Chemistry and moodle

Chemistry and moodle

by Frank Sherman -
Number of replies: 4
I am trying to set up moodle to use as a chemistry resource. I need to be able to write chemical formulas using subscripts. Any idea how to do this as it does not appear in the format fonts menu?

I also have a number of files, tests, worksheets done using microsoft word. Again how do I import these into tests, lessons etc . I have tried saving in html format, but have had limited success.
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In reply to Frank Sherman

Re: Chemistry and moodle

by Marc Grober -
yes-I suggest asciimath and there are a number of lengthy discussions regarding this application in the math forum

Re ms word- dump it, get openoffice, use openoffice to convert your docs to odt, get the XHTML-xml macros and then convert to XHTML+XML
In reply to Frank Sherman

Re: Chemistry and moodle

by Rino Vincenti Hagn -

how are you with excel ?

what i do is convert everything into fill in the blank or multiple choice or combinations of both

i put the html formulas of both types of questions in excel.  then just fill out the text that surrounds the question. answer questions. then import into moodle.

In reply to Frank Sherman

Re: Chemistry and moodle

by Russell Waldron -

About Word: I see many indicators (commercial, legal, technical, and functional) that Microsoft do not intend for it to be used with other products.

One workaround is to use a picture of the beautiful layout you created in Word: 

  1. Save your document as a PDF file (or select text and Print to PDF file if you want just part of it), 
  2. Copy from the PDF file in your PDF reader, 
  3. Create a New file from clipboard in an image editor, and save it
  4. Insert the image in the editor in Moodle.