‘Tech Tip’ Archives
A guide to installing Moodle on #Windows Server with @Alex_pearce
Alex Pearce posted to his blog (http://learninggateway.net/blogs/ajp/) a white paper that covers the installation process of Moodle on a Windows Server. He says, Like me you might find implementing Moodle on a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) a little tricky and I personally want it on Windows Server, SQL Server and IIS. A Windows System [...]
Mr Moodle Answers: can I track mobile access? @moodleman and @aliozgur
Ali Özgür and Julian Ridden help answer this question from a MoodleMonthly reader: I'm wondering if it's possible to track which of my students access my Moodle site from a computer and which of them access it from their cell phone via the mobile interface? Any ideas? Here's a quick answer from Julian Ridden concerning the Moodle4iPhone [...]
Ask Mr. Moodle (submit questions and get some answers)
Below is a form to submit questions to Mr. Moodle. He'll seek answers and post them here. If you don't see the form, click here to submit a question: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dHU3YXNuQ1RNNUJPOGcycGhrLVZJbFE6MA Loading...
Using Moodle for Student Elections
There's a neat article published over at the Almagest (the Louisiana State University at Shreveport student paper) which gives a precursor to their upcoming student government elections. As a Moodle using school, all students already have accounts on their Learning Management System, which has opened the doors for a unique possibility [...]
@lasic @johart Offer a FREE webinar: “Teaching With Moodle” 3/25 at 7pm EST
Tomaz Lasic sent out a notification on 3/24 with information about a free webinar he's co-hosting with Jo Hart (http://johart1.edublogs.org). Additional information is posted to Jo's blog: http://johart1.edublogs.org/2010/03/20/serendipity-webinar-convert-resources-for-e-learning/. From that post: Our next Webinar is an Edublogs “Tools and [...]
25+ Training Videos from @Russell1955
If you've never visited Russell Stannard's award winning site and resources, today would be a good day. The site, TeacherTrainingVideos.com covers a wide swath of education technology, web2.0 resources and just simple tricks and tips to help any teacher learn, become more efficient or master a new tool in the [...]
Multimedia in Choice Activities by @moodlefairy
Mary Cooch (aka the Moodlefairy) just put out a great 5 minute video that shows how to embed video, audio or even pictures into the choice activity instead of just plain text. The trick is a pretty easy way to add additional rich content into your classroom and for students to easily engage it. Check out the video below. Also, check out [...]
Great video tutorials for using Moodle by @edtechLA
Alex Salinsky (http://www.inanonymity.org/alexsalinsky) recently posted several handy student and teacher tutorial videos on his blog and invited Moodlers far and wide to "borrow" them for use in their own classrooms. The two videos (embedded at his blog and available to embed into your own Moodle classroom) focus on using the Moodle blog [...]
“Creative Uses of Moodle Modules” Presentation by @paula_teach
@mariamoodle shared a great presentation on the web recently that was authored by Paula Clough out in Tempe, Arizona. The presentation (at 51 slides) covers creative uses of many Moodle modules including, Choice and use of images in the Choice module Quizzes (and how to use them as checklists Lessons and how to integrate audio and [...]
Moodle in Real-Life (part 4 – Students <3 Moodle) @west4me
William Cunningham, who runs an extremely elaborate and developed Moodle with his third grade students, gave me the pleasure of an interview via email. This "Moodle in Real-life" story will be told in several parts, the 3nd is below. All posts refer to William's Moodle install at this [...]
