‘Modules & Plugins’ Archives
Moodle 2.0: new quiz features #moodle2
With the release of Moodle 2.0 beta preview, we'll be posting about the new features and changes all week. Tim Hunt of Open University led a major development effort to upgrade Moodle 2.0's quiz feature set (with help from other Moodle community members and freelance developers). You can catch a full overview of the features in this release [...]
Nanogong 4.0 Plug-in Released
Nanogong, a popular voice recording plug-in for Moodle released it's version 4.0 today. Nanogong offers an easy integration of voice recording right into Moodle, allowing teachers and students to record audio straight to their Moodle sites, assignments or web pages. According to the site, NanoGong provides a very simple and transparent voice [...]
Check out “How to Graduate Moodle…” by @jhando at www.MoodleUserGroups.org
Jason Hando has a wicked post over at the new MoodleUserGroups.org site. The post is titled "How to Graduate Moodle from the Classroom with first-class honours" and covers the various ways that an organization, school or just a teacher can take their Moodle to the next level. Trust me, Jason's idea of "next level" is far beyond what's been [...]
Module: Combat Plagiarism on your Moodle with CROT
CROT is a plagiarism detection plug-in for Moodle that provides detection for institution based plagiarism (students copying from other students) and web-based (student copying from the world wide web). The plug-in is aimed on digital plagiarism detection: assignments copied from peers from the same institution as well as assignments copied from [...]
@Talisincubator Podcast Featuring @josephthibault and the Moodle Course Repository
Sarah Bartlett of Talis Education Incubator interviewed me yesterday (4/27) on the proposed Moodle Course Repository project and my vision for a hub of course materials that teachers can easily tap. The full interview is available at: http://blogs.talis.com/education/2010/04/28/joseph-thibault-talks-with-talis/. If you're interested in the [...]
Opinion: @netcrit ponders web2.0 and Moodle Modules
Matthew Allen (@netcrit) posted and interesting piece about Moodle plug-ins and their comparison with web2.0 tools that can be easily integrated into the classroom. With the proliferation of embeddable content, will plug-ins and modules be replaced and allow for teachers to "off-shore" standard LMS functionality to other web services? It's an [...]
@mguhlin’s 5 Moodle Modules you Need to Have
Miguel Guhlin recently posted an update to the MoodleMayhem suite of resources for Moodlers. This was a product of a quick informal survey of peers which he turned into a presentation. All of the information and more can be found at http://bit.ly/moodlemayhem. 5 Moodle ModulesView more presentations from mguhlin. The presentation can [...]
Module: Enrollment Expiry Block
Here's a cool module from the archives that would be handy for any site that employs strict enrollment periods for their courses (either on a paid site or simply one that uses timed enrollments). The module is called the "Enrollment Expiry Date Block" and quite simply is, A very simple block that just displays when a student's enrolment to the [...]
NEWS FLASH: MoodleTouch is Now Available in the #Apple App Store (just $2.99)
The mTouch (formerly known as MoodleTouch) app for iPhone and iPod Touch has been approved by Apple and is now available in the app store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mtouch/id366785596?mt=8. The app is $2.99 for download and can be used by the end user to connect to any pre-Moodle 2.0 installation. The app looks very much like our [...]
News Flash: MoodleTouch submitted to #Apple’s App Store @aliozgur
MoodleTouch (http://moodletouch.com) was submitted today (4/8) to Apple's App Store by creator Ali Özgür according to the site: http://www.pragmasql.com/133/section.aspx/85. We have finished testing MoodleTouch (mTouch) and today we submitted the first and the only native IPhone app for Moodle to the AppStore for review. We hope to be [...]
