‘Modules & Plugins’ Archives
Showcase what’s current with the Reverse Weekly Topic format
Weekly topic format is a standard for scheduled courses, but I've often thought that it showed information in a non-intuitive way (at least in terms of the live feed you see from Twitter, Facebook and other sites which put the newest and most relevant information front and center). The Weekly format reversed course format developed by Mat [...]
Totara launches Open Badges functionality with new Release
PRESS RELEASE - 5/1/2013 - Totara Learning Solutions, provider of the powerful packaged distribution of Moodle, released Totara LMS 2.4 today. Wellington, New Zealand The release of Totara 2.4 means Totara and Moodle will be the world’s first Learning Management Systems to include Open Badges functionality. Last month Mozilla, the free [...]
User Information Block gets an update for Moodle 2.4
If you're interested in providing your students a block with handy user-based information on their MyMoodle page or throughout the site via a sticky block, the User Information Block is a very good option. This block shows student-relevant information such as the profile picture, last login, course enrollments and messages. Check it out [...]
Crowdfunding another Moodle addon: CROT Plugin Update
Daniel Lombardo is trying another crowdfunding campaign over at Indiegogo. This addon development will work to revise the Crot Plagiarism plugin to work with Moodle 2.5's Assignment types. Mr. Lombardo is asking for only $740 to make the development happen which will trigger it's release to the community as well. The version already available [...]
Video: Drag and Drop onto Image Question Type
This video by Dot Garmin (http://www.youtube.com/user/Gr8TechTools) highlights the "Drag and Drop onto Image" question type in Moodle quizzes. This is a novel question type that allows students to drag and drop small images or text onto a larger background. It's a pretty slick visual assessment tool that could be useful for all sorts of [...]
My 5 Favorite Moodle 2.5 Improvements
Moodle 2.5 is coming this summer and after seeing some of the features demoed during the General Developer's Meeting yesterday I can say that I am very excited. Here are my top five improvements to Moodle 2.5: 1. Wordpress like install and update for plugins: Administrating your Moodle and managing plugins and addons just became wayyyy [...]
WIRIS Introduces its Popular Equation Editor in Arabic
WIRIS EDITOR is now available for Arabic users. That means far more than Right to Left writing. This was the title of an email from our friends and supporters at WIRIS. With access to the site I was able to see a quick demo of the new capabilities of the Arabic Language Math Editor and it's as slick as ever. WIRIS will be opening the doors to the [...]
Moodle Calendar Event Reminders addon
This helpful tool will send students reminders about upcoming events on the Moodle calendar. The addon was created by Isuru Madushanka Weerarathna as part of the 2012 Google Summer of Code and can be configured similarly to Google Calendar's event reminders (though these event reminders are globally configured rather than on an event by event [...]
2.4 Feature: Restricting Access to Activities based on User Profile Fields
Here's a quick video by Mary Cooch (@Moodlefairy) of a new feature in Moodle 2.4 I had not seen. It's the ability to restrict access of activities in Moodle by information in the user profile fields. Students could be grouped in new ways and access restricted based on groupings at a site wide level. Alternatively, based on a user's country [...]
OptivoteConnect is a low cost clicker system for Moodle 2.x
Optivote, which was covered last on Moodlenews when they were giving away some free services to a pilot school in the UK has released Optivote Connect for use with Moodle 2.x activities (including quiz, questionnaires and surveys). Their technology provides a very low cost system that allows students to use handsets (tablets, phones, etc.) or [...]
