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Multiple Intelligences
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The text editor (sometimes referred to as the 'HTML editor') has many icons to assist the user in entering content.  Many of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor.  However, writing for the web on the web is different, and especially with accessibility and design considerations Atto sometimes you may not do what you expect with a normal editor, or even the old default editor in Moodle.


The theory of multiple intelligences represents a new framework that considers other gifts that children have. This departs from the traditional, narrow focused notion of intelligence, based on I.Q. testing, is far too limited. The theory encompasses other cultural definitions of intelligence, neurophysiology, anthropological studies and Gardner’s own experimentation and observation of children. The theory devised eight categories of respective intelligence to account for a broader range of human potential in children and adults
For some comment on this, [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=265176 please see this post]


*1. Verbal/Linguistic – refers to linguistic abilities in the complex acquisition, formation and processing of language. The ability to create conceptual verbal patterns as well as thinking symbolically and reasoning abstractly fall under this category. The activities associated with this category is reading, writing, the development of symbolic writing and language skills--anagrams, palindromes, metaphors, similes, puns, and analogies. Traits shared by these children are children who talk early, those who enjoy making sounds and rhyming patterns; children who are prolific readers and have good memories for poetry, lyrics, tongue twisters, and verse may have a propensity in this area. These individuals have infinity for both the written and spoken words, and often think in words. They learn by verbalization and visualization, by seeing and hearing words and usually enjoy word games.
Some examples of where you will see the text editor include: Editing Section headings, description of an activity, writing an answer to a quiz question or editing the content of many blocks.
 
The default text editor in Moodle is the Atto editor, built specifically for Moodle. There is also a version of the [[TinyMCE editor]] and a plain text editor.
 
Text editors can be enabled, disabled or a different one set to default from ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Manage editors''. The order of priority may also be specified here.
 
An individual user can select an editor in their profile from ''Administration > My Profile settings > Edit profile.''
 
==Atto HTML editor==
{{New features}}
 
[[File:Atto1.png]]
 
Atto Row 1
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| 1:Expand
| 2.Style
| 3.Bold
| 4.Italic
|-
| 5.Bulleted list
| 6.Numbered list
| 7.Add link
| 8.Unlink
|-
| 9.Add image
| 10.Add media
| 11.Manage embedded files
   
   
*2. Logical/mathematical—refers to logical thought abilities- inductively, and to some degree deductively. Within the category children are able to recognize patterns, both geometric and numerical, and include the ability process abstract concepts. Children who possess this form of developed intelligence may be constant questioners; they may easily grasp games that involve sophisticated strategies--like chess; or they may devise experimental formats to test their ideas. Also, they may be fascinated with computers or with puzzles that involving logic and reasoning abilities.  
|}
 
 
 
[[File:Atto22.png]]
 
Atto Row 2
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| 1. Underline
| 2. Strikethrough
| 3. Subscript
| 4. Superscript
|-
| 5. Align left
| 6. Align centre
| 7. Align right
| 8. Increase indent
|-
| 9. Decrease indent
| 10. Equation editor
| 11. Special character
| 12. Table
|-
| 13. Clear formatting
| 14. Undo/redo
| 15. Undo/redo
| 16. Accessibility checker
|-
| 17. Screenreader helper
| 18. HTML/code view
|}
 
==Equation editor==
 
{{New features}}If either the [[MathJax filter|MathJax]] or the [[TeX notation filter|TeX notation]] filters are enabled (in ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters'') then an equation editor button is provided in the toolbar for launching the equation editor.
{|
| [[File:equation editor.png|thumb|Equation editor]]
|}
 
==Site administration settings==
 
===Toolbar settings===
 
The administrator can specify which plugins to display and in which order from ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Atto HTML editor > Atto toolbar settings''.
[[File:atto-plugins.png|thumb|center|450px|Atto Plugins]]
 
====Toolbar config table====
The toolbar is split into groups of related buttons. The format for the config setting is:
 
groupname1 = button1, button2, button3
groupname2 = button1, button2, button3
 
The group names on the left have no effect on how the toolbar works; they just need to be different for each button (and no spaces please). The list of buttons says which button goes in which group and in what order. The exact word to insert here for each button is listed in the "Toolbar config" column above.
 
