Topic 8 Colophon

This demonstration course wasn't created as a set of Moodle activities, nor was it put together as a PDF booklet, despite the fact that you are probably reading it in one of those formats right now.

In fact the content for this course, like every course produced using Courseworker by CAPDM, was built and is maintained in a non-proprietary, delivery-independent format called XML.

Courseworker helps you create or convert your course materials, and then handles turning them into whatever output format you need, according to the rules and styles you specify, in as many different ways as you like.

Take the quizzes, for example. Obviously you'll need the live version ready to be slotted into your learning environment for students to use. But what about a cleanly laid-out PDF download for offline learning or on-campus tutorial use? An ebook format optimised for students' iPads? A simplified print output, showing answers and feedback, designed for formal review or accreditation? Or a set of SCORM objects ready to be deployed into a corporate partner's internal learning platform?

Thanks to the fact that your content is held in a delivery-independent format, Courseworker can do all of the above and much more, literally at the touch of a button.