Using Excel to create ‘tidy’ learning resources

TidyUpExcel
Originally uploaded by Dave Foord
I often use Excel to create simple learning objects, especially ones that have an element of drag and drop. Having created my resource, I then tidy it up, so that when viewed over the internet (e.g. if accessed from a VLE) the user wouldn’t realise that it was Excel at all.
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The ‘Align or Distribute’ tool in Microsoft Office

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