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moodle 1.9 math integrate interactive math presentations incorporate flash games build feature-rich quizzes set online tests and monitor student progress using the moodle e-learning platform ian wild birmingham mumbai

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moodle 1.9 math copyright © 2009 packt publishing all rights reserved no part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented however the information contained in this book is sold without warranty either express or implied neither the author packt publishing nor its dealers or distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book packt publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals however packt publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information first published november 2009 production reference 1181109 published by packt publishing ltd 32 lincoln road olton birmingham b27 6pa uk isbn 978-1-847196-44-6 www.packtpub.com cover image by parag kadam paragvkadam@gmail.com download at wowebook.com

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credits author ian wild reviewers mary cooch mauno korpelainen howard miller acquisition editor david barnes development editor darshana shinde technical editor bhupali khule indexers monica ajmera hemangini bari editorial team leader akshara aware project team leader lata basantani project coordinator rajashree hamine proofreader jade schuler production coordinator dolly dasilva cover work dolly dasilva download at wowebook.com

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about the author ian wild a physicist by profession has always focused primarily on communication and learning fifteen years spent in private industry designing communication systems software eventually saw ian concentrate on the development of accessibility and learning aids for blind partially sighted dyslexic and dyscalculic computer users while also working part-time as a math and science tutor teaching only part-time meant not spending as much time with his students as he would have wanted this and his background in learning and communication technology seeded his interest in virtual learning environments ian is author of the popular book moodle course conversion beginner s guide also from packt publishing he lives in rural worcestershire with his wife karen and three children matthew lian and ethan to learn more about ian and his work visit http www.yourmathstutor.info download at wowebook.com

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acknowledgements the one aspect i enjoy most about being an author is having the opportunity to work with wonderful people firstly i must thank the development and editorial teams at packt publishing most notably david barnes rajashree hamine darshana shinde and bhupali khule thank you for your wisdom guidance and above all your patience a thank you must go to the reviewers for keeping my work focused and on track their input has been invaluable i must thank you the reader for taking the time to read this book i do hope you find it useful i will mention quickly that if you do need any further help at all with mathematics support in moodle then please do visit the mathematics tools forum on moodle.org http moodle.org/mod forum/view.php?id=752 that s where you ll find me and my colleagues all ready to help you with your moodle math-related issues my final and very big thank you must of course go to martin dougiamas and his team please keep up the excellent work download at wowebook.com

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about the reviewers mary cooch is the author of moodle 1.9 for teaching 7-14 year olds from packt publishing and has taught languages and geography in the uk for over 20 years she manages several websites even more moodles and runs her own moodle blog a moodle certified course creator she now spends part of her working week traveling the country as a vle trainer specializing in moodle she regularly promotes its benefits in schools and has a deep understanding of what works best for younger students known online as moodlefairy mary helps moderate the forums on www.moodle.org where she aims to enthuse others with her passion for this open source virtual learning environment mary works at our lady s catholic high school in preston lancashire uk and can be contacted on mco@olchs.lancs.sch.uk i would like to express my thanks to my family for their patience and to our lady s preston assistant headteacher mark greenwood for his unique motivation mauno korpelainen teaches mathematics for high school and adult students in hyvinkää finland and has been several years a phm particularly helpful moodler and moderator of mathematics tools forum on moodle.org download at wowebook.com

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table of contents preface chapter 1 moodle mathematics are you a moodle administrator what version of moodle will i need introduction to teaching mathematics with moodle starting an online discussion configuring your course what we have learned so far summary equation editors microsoft office equation editor 8 9 9 16 18 21 22 23 24 1 7 chapter 2 getting started with mathematical notation how to use the equation editor copying equations to moodle grabbing math notation with the print screen prtsc key microsoft equation editor resources creating math notation in openoffice recap ideas to try create an animated equation using microsoft powerpoint 23 24 28 30 30 34 35 openoffice.org math 31 35 35 35 38 39 41 41 equation editors hints and tips problems with equation editors configuring and testing the algebra filter algebra filter troubleshooting debugging the algebra filter debugging the algebra filter recap algebra filter details on implementation troubleshooting on shared hosting if all else fails 41 42 download at wowebook.com