The reason there are names for the groups is that it helps to make you think about how to group the buttons sensibly and not just stick new buttons in random locations. Ie. all the buttons in the "files" group interact with the file picker in some way
===Adding extra buttons===
 
Extra plugins from the list (for example 'Font color' or 'Emoticon') may be added by typing the toolbarconfig term into the toolbar config table.
 
[[File:toolbarconfig.png]]
 
Here for example are the available colours when 'fontcolor' is added:
 
[[File:fontcolor.png]]
 
The icons are displayed in related groups and the administrator can decide how many groups to display in the default collapsed state of the toolbar (that is, how many groups to display on Row 1).
==== Non default Atto plugins ====
Not all plugins are enabled by default and the administrator of each site should give careful thought as to which plugins they choose to enable for their users. Here are some things to consider before enabling the non-default plugins:
 
===== Background colour / Font colour =====
While these are very popular plugins, there are downsides to enabling their use on a site. Firstly - user specified colours may conflict visually with the site colours chosen by the theme designer. Even if the colours of the content does not conflict with the colours of the current theme, if the theme is changed in future, or the content is reused on a different site conflicts may be introduced. There are 2 possible types of conflicts, the first is just a visually unappealing combination of colours, the second is a combination of colours that may produce text that is hard to read for some people. It is preferable if the theme designer uses some interesting colours that meet the accessibility standards required for the site in the theme for the site, and the person creating the content simply uses the proper heading levels (for example) to make use of those styles.
 
===== Emoticons =====
The emoticon plugin inserts text representations of the emoticons in the content. The emoticon filter is responsible for converting these text sequences into proper smiley images. The emoticon filter is not enabled by default, which is why the emoticon plugin for Atto is not enabled by default.
 
===== No-auto link =====
In general, the more plugins are added to the Atto toolbar, the harder it becomes to find specific plugins. Because the no-auto link plugin is not felt to be widely used it is not enabled by default.
 
===== Right to left =====
Because this plugin is only useful for courses where text needs to be written in a mixture of both "left to right" and "right to left" languages, it is not enabled by default.
 
==== Moodle plugins directory ====
 
There are more plugins available for Atto than just those included in a default install.
See the [https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=53 Moodle plugins directory] for additional plugins.
Some example plugins include the following.
 
===== Toggle preview =====
This plugin allows you view the content as it would be seen by a reader.
 
===== Chemistry plugins =====
There are a number of chemistry plugins that support chemistry equations and structures.
 
===== Text import plugins =====
There are a number of plugins that support importing text from other sources.
The [https://moodle.org/plugins/view/atto_pastespecial Paste special] plugin minimises the amount of superfluous HTML markup
included when pasting content from an external editor such as Microsoft Word.
 
The [https://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Atto_Word_import Word import] plugin supports dragging and dropping Word documents into the text box,
and cleanly imports the entire contents including embedded images, tables, headings, etc.
It also imports Microsoft Equation Editor equations as MathML, which can then be displayed using MathJax.


*3. Spatial Intelligence--deals with the ability to perceive images. Children who fall in this category tend to think in images, they have a strong visual recall ability and are usually the ones able to find missing objects. There is a tendency to be the first to notice things that have been changed or rearranged. Many are earlier drawers--delighted with shapes, lines and colors. The activities that they might enjoy are jigsaw puzzles, mazes, find the hidden picture puzzles and they love to construct things with blocks. They have an early sense of proportion and perspective. They are also good at reading and constructing maps and discerning objects as they might appear in three dimensional spaces. They are often referred to as daydreamers--starring off into space.
===Equation editor settings===


*4. Musical – refers to the ability to create or interpret music. Often music plays an important factor when studying, and they are continually humming, singing, tapping out tunes rhythmically, or whistling. Their keen hearing allows them to distinguishing sounds and subtle nuances in music and in the sounds in their environments. These children can also be excellent mimics and can easily discern differences in speech patterns or accents. David Lazear expands this group with the descriptor of rhythmic, and Bob Samples describes this as auditory intelligence.
Equation editor commands may be removed, added or reordered in ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Atto HTML editor > Equation editor settings''.


