‘Moodle.org’ Archives
Moodle 2.5 has been released!
Right on its new schedule (May and November) and full of awesome new features, Moodle 2.5 was released yesterday and is now available for download from Moodle.org. According to Martin Dougiamas in his official release note: It's my pleasure to put this cherry on the top of the collective cake that is Moodle 2.5, and to announce that it is now [...]
SCORM 2004 Abandonned, Tin Can API the next focus
Dan Marsden posted an interesting history of SCORM development for Moodle including the difficulties of funding development and maintaining SCORM 1.2 compatibility through the years. SCORM 2004, now nearly a decade old, was never officially integrated and demand has lagged. According to the post, Full support for SCORM 2004 is already available [...]
Installing an add-on into Moodle 2.5 (2 minute video by @ghenrick)
This 2 minute video shows the new Wordpress-like feature that allows you to install add-ons in Moodle without access to FTP or the file directory. It's an awesome advancement that I think will drastically increase the availability and quality of community plugins (because there will be so much more usage and feedback!). The video was created by [...]
100% Pass Rate for 2.5 QA Testing
Announced earlier this week, the 100% pass rate of QA tests for Moodle 2.5 marks the last milestone before the official code release coming soon. 2.5 is full of enhancements, improvements and new features sure to make your Moodle use more efficient and to give even the most novice Moodle administrators more control over their systems. Here's a [...]
Re-writing Moodle’s Global Search
If you've used Moodle's Admin Search (the search box available on the Admin Settings block) you will have noticed two things: 1. it's an invaluable resource for finding where some settings are buried in the administrative menus of Moodle and 2. it only shows you information buried in the administrative menus. There is a forum search block that [...]
General Developer Meeting Notes from 4/23
If you're curious about all the great new features discussed at this April's Developer Meeting for Moodle this is a great resource: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Developer_meeting_April_2013. This past month's meeting featured Martin kicking things off, then followed a presentation by Simon Coggins of Totara talking about the Open Badges [...]
Showcase what’s current with the Reverse Weekly Topic format
Weekly topic format is a standard for scheduled courses, but I've often thought that it showed information in a non-intuitive way (at least in terms of the live feed you see from Twitter, Facebook and other sites which put the newest and most relevant information front and center). The Weekly format reversed course format developed by Mat [...]
The Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice (SNAPP) Tool and Visualizing Moodle Forums
If you're interested in some ways to visualize student engagement in the Moodle classroom, the Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice (SNAPP) tool is something worth looking at. SNAPP is a bookmarklet available from http://www.snappvis.org/ which allows you to visualize the connections made in any Moodle discussion forum. It's very [...]
Crowdfunding another Moodle addon: CROT Plugin Update
Daniel Lombardo is trying another crowdfunding campaign over at Indiegogo. This addon development will work to revise the Crot Plagiarism plugin to work with Moodle 2.5's Assignment types. Mr. Lombardo is asking for only $740 to make the development happen which will trigger it's release to the community as well. The version already available [...]
2.5 QA Testing at 90% complete
Quality Assurance testing for Moodle 2.5 is already at 90% thanks to the automated testing feature and the help of Moodle community members. According to an update post by Helen Foster this is the fastest QA testing for a major release ever, click here for the post: It's just over a week since we began our 2.5 QA cycle, and we're up to 403 tests [...]
