Interview with the Folks behind #iMoot2013
As you know the 2013 iMoot is coming up next week, I was able to do a email interview of Vinny Stocker and Julian Ridden (@Moodleman), two of the folks behind the scenes of the event put on by Pukunui and supported by a few other organizations (Blindside Networks, and Packt Publishing). Registration is available at http://2013.imoot.org/mod/book/view.php?id=31&chapterid=9 Where'd [...]
Merge User Account Script
Please note that this is an advanced tool that will require access to your database (which you should backup first before executing any script) Have a lot of users that have signed up with more than one email or were inadvertently added more than once to a site and now both have user data? Have no fear, here's a contributed script that you might be able to use to solve your duplicate user [...]
6 Keynotes for the 2013 iMoot #imoot2013
If you haven't registered for the 2013 iMoot yet, you should. Only 9 days left to get your ticket to the virtual Moot. Announced recently were the 6 keynote presenters you can attend during the 4 day event. Martin Dougiamas: Overview of new features in Moodle 2.5. Iain Doherty: Director, eLearning Pedagogical Support at the University of Hong Kong Kristina Hoeppner: eLearning [...]
Moodle 2.5 has been released!
Right on its new schedule (May and November) and full of awesome new features, Moodle 2.5 was released yesterday and is now available for download from Moodle.org. According to Martin Dougiamas in his official release note: It's my pleasure to put this cherry on the top of the collective cake that is Moodle 2.5, and to announce that it is now ready for you to use! This is the first release [...]
SCORM 2004 Abandonned, Tin Can API the next focus
Dan Marsden posted an interesting history of SCORM development for Moodle including the difficulties of funding development and maintaining SCORM 1.2 compatibility through the years. SCORM 2004, now nearly a decade old, was never officially integrated and demand has lagged. According to the post, Full support for SCORM 2004 is already available in Moodle by using the Rustici SCORM cloud plugin [...]
Installing an add-on into Moodle 2.5 (2 minute video by @ghenrick)
This 2 minute video shows the new Wordpress-like feature that allows you to install add-ons in Moodle without access to FTP or the file directory. It's an awesome advancement that I think will drastically increase the availability and quality of community plugins (because there will be so much more usage and feedback!). The video was created by Gavin Henrick (@ghenrick); check out "Some Random [...]
Paypal Enrollment Plugin for Moodle Now Supports all Currencies
Moodle 2.5 brought a ton of great new features and enhancements to the Moodle community, among the long list of improvements is the expansion of supported currencies of the Paypal Enrollment Plugin. As of Moodle 2.5 all Paypal currencies are no supported. The Paypal enrollment plugin is the easiest way to collect an enrollment fee via credit card from students who want to enroll in one of your [...]
Is blended learning the new normal?
Welcome to Moodlenews's newest contributor, Megan Pope. Pushing the role of technology in education seems to be a trend, and several schools in Michigan have been implementing Moodle as the LMS platform for a new blended learning model. According to a recent article by The Times Herald, Algonac Superintendent, Mike Sharrow, suggested "We’re transforming into a new world of education, and we [...]
NextGenU brings two open courses via Moodle.net
NextGenU.org is a provider of open education and credit bearing courses online. They've published two open enrollable courses to Moodle.net recently: Environmental Health and Climate Change and Health. Registration at NextGenU is free and the courses are also open for guest viewing if you want to check them out. Both courses are college level, Climate Change and Health being about 1/2 the [...]
100% Pass Rate for 2.5 QA Testing
Announced earlier this week, the 100% pass rate of QA tests for Moodle 2.5 marks the last milestone before the official code release coming soon. 2.5 is full of enhancements, improvements and new features sure to make your Moodle use more efficient and to give even the most novice Moodle administrators more control over their systems. Here's a full list of enhancements coming down the [...]
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