‘Tech Tip’ Archives
Goomoodleikiog Prezi (the classic mash-up of Moodle and web2.0) @HeidiBeez @leighmurrell
Goomoodleikiog is a presentation (originally a Youtube) that shows the power of mashing-up Moodle, Google Apps, Wikis and Blogs in the classroom. The creators, Leigh Murrell and Heidi Beezley, have created a companion site and just presented at ISTE in Denver on their "invention". The Prezi is very well done (but the video is a classic (in [...]
Tech Tip: How to test your Moodle install using JMeter @migheille
Mireille Raad (@migheille) has a post over at http://migh.info that highlights how to test your Moodle for speed using JMeter, a "desktop application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance" . I'm not as technical as Ms. Raad, but if you're looking for ways to test your Moodle install and create some benchmarks for [...]
@joe_deegan joins @moodletuts and brings some SCORM tutorial love
Joe Deegan (@joe_deegan) has joined the Moodletuts.com team and published his first video recently on how to utilize Moodle to track SCORM activities/resources created using Articulate. To subscribe to the Moodletuts feed click the image to the left. Moodletuts are video tutorials (5 minutes or less) all focused on showing how easy it is [...]
Redaction: Local file linking prohibited
Thanks to some helpful Moodlers on Moodle.org's forums we were able to work out that the local file linking trick highlighted yesterday is not allowed by modern browsers (younger than IE4) and will be completely phased out of the Moodle 2.0 release this summer (there will be no administrative setting to enable it). Read more at: [...]
Ask Mrs Moodle: linking to files on the local area network
Update 6/30 - this feature is no longer allowed on modern browsers and will be removed completely from Moodle.org. Caught this little tip from the Moodle.org forums and Mary Cooch (aka @moodlefairy). With a quick check box you can easily enable the linking of files from the local area network. This will let you link to files in a shared [...]
What’s in your HTML Block? new video from @moodlerooms
The HTML block in Moodle is a blank slate for pulling in content dynamically to your course. There's a great new video from Moodlerooms that highlights the flexibility of the HTML block and how to embed dynamic content such as Twitter searches right into your course. What's in your HTML block? More videos and information at [...]
Moodle2Word: A quick, easy and free Quiz tool
Eoin Campbell created a pretty slick tool for creating new quiz questions and quizzes using Microsoft Word that can then be uploaded/imported to your Moodle course. The resource has a dedicated site located at http://www.moodle2word.net/ where you can find the zips, several tutorials (including this handy video) and samples. There are two [...]
MS Office Add-in for students #moodlewish @iusher
Great, in depth post on the use of and potential of the Office Add-in for Moodle at Moodlea.blogspot.com today. Ian Usher (@iusher) highlights a lot of the features and raises some great questions about the use of MS documents in Moodle classrooms (and the why and how of easy access). Here's the full post: [...]
Moodle Monday: Making the most of the topic box by @timdalton
Moodle Mondays are a new section of Moodlenews provided by Tim Dalton (@timdalton). You can read this, and many other helpful posts over at Tim's regular blog, http://tdalton.co.uk/. Tune in every Monday for a Moodle Monday tip. A frequent complaint we hear from teaching staff when starting Moodle is courses are too text heavy. However [...]
Free, Open Twitter course made in Moodle from @JISC_RSC_SE
The Regional Support Centre (South East) in the UK has opened their "Twitter - Making the Most of Tweets" course and it's available for download: http://moodle-rsc.ukc.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=76&username=guest Use that link to access the course, see what it's about, help it improve and even download it for you own Moodle. It covers [...]
