‘Moodle.org’ Archives
Moodle Do’s and Don’ts Comic
Caught this on Twitter yesterday (thanks @wagjuer); it's a comic style tips sheet for Moodle. Not as robust or in depth as the Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers; but helpful (and fun) nonetheless. I love the design and layout (maybe it's time for an updated comic version?). It was originally uploaded to Moodle.org in 2006 and created in part [...]
NEWS FLASH: Final Release of 2.0 pushed to September
Final Release date: September, 2010 (if testing goes well) Previously the push to release Moodle 2.0 was focused on readying the code for use by schools starting this September, unfortunately, with at least one more QA testing cycle in store for Moodle 2.0 the release has been pushed back to September, 2010 (at the earliest). For more [...]
Moodle 2.0 Release day +1 (Delay update)
You may have noticed that it's now July 21st and despite the information listed on the Moodle 2.0 Roadmap at Moodle.org, the long awaited Moodle 2.0 has not been released. Originally there were upwards of 8 Preview Releases scheduled, but after only four Martin Dougiamas updated the community with a call for QA testers in order to release the [...]
New Grader Report – Update
If you're interested in that New Grader Report that freezes student names and and makes the layout a little easier to manage you'll be happy to hear that the code is available online at Moodle.org: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=153718. Thanks to Bob Puffer of Luther College for letting us know.
Moodle.org seeks QA testers for Moodle 2.0
Helen Foster, community manager at Moodle.org put out this call for QA testers on Moodle 2.0 earlier this week : I'm pleased to announce that we're now ready to begin our QA testing - see Moodle 2.0 QA Cycle 1. If you'd like to help with QA testing you need to be a member of the testers group in the Moodle Tracker. Please contact me if you'd [...]
New “SimpleSpace” theme for Moodle 2.0
Is it just me or do all of the new Moodle 2.0 themes look awesome? This new one was posted to Moodle.org and features a customizable background, logo and supports the navigation block. Crisp, clear and it has the handy user profile image in the header. I dig it. Expect another from the same author for the Moodle 2.0 Theme contest which [...]
How to change your Moodle’s Favicon
What's a Favicon? A Favicon is the little image that shows on most browser tabs or in the address bar next to the URL of the site that you're visiting; this is based on a file usually named "favicon.ico". For Moodle sites it looks something like this:. This little icon is one of the first impressions someone gets from your site and is [...]
Moodle 2.0 Theme Contest (win an iPad!) and a slick theme from @moodleman
Quick reminder that the Moodle 2 Theme Contest sponsored by New School Learning ends this week (Friday July 9th!): http://newschoollearning.com/theme/contest/ If you want to check out the type of competition and what's possible in the new themes check out Julian Ridden's great new Moodle 2 (only) theme: Sky high.
FLASH – Moodle2Mobile Project: a new collaboration with familiar faces @ckiyan
This just hit the wire at Moodle.org (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=152927): The members of the Moodbile and Moodle4iPhone have agreed to collaborate and build the new project "moodle2mobile" (M2M) The aim of this project is to create a open source add on for Moodle that allows to access the services of Moodle from Mobile devices [...]
Mobile Moodle at Moodle.org
There's a growing number of Mobile Moodle resources at Moodle.org. Check them all at http://docs.moodle.org/en/Mobile_Moodle_FAQ and add your own. If you're interested in keeping up with latest discussions, check out the handy discussion forum round up on Moodle.org for Mobile Moodle created by Helen Foster: [...]
