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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)

Summary


In this chapter, we have discussed the use of images and labels to create attractive layouts for course pages. Moodle makes it relatively easy to upload and utilize images on a course page. If those images are carefully selected and judiciously placed, then they will enhance the learning process that takes place. A word cloud commands attention on a course page and if it contains a host of key terms that students need to know then the message is being delivered loud and clear every time a student logs in to the course page. Images can be used to reinforce each topic section or they can form part of a story board as you look at the page. It is possible to create small sets of rollovers using the Appearance tab when inserting images. It is good practice to prepare the images for use beforehand making sure that they can be found in a named folder and appear quickly on the page. Multiple images can be uploaded to save valuable time. The developers of Moodle have appreciated that an image...