Course Management 

Fig. 15 

Moodle's built in HTML editor is 

available when adding property 

descriptions and when creating 

new activity resources. Students 

also use the HTML editor during 

coursework. 

Fig. 16 

HTML Editor 

When you are creating your course you will frequently use Moodle's built in HTML editor 

(Fig. 17). Your students will use this tool when responding to Forum posts, making Journal 

entries, creating a Dialogue response and when they use a Wiki. The HTML editor can be 

disabled by the Moodle administrator, but is a useful tool for enriching course content. 

The HTML editor is not as feature rich as a commercial application like Dreamweaver or 

FrontPage, but you can do almost anything these tools can. A button on the tool bar allows 

you to expand the editor to full screen and you can also work directly with code.  

Fig. 17 

Images stored in the course  Files  area can be easily inserted and you can create links to          

resources stored on another server. Hyperlinks and anchor points can also be easily            

inserted into a document. Moodle has built in media filters, discussed in the  Administration 

section of the manual, that allow you to embed Flash,  QuickTime,  MP3  and  Windows             

Media files into the HTML editor so they play directly within the page you create. 

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