‘Development’ Archives
#iMoot Recap: Best Practices in Course Design @michelledmoore
Michelle Moore (@michelledmoore), Chief Evangelist for Moodle at Remote-Learner.net had one of the best presentations that I saw at the iMoot last week. Her presentation focused on the best practices of Moodle course design and usage including the list of tips and tricks you'll see below. If you ever get a chance to attend one of her [...]
The Pages Course Format will blow you away
I'm a sucker for course aesthetics, which is why this new course format being developed by Stuart Lamour and the University of Sussex elearning team has really struck a chord with me. If you've ever used Blackboard, it provides a simpler and easier approach to creating courses that have clear/crisp navigation similar to the book module layout. [...]
The Zebra 2.0 theme for Moodle
I checked out the original version of Zebra for 1.9 and this 2.0 version is looking really great. The theme is by Danny Wahl and looks great. Can't way to try it out on my own Moodle 2.0 site. According to the theme entry, Zebra features adjustable colors to seamlessly integrate the look and feel of your organization with a few simple [...]
Introducing the Moodle 1.9 to 2.0 Course Converter from the NZ Ministry of Education
There's a new Moodle 1.9 to 2.0 conversion tool available to use freely which was developed with support from the New Zealand Ministry of Education (http://www.minedu.govt.nz). The converter works on each of the standard Moodle features/modules and supports Hot Potatoes as well. According to the post at Moodle.org , It is now possible to [...]
#GSOC 2011 Project: Moodle Flavours
Here's an interesting project proposal which will be the focus of one student's Google Summer of Code (GSOC) for Moodle this year: Moodle Flavours. The project is aimed at providing easily replicable Moodle sites by way of packaged settings, themes, addons and language packs/settings which can be shared publicly or used to streamline the local [...]
Check out the “Slides” course format for Moodle 2.0
There's a new course format available in beta from Jeremy FitzPatrick in the Moodle.org discussion forums . The format is called "Slides" and is a little bit like the Tabbed course format available now for Moodle 1.9. If you're adventurous and have a Moodle 2.0 site to play with, consider installing it and giving it a test drive. You can [...]
Accordion Resource to reduce the “Scroll Of Death” in Moodle 1.9
In his 2009 post in moodle.org, Moodler Abrar Ullah, introduced his Accordion Resource which allows one to hide and show labels and text. I have recently implemented Abrar's Accordion Resource on my Moodle 1.9.7 site, with this Moodle.org post here explaining how I did it for my site. In that post of mine, I showed how I embedded a Blip.tv [...]
Slides from my #iMoot “Many Faces of Moodle” presentation
Here are two resources from my presentation from this year's iMoot: The first is a comparison chart for course formats (each of the 8 included in my presentation). I hope to add additional formats to the chart in the near future and as new formats are introduced: http://www.moodlenews.com/collections/course-formats/ Next, if you're [...]
1st Mobile Theme for Moodle 2.0?
myMobile Alpha is a new theme created by John Stabinger (http://stabinger.us/) which allows for better mobile access of a Moodle 2 site. The theme is not intended for allowing teachers and admins to manage their resources and content (or the site settings) but is intended to provide a cleaner, better end-user experience for Moodle access via [...]
Slick new Block: Create Wordle-like Text Clouds based on course files
Here's a cool new block that lets you create text clouds automatically within your course based on the text and words of uploaded documents, posts and html within that course. The end result is similar to programs like Wordle or Tagxedo, but right in your course. It's called "TextCloud for Moodle" and it's already available in the Moodle.org [...]
