‘Modules & Plugins’ Archives
Doc of the Day: LTI Provider
Earlier this week I posted a cool video by Charles Severance (@DrChuck) that highlighted Juan Leyva's LTI provider. I just wanted to follow up that posting with two additional resources to help you get a handle on LTI and start exploring. Moodle Docs for LTI Provider is a nifty overview of the utility, how and why it might be used and some [...]
@DrChuck shows off the Moodle LTI Provider addon (Video)
This ~6 minute video by Charles Severance (@DrChuck) is showing off the Moodle 2+ LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) Provider that was recently created by Juan Leyva (@jleyvadelgado) and released on Moodle.org/plugins. The video shows how you can use Juan's addon to share Moodle resources, activities and enrollments (or even a full course) [...]
12 Moodle tools to interact with your students online by @WizIQ
Full disclosure, WizIQ (@wiziq)is a sponsor of Moodlenews (see the ad space to the right) providing financial support for our operating/hosting costs. Here's an easy to digest list of good tools for Moodle that you might consider using. Many are not standard activities/modules but each is available below as a list from the [...]
Enrich your users’ learning experience with Mediabird Study Notes
One of my joys in life as a Moodle site administrator is scouring the Net to unearth gems of Moodle activity modules of earlier years. Such is the case with Mediabird Study Notes. It allows you to add private and community note-taking to your Moodle site! Never heard of it Mediabird Study Notes? This blast-from-the-past (April 2009) is a real gem [...]
Ask Mister Moodle: How can I get a report of just one student’s activities?
This was asked recently in the comments at Moodlenews, I would like to know if there is any method of exporting the grades and info about one student, so I could send to it’s company. It would be a report of his lessons and when was the last time he got in to the course, and that kind of stuff. I often provide a detailed report and spot [...]
On the 6th day of #Moodlemas the community shared with me…
Course-for-matting! 5 a course about Jiiing 4 pretty themes 3 plugins 2 Cheery images and A freebie Christmas themed Glossary! As I've said before, I'm a sucker for aesthetics and you can really improve the usability and navigability of a course by simply employing the appropriate course format available. I've tested nearly [...]
On the 3rd day of #Moodlemas the community shared with me…
3 plugins! 2 Cheery images! and A freebie Christmas themed Glossary! There are awesome plugins at Moodle.org available in the new plugin/addon repository. If you haven't checked some of the recent submissions from the community you should. Here are a few that I really like: Drag and Drop file Upload Progress [...]
Usability enhancements by LUNS (fewer page loads, easier resource/activity creation)
Here's a cool usability feature introduced by Andrew Nicols of the Lancaster University Network Services (LUNS) for what Moodle might look like post release in 2.3. Fewer page loads and easier to add resources and activities. I really like the fewer page loads and how the resources and activities are automatically paired with a quick [...]
#Moodlewish: Autosave
Here's a goodie from the forums recently: Autosave in Moodle. Ever been building a great webpage or label and then (by accident) closed the window or lost your work? Ever had students complain that they had been typing their online text assignment and then inadvertently lost it the same way? Soon it might be possible to ward off the [...]
How to use the Meta Course function in Moodle 2.x
Meta courses are great ways to automatically give students the resources they need on a Moodle site without having to enroll them into two areas. On several projects I've used Meta courses to speed up access to students and to create a 1 stop shop for supporting students that was easily update-able and centrally managed. In Moodle 1.9 Meta [...]
