‘Tech Tip’ Archives
#moodle2 battle: IE7 vs IE8 @Moodledan
With the release of Moodle 2.0 beta preview, we’ll be posting about the new features and changes all week. Dan Humpherson (@moodledan) has been testing Moodle2.0's Preview Release 1 this week and has discovered that Internet Explorer (IE7) doesn't really like Moodle2 that much (or maybe it's the other way around): The good: Moodle 2 as [...]
What’s up with FTP in Moodle2.0? by @moodledan #moodle2PR
With the release of Moodle 2.0 beta preview, we’ll be posting about the new features and changes all week. Updated: Martin Dougiamas sent me a message this morning via Twitter informing me that FTP access can still be used in conjunction with the new filesystem: http://is.gd/bWPU I’d heard and read that in Moodle 2.0 you will no longer be [...]
Top 10 Moodle Myths from www.Moodle.org
I'm astounded at the shear number of resources and handy tips that have been accumulating at Moodle.org, here's a great "top 10" list of the famous (and infamous) myths you often hear about the Learning Management System: 1 Once Moodle is stable, it will be put under licence. If it were any good, they’d already be charging for it 2 Moodle [...]
@Alex_Pearce: Step-by-step install of Moodle on #Windows Server 2008 x64
Alex Pearce has drafted another white paper on the process of installing Moodle on Windows' server, Its been a few weeks since I released my first whitepaper on how to implement Moodle on Windows Server 2008 x86, SQL Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 (click here to download and click here to view blog post) and I have very pleased with the number of [...]
Overheard at www.Moodle.org: “Wow, Moodle is the Best”
The original question: When Moodle 2.0 comes out in July 2010, the database on the server that has the current Moodle setup for students, will that have to be deleted and reinstalled with Moodle 2.0 in order to upgrade? Or is there a seamless method to upgrading when Moodle 2.0 goes mainstream? Hm. Any ideas/answers? Much appreciated, [...]
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 [...]
@digidoug shows how to create Quizzes the easy way (Aiken Format)
The Aiken format is a simple way to create Multiple Choice and True/False question types in Moodle. Doug, the author "Reflections on Distributed Learning" (http://distlearn.wordpress.com/), published a quick post that highlights the process of using a simple text editor to create and format questions that can easily be imported into the Moodle [...]
@sandrapires shows us the best ways to use Moodle (awesome presentation)
This Slideshare.net presentation is a great resource for any teacher thinking about how to make their course (Moodle or not) more engaging to students and more successful overall. Great examples of how to use various modules/activities and why students will appreciate it. Not to mention that it's simply a sharp presentation in general. Great [...]
Mrs. Moodle Answers: How do I embed an object on my Moodle site for only guests to see? @moodlefairy
This question was asked recently on the Moodle.org forums (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=148753#p650609). The user wanted to embed a Slideshare.net presentation onto the Moodle home page only for users that who were not yet logged in to see. The question was fielded well by Mary Cooch (@MoodleFairy). To enable the ability to add [...]
Won’t you take me to…Moodletown? @lasic
Tomaz Lasic posted some new information pertaining to his vision and goal for the Moodletown Education Center (http://mec.moodle.net) this week. The submission, made to the Moodle tracker site (http://tracker.moodle.org/) outlines the gaps pointed out by the Moodle community, specifically he says, There are NOT many places to show what people [...]