*5. Bodily/Kinesthetic: the emphasis of gift that these children exhibit deals with the gift of physical movement, both the fine and/or the large muscle systems. Thee find it difficult to sit still over an extended period of time and described as the movers of the universe, and frequently they squirm, rock, even fall off their chairs. They have an adept ability at creating and interpreting gestures and are often attuned at communicating in, or reading others body language. They tend to have the need to enter the personal space of others or to touch them while communicating. This group of students needs to learn by acting and moving, to learn by haptic experiences.
[[File:equationeditor.png]]


*6. Interpersonal: refers to the ability to understand and communicate with others and to facilitate relationships and group processes. They have the uncanny abilities to read people – the phrase "they can work the room" aptly describes them. They can adjudicate differences between people or groups and often exhibit a high level of empathy. The learning experience that is often enjoyed is cooperative learning experiences and learning is best achieved in cooperative settings.  
==Dragging/dropping images into the text editor==
* If your browser supports it, you can drag and drop images into a [[Page]], [[Questions]] and [[Labels]].
* Images dragged into a [[Forum ]] post will not appear unless you are using Atto and have the Plugin for Drag and Drop installed. (https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=atto_imagedragdrop)
* Images cannot be dragged and dropped using Chrome or IE, but it is possible with Firefox.
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=270053 This forum thread] has more discussion on the matter.
* There is a tracker item for drag and drop into Atto here: https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-43996


*7. Intrapersonal: refers to the ability to be somewhat shielded from their peers; this is motivated by a strong sense of self; to have leadership abilities in reference to making decisions that may not be popular with others. Children in this category tend to show a sense of immunity from peer pressure which is created by this strong sense of self. Often described as "loners" they may have gifts out the ordinary realm of human understanding--strong intuitive feelings, a sense of inner wisdom, or precognition. These children need learning experiences where they can focus on their inner being and activities that allow them to work by themselves on material and projects of their own choosing.
==See also==


The theory and its categories departs and essentially challenges the dominant focus of most educational institutions, which regards articulate or logical people of our culture as a highly intelligent person. Children, who do not exhibit these traditional traits, are often not positively reinforced with regards to their gifts. Instead they are labeled as children with learning difficulties.  
* [http://youtu.be/GNQSK_fPV98 Moodle HQ screencast demonstrating Atto editor]
* [http://youtu.be/ZoOAkpK9Oho The Moodle Text Editor - Atto] MoodleBites video on YouTube
* [[Text editor FAQ]]
* [[Embedded files repository]]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=258631 New 2.7 Equation Editor - Missing Key Items] forum discussion and associated issue MDL-45067


The theory of multiple intelligences challenges and suggests a major transformation within the school system. Within the classroom context, teacher are challenges to present their lessons in a wide variety of ways using music, cooperative learning, art activities, role play, multimedia, field trips, inner reflection, and much more. Within the high school context, when looking at careers, the theory has many strong implications for adult learning and development. As many students at university as well as adults may be in careers that do not make optimal use of their most highly developed intelligences.
[[Category:Site administration]]
While Gardner contends that all humans have some degree of all seven (now 8)  intelligences, there are those who are more gifted in some areas, or in combinations of areas, than in others.


For more information click on: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index.html
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 10 August 2021

The text editor (sometimes referred to as the 'HTML editor') has many icons to assist the user in entering content. Many of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. However, writing for the web on the web is different, and especially with accessibility and design considerations Atto sometimes you may not do what you expect with a normal editor, or even the old default editor in Moodle.

For some comment on this, please see this post

Some examples of where you will see the text editor include: Editing Section headings, description of an activity, writing an answer to a quiz question or editing the content of many blocks.

The default text editor in Moodle is the Atto editor, built specifically for Moodle. There is also a version of the TinyMCE editor and a plain text editor.

Text editors can be enabled, disabled or a different one set to default from Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Manage editors. The order of priority may also be specified here.

An individual user can select an editor in their profile from Administration > My Profile settings > Edit profile.

Atto HTML editor

New feature
in Moodle 2.7!


