‘Tech Tip’ Archives
Moodle Monday: Text editor tips by @timdalton
Two quick tips for you today, the credit for both goes to Crofton School- our newest partner moving to Moodle. We started looking at Moodle 2.0 with staff last week, discovered a couple of neat little tricks when using the text editor. Tip 1: Make it bigger Two tips for the price of one here... You can make the tiny little text box you are [...]
Tweaking Marginalia for better visual cues and feedback
Tweak the look-and-feel of Marginalia and you get a whole new visual experience. Ever since my last post on Marginalia on Moodlenews, I'd been thinking about how to adjust the colour to suit (1) my Moodle theme; and (2) my own taste. I thought to myself, "Why not show the grammar mistakes in red, and the corrections is green?". Plus I really [...]
eyeOs and Moodle, Optimized for #ChromeOS?
Imagine this scenario: you start-up any computer with internet, login into your Education portal and voila, easy 2-click authentication to Moodle and instant access to your own personal, safe online file repository; all in the cloud. Sound good? Sounds like you need to check out eyeOs. eyeOs is a cool browser-based program that looks as [...]
Moodle 2: Feedback Vs. Questionnaire
I've been working on a Moodle site for a client who needs to have students complete an end of course survey for external review. I've been playing with both the Feedback and Questionnaire modules for Moodle 2.0 and I have to say that I'm struck by how mature and user-friendly both of the modules are. It's a shame that with this level of [...]
eportfolios with google docs by @jenhegna on @Moodleshare
Moodleshare is a great resource for finding free courses to download (and new courses are added every week!). Jon Fila (@Moodleshare) recently posted a new course by Jen Hegna which highlights how to use Google Docs and Apps to create student e-Portfolios. From her post (which made the rounds on Moodlemayhem and elsewhere), I recently [...]
Student Reporting in Moodle 2.0 video
Here's a quick video that highlights the Student Report feature in Moodle 2.0. Including individual activity reports and the complete report of usage. Direct video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP_aCPxyREk
Ask Mister Moodle: Can I use a white board with Moodle?
Here's a recent question about Moodle which I think has a couple different answers: Can I use a white board with Moodle? First off, it depends on if you mean a physical Whiteboard/Smartboard with Moodle. In that case, yes kinda. Early in my career as a Moodle trainer around the state of Vermont one of the teachers I was working with had [...]
Enhancing Face to Face Instruction with Moodle presentation by @techsavvyteach #mtmoot11
Last week the Mountain Moot took place in Montana (http://www.mountainmoot.com/) and Mike Agostinelli, a 6th grade teacher, presented "Enhancing Face to Face Instruction with Moodle". This is a nifty little presentation (17 slides) which highlights some of the design techniques and tools that Mike employs to bring Moodle use into the [...]
Doc of the Day: Starting with Moodle
True to the effort to redesign/organize the Moodle Docs, some of the content has been updated already for Moodle 2.0. Check out this Doc of the Day for Getting Started with Moodle, part of the Moodle in Education pages. Link: Moodle_in_education#Starting_with_Moodle Starting with Moodle Countless anecdotes from Moodle users suggest that [...]
Recording Webcam Video as feedback in the Moodle Assignment activity
Ever wanted to give a video feedback on a student's Moodle assignment? Well now you can do that directly inside Moodle itself. I used Kevin Brake's excellent Video Recorder to embed a video recording inside a Moodle 1.9 Assignment grade feedback. Here's a Youtube video of the process and below you'll find a link to my blog with a lengthier [...]
