‘Development’ Archives
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 [...]
A Video Playlist all about the Gradebook (from Western Nevada College)
Here's a great set of videos by the Teaching and Learning staff at Western Nevada College that highlight all sorts of features and setup options in the Moodle 2 Gradebook, including calculated/weighted grades, extra credit, sum of grades, non-graded items and more. There are tons of great resources to be found at the WNC blog: I've put them [...]
Moodle 2.x Accessibility a few thoughts and a report by NC State University
North Carolina State University recently published this webpage which highlights their exploration of Moodle 2.x's accessibility vs accessibility in 1.9.x releases. The thorough paper provides a lot of use case scenarios and outcomes when testing Moodle with various assistive technologies and standard tools (screen readers, mouse only, keyboard [...]
2.1.3, 2.0.6 and 1.9.15 Released (Upgrade today)
For the freshest versions of Moodle you may need to upgrade: versions 2.1.3, 2.0.6 and 1.9.15 have been released. Each release fixes various bugs and vulnerabilities as well as bringing some minor enhancements in usability. Note that improvements and bug-fixing has ceased for 1.9.x as focus shifts to Moodle's most advanced releases. General [...]
2.2 has been released!
The second 6 month installment of Moodle 2.x releases has hit the digital shelves. Long awaited features like Rubrics, myMobile theme and LTI capabilities are included. Some features originally planned for 2.2 (like multi-tenancy) have been postponed until next June or later (release 2.3). You can read the complete release notes for [...]
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 [...]
Moodle 2.2 Stable is at git.moodle.org!
While not officially announced yet, the 2.2 release in all it's glory is now posted to the git.moodle.org page (tweeted by the @Moodledev account). One step closer to an official release on the downloads page: http://download.moodle.org/.
#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 [...]
