Not all of the 100+ languages are 100% completed, but you can get a sense of progress by visiting http://download.moodle.org/langpack/2.0/.

Bonne chance, genießen, enjoy!

The Docs are available as a complete .zip download from http://wimski.org/docs/ and the 250MB download, once unzipped give you access to all of the Moodle docs for easy viewing offline.  According to the download site,

These packages allow you to browse Moodle documentation offline. Certain links, such as “edit”, “history” or “recent changes” still lead to the online version of the documentation. Packages are built using HTTrack website copier plus custom shell scripts for packaging the contents.

Download a copy today [http://wimski.org/docs/]!

Moodle Docs for LTI Provider is a nifty overview of the utility, how and why it might be used and some tips to maximize effectiveness (including the various settings you’ll need to manipulate).  Check out the docs here: http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/LTI_Provider.

Another great resources is the IMSGlobal LTI page which, while a little technical provides some more highlights to Learning Tools Interoperability: http://www.imsglobal.org/lti/.

The findings were interesting, but I believe say a lot about both the project’s intended scope and the usability of Moodle (which is what specifically they were seeking to shed light on).  The main goal of the research was measuring Perceived usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use (PUEU).

Overall the students found Moodle to be especially useful as a flexible communication tool.  They were undecided on its value to enhance effectiveness and agreed slightly that it helped made design easier.  The majority agreed or strongly agreed that it allowed them to work more quickly.  As a tool students mostly agreed (Agree and Strongly Agree) that Moodle was easy to use, controllable, easy to learn and clear and understandable.  The authors specifically noted that Moodle was chosen because of its help documents, helpful mouse-over text prompts and visual cues (via consistent icons).

METU JFA 2011/2 page 235

To be clear, the goal of the assignment was to allow students to communicate, specifically using the file sharing and commenting tools available in group forums. The design had a limited scope which perhaps influenced the overall Agree/Disagree survey since students were not using the Peer Evaluation tool, were not assessed in any way through Moodle and did not engage any of the many other activities and resources (core or 3rd party) which are available.  That said, it does show that Moodle, even at its basic levels of usage and implementation can be used/leveraged as an effective communications tool and to increase efficiency.

An additional insight was provided which was more qualitative near the end of the article which was the student’s perception of Moodle vs. their in class experience,

A close inspection of the answers to the open questions revealed that MOODLE was regarded as an advantageous tool in collaborative design. The advantages of MOODLE that were perceived by the students focused on the well-established characteristics of web-based education tools such as being free of limitations of physical boundaries and of strict time schedules, sharing projects and ideas easily, and saving time. On the other hand, the main criticism of MOODLE was based on its comparison to face-to-face design communication: some students complained that the design comments that they received through MOODLE might not be as expressive as those that they got through face-to-face communication.

Read the full article here: http://jfa.arch.metu.edu.tr/archive/0258-5316/2011/cilt28/sayi_2/227-241.pdf or find it in the Moodle Buzz article repository: http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=19&rid=5241.

Moodle AAARRGH! survey for 2012

My wish for 2012?  Better usability through fewer clicks and fields.

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 support for 1.9 will be available through June 2012 [http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Updates#Moodle_1.9].

More information for each release can be found at

• http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_1.9.15_release_notes
• http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.0.6_release_notes
• http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.1.3_release_notes

To download any of the versions, including version 2.2 visit http://download.moodle.org/

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 Moodle 2.2 here: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.2_release_notes
• Download it at: http://download.Moodle.org/

You can see the full press release here.

Moodle continues to garner attention through its partners and on the WWW (see Edublogs post from earlier today).