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I am just getting started in the world of Online Course Design and I was not sure if I should invest in a MacBook Pro or continue to use my HP.Also, I was looking through the book listings. Which would be a good one to begin with?Any assistance is appreciated.

I have downloaded the 1.9 software and have a test (MS Server Std 2003) to play with. I have not installed the software yet. I am going to perform that this week.I am also working on my Grad degree on Information Technology in Education and am taking a course on Human-Computer Interaction.

No one has recommended a preference on equipment to use for the actual design part of the courses. I am looking for any and all suggestions.Thanks!Tara-Byte.

Tara,It's a case of horses for courses. Maybe sticking with the Hp box and what ever you are running on it rather than changing horses at this stage.Moodle has it's own inbuilt editor, the one you used to write the post with.There are a few good free packages that you can use to produce a learning resource.Try eXe. Using a MIP( Microsoft Intel Processor) will give you access to a broader range of products.When you ask about HCI (Human Computer Interaction) are you asking about HID (human interface devices)? Formulator mathml weaver for mac. And as for the normal user or a user with challenges?

Or how we interact human with machine?John. The Course is predominately how to approach a user and learn how to adjust courses for the learning differences. There is a separate course for Assistive Technology (I have already received the book on it and read it as well).I guess where I have worked in tech support for 10 years now it is a matter of just understanding how a user looks/views a computer and figuring a way to traing that person. For instance, we have some users that will call the entire computer the hard drive or the desktop screen is referred to as the main screen, etc. Hi Tara,The vexing issue of what the punter wants! With our noses close to the grind stone we often miss the small changes. Have you noticed that todays software has become reliable, has good look and feel and is becoming more intuitive?Maybe the suggestion I would make is kick the shoes off get comfortable and have a critical look at the web.

Whats hot and what's not. Things like is the eye guided, does it appeal to a particular age why? Is it easy to navigate? Most of the better techniques you can use in building learning objects. Just add content.John.

Hi Visvanath,I use the following products Open Office, Inkscape, Gimp and eXe.Open Office meets my office needs and is very useful for quick web pages.The Gimp is a Open Source Image manipulation program.Inkscape for the graphic tablet.eXe is a useful nearly full featured package builder and designer (Win only) but runs under WINE on most Unix boxes.We also use with and Dispute Finder installed.With all of the above and the editor in Moodle you can knock out some reasonable looking work. The best part it's all free.Hope that helpsJohn. Hello Tara,I personally use a MacBook (black), but really and truly you may be better off sticking to your HP. Although I had previously used Macs as well (my background is graphic design) and have one at home, I am also very used to PCs so hopefully I can help you a little.For me, I think it boils down to three things: cost, support and software/use.

Re cost: the Macs are a lot more, but break down less often/need replacing less often. Re support: do you know how to use Macs? Is there someone to support you in the IT dept? Do they know how to manage them and can you set up email etc to talk to others that you need to that use PCs (not too difficult, but a consideration) and compatibility with servers (prob not an issue). Finally, re software/use: I prefer Macs simply because I use a lot of adobe products and they are just simply easier and quicker on a Mac (plus Macs don't crash much) - if your main software is fine on a PC save your money!

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Part of this too, is that you do have to learn a few new things - stuff is different on a Mac, if you pick up things quickly then that's fine, if you're really happy with your use of a PC stick to it!Hope this helps you!! Hi I am just getting started in the world of Online Course Design and I was not sure if I should invest in a MacBook Pro or continue to use my HP.If your primary interest is Course Design, you should be able to do it on your own computer: desktop, laptop, Mac, Windows, Linux or whatever. In tech terms, the client is yours. Take the one on which you can work most efficiently.I assume, you want to deliver your course through Moodle.

Moodle is the server, it is usually a different machine which answers to the webbrowser running on your client. The server could be anywhere running any supported operating system and related services like the webserver.Again, if you are interested in course design, the easiest is to get an account on a Moodle server somewhere.

You can ofcourse run Moodle on your own server or even on your client! Only in the latter case the question of platform A OR B arises. Otherwise the client can be on one plattform the server on something different., Mac is also a PC for me, irrespective of the make Compaq, Dell, HP, IBM or Apple. Perhaps you meant the Intel-architecture vs.

PowerPC-architecture But Apple gave it up years ago I have downloaded the 1.9 software and have a test server (MS Server Std 2003) to play with. I have not installed the software yet.

I am going to perform that this week.Technical discussions are on 'Using Moodle' (check the forums 'Installation problems' and 'Windows servers'). Ever hear of Linux?It runs the Internet, Google, Amazon and a few other small enterprises.I run on it.My classes run on it.My family runs on it.My real Moodle site (amoodle.org) runs on it.My local Moodle site for testing runs on it.Viruses and spyware do not run on it.Save the $, Ubuntu, burn a Live CD and see what I mean.Then, if you don't like it, spend some money.If you like it you can install on your HP. If you still like or need Windows, you can dual boot or install just like a Windows program (WUBI)If you do not like it, locate check book. I am typing this on my MacBook running Leopard with as it is 10pm on a Friday. However, from 8am to 5pm Monday to Friday I use an HP elitebook 6930p running Windows XP. During the weekend I use the Fedora based Sugar interface on an XO. I run Ubuntu in Virtual Box on my MacBook when I feel like a change.The hardware and the operating system are pretty unimportant as long as there is connectivity.

I probably can't go very long without the internet.I do have Moodle running locally on my Macbook, otherwise all my Moodle work is via any machine handy with internet.Differences come in smaller things - like browser behaviour. Know your browsers and test in some common ones.Don't write instructions for students that might not match their scenario - for example, 'right click to save this file' is not much use to someone on a Mac.Software that I use ranges from FOSS to proprietary depending on the situation and owner of the machine. Good thing to check out if you are creating learning material for students on computer courses would be Debugmode's 'Wink' screencapture software.Good luck! Tara,save your money! I was forced to purchase a Macbook Pro when I began my Master's program last year as the university I'm attending has some kind of deal with Apple for software and hardware.

Most of my professors insist on using software designed only for Apple and will not grade any assignments turned in with any pc only software so my classmates and I had to purchase the Macs.Since that time, fully two-thirds of us have had problems with our Macs in one way or another. Most often, they freeze up. In some cases, they unfreeze after a few minutes but more often than not, the only way to clear the problem is to hold the power button down until the computer shuts off. This of course means you lose whatever you've been working on.Upgrading to Snow Leopard hasn't helped although I am currently testing the additional memory I installed today. My other classmates haven't been so lucky. One is currently waiting on a motherboard (her second), a harddrive (her third) and speakers (broken by the Apple Geniuses who fixed her computer the first time). Another has taken his Macbok Pro in three different times for the same problem and it's still not fixed.

Out of twenty-four students, seventeen of us have had nothing but problems with our Macbook Pros.I've had my Vista computer since early last year and I've NEVER had a problem with it. It's an HP touchpanel pc and has worked flawlessly the whole time.The Macbook Pro isn't even a year old yet.Save your money!