‘Development’ Archives
@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 [...]
Moodlebook = Facebooky theme for Moodle 2.2+
Julian Ridden (@Moodleman) has just updated/released his new "Facebook" theme for Moodle which is based on the core Decaf theme by Lei Zhang. The theme mimics the world's favorite social network in color and layout and also includes some nifty drop down navigation. Dropdowns from the main menu bar across the top link to a users course [...]
Start 2012 off by winning a free book #MDL2CC from @Packtpub
Win Free Copies of Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion Beginner's Guide Moodlenews has teamed up with Packt Publishing to give two lucky winners a copy of Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion Beginner's Guide book by Ian Wild. Keep reading to find out more about the book and giveaway. Overview of Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion Beginner's Guide Move your [...]
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 [...]
Nadav Kavalerchik’s Spelling Bee block for your Moodle 1.9.x site
Here's one from the deep recesses of Moodle.org - a very good Spelling Bee block for Moodle 1.9.x, to challenge your English linguistic and spelling prowess. Nadav Kavalerchik is a brilliant Isreali chap with a penchat for churning out Moodle custom code like the Spelling Bee. If ever there were a Nobel Prize for Moodle Open Source coding, [...]
On the 12th day of #Moodlemas the community shared with me…
12 Wiggly icons for clicking! 11 Books for Reading 10 Courses for sharing 9 Tutorials for watching 8 Site for Storytell-ing 7 mobile Moodl-ing 6 Course-for-matting 5 a course about Jiiing 4 pretty themes 3 plugins 2 Cheery images and A freebie Christmas themed Glossary! Here's a special present from Frankie [...]
Help drive development in 2012 by filling out this survey
Posted by Martin Dougiamas, Head Moodler in the Moodle.org forums today. This is your chance to help steer development towards your priorities. Speak up now by takeing this quick 4 question survey or forever hold your peace! Moodle AAARRGH! survey for 2012 My wish for 2012? Better usability through fewer clicks and fields.
On the 7th day of #Moodlemas the community shared with me…
mobile Moodl-ing! 6 Course-for-matting 5 a course about Jiiing 4 pretty themes 3 plugins 2 Cheery images and A freebie Christmas themed Glossary! If you haven't yet checked out all the goodies in our Mobile Moodle Matrix, check it out here: http://www.moodlenews.com/mobile/. But that's not all there is, there's a new [...]