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table of contents chapter 3 enhancing your math teaching powerpoint and mathematics quickly crafting a pythagorean powerpoint uploading to moodle how the algebra filter works typesetting mathematics algebra filter examples experimenting with the algebra filter summary 45 46 46 50 51 54 50 42 42 43 43 44 providing an audio commentary recording a separate narration using audacity to narrate a slideshow recording a narration recap audacity can t export an mp3 file lame_enc.dll not installed adding sound effects to your recording providing a next slide cue including your presentation and audio file in a course uploading to slideshare audio commentaries and slideshare slidecasts converting powerpoint to moodle more options including youtube videos don t get caught out with copyright creating screencasts incorporating third-party content summary scorm where to find free scorm content adding scorm to a course diy scorm display options scorm and the grade book youtube videos recap creating a moodle web page for your presentation and audio narration recap 58 54 57 57 63 63 67 71 72 76 76 76 77 75 chapter 4 scorm and flash 79 79 80 81 a scorm course being flash including flash resources in your course creating scorm for free exe elearning xhtml editor using exe recap udutu commercial products 87 85 86 87 87 93 93 96 97 98 98 ii download at wowebook.com

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table of contents creating your own flash resources flash requirements 99 chapter 5 geometry java a scorm and flash alternative 99 moodle ideas getting students to create games for your moodle courses 100 100 summary about geogebra installing and testing geogebra incorporating geogebra activities in moodle interactive activities with geogebra dynamic worksheets advanced dynamic worksheets exploring the pythagorean theorem with geogebra exploring the pythagorean theorem with geogebra recap installing the geogebra filter moodle admins only changing the size of the geogebra window 99 101 102 102 106 110 114 107 110 110 simple dynamic worksheets exploring linear functions with geogebra hiding objects in the graphics view more geogebra examples chapter 6 math quizzes creating quizzes question types calculated question type numerical question type other question types import your questions hot potatoes quiz encouraging students as they attempt the quiz monitoring the success of your teaching summary geogebra where to get further help 122 123 114 122 125 126 127 127 134 136 137 142 144 124 123 adding a math quiz 138 144 reporting quiz results the feedback module gathering feedback system for teaching and assessment using a computer algebra kernel stack system requirements moodle requirements installing stack using stack configuring a feedback activity feedback example create a departmental survey 145 146 146 150 creating a stack question enhancing stack questions graphs charts and random variables iii 151 151 152 152 153 154 163 download at wowebook.com

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table of contents getting more help with stack summary ask the admin installing the feedback module 165 chapter 7 more mathematical notation why is including mathematical notation so complicated advanced notation using the tex filter turning on the tex filter testing the tex filter useful tex notation tex filter troubleshooting the tex filter on shared hosting tex filter further guidance introducing the jsmath filter dragmath installing dragmath using dragmath verifying your dragmath installation supporting multiple moodles hiding the dragmath button hiding the dragmath button recap using dragmath with different filters 169 170 170 170 172 173 174 176 176 177 178 179 181 181 168 165 dragmath troubleshooting resizing the html editor toolbar asciimathml installing asciimathml chapter 8 graphs and charts enabling asciimathml in your moodle theme including support for mathml in internet explorer browser requirements asciimathml with fallback asciimathml further options summary asciimathml and asciisvg including graphs using asciisvg basic asciisvg commands more asciisvg examples asciisvg browser support creating charts in microsoft excel and openoffice.org calc creating charts with microsoft excel creating a chart in microsoft excel including an excel chart in a moodle course recap iv why didn t we need to enable the asciimathml filter 188 189 190 190 194 197 197 198 198 199 185 186 187 194 201 201 202 203 206 210 211 211 212 217 download at wowebook.com

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table of contents creating charts with openoffice.org calc creating a bar graph in openoffice.org calc google docs creating a pie chart in google spreadsheets further study google chart api summary using google docs recap 218 218 222 223 226 227 226 chapter 9 doing more with math and science alternative ways to create math notation mathtype wiris sitmo detexify math input panel windows 7 only math+magic formulator weaver google docs and the google chart api mathtran publicon math teaching resources resources you can link to resources you can upload resources students can download science modules summary 229 230 231 231 231 232 232 233 233 234 236 237 238 238 242 245 245 252 index 253 [v download at wowebook.com

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