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Moodle 1.9 Multimedia

You're reading from   Moodle 1.9 Multimedia Create and share multimedia learning materials in your Moodle courses.

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2009
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847195906
Length 272 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Moodle 1.9 Multimedia
Credits
About the author
About the reviewers
1. Preface
1. Getting Ready for Multimedia in Moodle FREE CHAPTER 2. Picture This 3. Sound and Music 4. Video 5. Web 2.0 and Other Multimedia Forms 6. Multimedia and Assessments 7. Synchronous Communication and Interaction 8. Common Multimedia Issues in Moodle

Creating interactive timelines using Dipity


Interactive timelines can be very useful for illustrating historical events and change through time, allowing us to have a better visual perspective on the succession of events that lead to a particular moment. From major events in your life to the history of a game, a country, a theory, a person, or a sequence of news items that came out about a subject, many uses can be thought of for this kind of tool. Now imagine adding images, audio, video, and hyperlinks to it, along with some nice navigation, and you'll realize the added value of this tool.

In our course, in Module 1 Music evolves—one of the activities will require students to create timelines of particular music genres selected by them, and include audio, video, and hyperlinked references related to this genre.

Dipity (http://www.dipity.com/) is an online tool that allows us to create interactive multimedia timelines. It requires registration and is free to use, so every student can create...

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