Atto1.png

Atto Row 1


1:Expand 2.Style 3.Bold 4.Italic
5.Bulleted list 6.Numbered list 7.Add link 8.Unlink
9.Add image 10.Add media 11.Manage embedded files


Atto22.png

Atto Row 2

1. Underline 2. Strikethrough 3. Subscript 4. Superscript
5. Align left 6. Align centre 7. Align right 8. Increase indent
9. Decrease indent 10. Equation editor 11. Special character 12. Table
13. Clear formatting 14. Undo/redo 15. Undo/redo 16. Accessibility checker
17. Screenreader helper 18. HTML/code view

Equation editor

New feature
in Moodle 2.7! If either the MathJax or the TeX notation filters are enabled (in Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters) then an equation editor button is provided in the toolbar for launching the equation editor.

Equation editor

Site administration settings

Toolbar settings

The administrator can specify which plugins to display and in which order from Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Atto HTML editor > Atto toolbar settings.

Atto Plugins

Toolbar config table

The toolbar is split into groups of related buttons. The format for the config setting is:

groupname1 = button1, button2, button3 groupname2 = button1, button2, button3

The group names on the left have no effect on how the toolbar works; they just need to be different for each button (and no spaces please). The list of buttons says which button goes in which group and in what order. The exact word to insert here for each button is listed in the "Toolbar config" column above.

The reason there are names for the groups is that it helps to make you think about how to group the buttons sensibly and not just stick new buttons in random locations. Ie. all the buttons in the "files" group interact with the file picker in some way

Adding extra buttons

Extra plugins from the list (for example 'Font color' or 'Emoticon') may be added by typing the toolbarconfig term into the toolbar config table.

toolbarconfig.png

Here for example are the available colours when 'fontcolor' is added:

fontcolor.png

The icons are displayed in related groups and the administrator can decide how many groups to display in the default collapsed state of the toolbar (that is, how many groups to display on Row 1).

Non default Atto plugins

Not all plugins are enabled by default and the administrator of each site should give careful thought as to which plugins they choose to enable for their users. Here are some things to consider before enabling the non-default plugins:

Background colour / Font colour

While these are very popular plugins, there are downsides to enabling their use on a site. Firstly - user specified colours may conflict visually with the site colours chosen by the theme designer. Even if the colours of the content does not conflict with the colours of the current theme, if the theme is changed in future, or the content is reused on a different site conflicts may be introduced. There are 2 possible types of conflicts, the first is just a visually unappealing combination of colours, the second is a combination of colours that may produce text that is hard to read for some people. It is preferable if the theme designer uses some interesting colours that meet the accessibility standards required for the site in the theme for the site, and the person creating the content simply uses the proper heading levels (for example) to make use of those styles.

Emoticons

The emoticon plugin inserts text representations of the emoticons in the content. The emoticon filter is responsible for converting these text sequences into proper smiley images. The emoticon filter is not enabled by default, which is why the emoticon plugin for Atto is not enabled by default.

No-auto link

In general, the more plugins are added to the Atto toolbar, the harder it becomes to find specific plugins. Because the no-auto link plugin is not felt to be widely used it is not enabled by default.

Right to left

Because this plugin is only useful for courses where text needs to be written in a mixture of both "left to right" and "right to left" languages, it is not enabled by default.

Moodle plugins directory

There are more plugins available for Atto than just those included in a default install. See the Moodle plugins directory for additional plugins. Some example plugins include the following.

Toggle preview

This plugin allows you view the content as it would be seen by a reader.

Chemistry plugins

There are a number of chemistry plugins that support chemistry equations and structures.

Text import plugins

There are a number of plugins that support importing text from other sources. The Paste special plugin minimises the amount of superfluous HTML markup included when pasting content from an external editor such as Microsoft Word.

The Word import plugin supports dragging and dropping Word documents into the text box, and cleanly imports the entire contents including embedded images, tables, headings, etc. It also imports Microsoft Equation Editor equations as MathML, which can then be displayed using MathJax.

Equation editor settings

Equation editor commands may be removed, added or reordered in Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Text editors > Atto HTML editor > Equation editor settings.

equationeditor.png

Dragging/dropping images into the text editor

See also

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