‘Moodle.org’ Archives
Moodle in over 100 languages!
Helen Foster (@Moodlehelen) announced this recently and it's great news for the worlds most widely used (and translated) LMS. With the addition of a few new language packs Moodle now supports over 100 languages! If you're interested in creating a new language pack checkout the Translation documentation [...]
Offline Moodle Docs (your personal Moodle encyclopedia on the go)
Moodle Docs are an invaluable resource for Moodlers around the world, which is why you might want to download an offline copy for your own records (for those pesky moments when you're not online but have Moodle questions). The Docs are available as a complete .zip download from http://wimski.org/docs/ and the 250MB download, once unzipped [...]
Are you a Moodle Admin? Help Moodle HQ by filling out this super short survey
Are you a Moodle Administrator with knowledge of the OS of your Moodle server and what database you're using? Help Moodle HQ out by answering this survey here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=193926
Doc of the Day: LTI Provider
Earlier this week I posted a cool video by Charles Severance (@DrChuck) that highlighted Juan Leyva's LTI provider. I just wanted to follow up that posting with two additional resources to help you get a handle on LTI and start exploring. Moodle Docs for LTI Provider is a nifty overview of the utility, how and why it might be used and some [...]
Study: Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use for Moodle LMS
I had a chance to read this research paper recently submitted at Moodle.org and it was pretty interesting (the authors are Şule Taslis Pektas and Halime Demirka of Bilkent University in Turkey). The study gauged student thoughts on their Moodle (in several areas) experience for a course specifically using Moodle to help facilitate and manage [...]
Help drive development in 2012 by filling out this survey
Posted by Martin Dougiamas, Head Moodler in the Moodle.org forums today. This is your chance to help steer development towards your priorities. Speak up now by takeing this quick 4 question survey or forever hold your peace! Moodle AAARRGH! survey for 2012 My wish for 2012? Better usability through fewer clicks and fields.
2.1.3, 2.0.6 and 1.9.15 Released (Upgrade today)
For the freshest versions of Moodle you may need to upgrade: versions 2.1.3, 2.0.6 and 1.9.15 have been released. Each release fixes various bugs and vulnerabilities as well as bringing some minor enhancements in usability. Note that improvements and bug-fixing has ceased for 1.9.x as focus shifts to Moodle's most advanced releases. General [...]
2.2 has been released!
The second 6 month installment of Moodle 2.x releases has hit the digital shelves. Long awaited features like Rubrics, myMobile theme and LTI capabilities are included. Some features originally planned for 2.2 (like multi-tenancy) have been postponed until next June or later (release 2.3). You can read the complete release notes for [...]
Moodlerooms takes top honors from EdTech Digest
Edtech Digest, a blog highlighting various education technology trends and products, gave top honors to Moodlerooms and some of their products in it's annual "Edtech Digest Awards" for 2011. Moodlerooms was a winner in the Learning Management System category but was a finalist in several other categories, including Cool Tools for 2k11 with Joule2, [...]
Moodle 2.2 Stable is at git.moodle.org!
While not officially announced yet, the 2.2 release in all it's glory is now posted to the git.moodle.org page (tweeted by the @Moodledev account). One step closer to an official release on the downloads page: http://download.moodle.org/.
