Moodle 1.9 Math Table Of Contents

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

• Chapter 2: Getting Started with Mathematical Notation
• Equation editors
• Microsoft Office Equation Editor
• How to use the Equation Editor
• Copying equations to Moodle
• Grabbing math notation with the Print Screen (PrtSc) key
• Microsoft Equation Editor resources
• OpenOffice.org Math
• Creating math notation in OpenOffice—recap
• Equation editors: Hints and tips
• Ideas to try—create an animated equation using Microsoft PowerPoint
• 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…
• How the Algebra Filter works
• Typesetting mathematics
• Algebra Filter examples
• Experimenting with the Algebra Filter
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Enhancing Your Math Teaching
• PowerPoint and Mathematics
• Quickly crafting a Pythagorean PowerPoint
• Uploading to Moodle
• 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
• Creating a Moodle web page for your presentation and audio narration—recap
• Uploading to SlideShare
• Audio commentaries and SlideShare—slidecasts
• Converting PowerPoint to Moodle—more options
• Including YouTube videos
• YouTube videos—recap
• Don't get caught out with copyright

• Creating screencasts
• Incorporating third-party content
• Summary

• Chapter 4: SCORM and Flash
• SCORM
• Where to find free SCORM content
• Adding SCORM to a course
• Display options
• SCORM and the grade book
• DIY SCORM
• Creating SCORM for free
• eXe (eLearning XHTML editor)
• Using eXe—recap
• Udutu
• Commercial products
• A SCORM course
• Being Flash
• Including Flash resources in your course
• Creating your own Flash resources
• Flash requirements
• Java—a SCORM and Flash alternative
• Moodle Ideas: Getting students to create games for your Moodle courses
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Geometry
• About GeoGebra
• Installing and testing GeoGebra
• Incorporating GeoGebra activities in Moodle
• Installing the GeoGebra filter—Moodle admins only
• Changing the size of the GeoGebra window
• Interactive activities with GeoGebra—dynamic worksheets
• Simple dynamic worksheets—Exploring linear functions with GeoGebra
• Advanced dynamic worksheets
• Exploring the Pythagorean Theorem with GeoGebra
• Exploring the Pythagorean Theorem with GeoGebra—recap
• Hiding objects in the Graphics view
• More GeoGebra examples
• GeoGebra: Where to get further help
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Math Quizzes
• Creating quizzes
• Question types
• Calculated question type
• Numerical question type
• Other question types
• Import your questions: Hot Potatoes quiz
• Adding a math quiz
• Encouraging students as they attempt the quiz
• Reporting quiz results
• Monitoring the success of your teaching
• The Feedback module
• Gathering Feedback
• Configuring a Feedback activity
• Feedback example: Create a departmental survey
• System for Teaching and Assessment using a Computer algebra Kernel (STACK)
• System requirements
• Moodle requirements
• Installing STACK
• Using STACK
• Creating a STACK question
• Enhancing STACK questions—graphs, charts, and random variables
• Getting more help with STACK
• Ask the admin: Installing the Feedback module
• Summary

• 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
• DragMath troubleshooting
• Resizing the HTML editor toolbar
• ASCIIMathML
• Installing ASCIIMathML
• Why didn't we need to enable the ASCIIMathML filter?
• Enabling ASCIIMathML in your Moodle theme
• Including support for MathML in Internet Explorer
• Browser requirements
• ASCIIMathML with fallback
• ASCIIMathML further options
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Graphs and Charts
• 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
• Creating charts with OpenOffice.org Calc
• Creating a bar graph in OpenOffice.org Calc
• Google Docs
• Creating a pie chart in Google Spreadsheets
• Using Google Docs—recap
• Further study—Google Chart API
• Summary

• 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

• Index