‘Moodle.org’ Archives
Thirsty for Moodle? @edumoodle shares some Water!
UPDATE 4/21/10: Quick correction/addition to the post, enrollment has been very good for this first sample so the enrollment key has been changed. Note that this course is for research purposes and those participating will be expected to complete 80% of the activities over the course of 30 days. Tomaz also mentioned two great bits of news for [...]
@kristianstill and @cragman69 provide a recap of day 2 at #mootuk10
This post was provided by Kristian Still and Craig Sumner, two guest writers on location at the 2010 Moodle Moot UK atULCC. Their notes are interspersed with the Twitter entries as they were occurring during and corresponded to the sessions. So day two of Moodle Moot 2010 kicked off with a very interesting / reassuring keynote from Martin [...]
Mr. Moodle Answers: Why is moodle.org hidden behind login?
Here's another question from a reader: Why is moodle.org hidden behind login? The short answer is that Moodle.org is actually not hidden behind a login. Users can easily click "login as guest" and be transported to nearly any corner of the Moodle.org knowledge base, including the vast forums that have some of the most up to date (but not [...]
Versions 1.8.12 and 1.9.8 Released: Important security fixed included
Martin Dougiamas (@moodler) send a message to all registered Moodle administrators last week discussing new security patches within versions 1.8.12 and 1.9.8 (to register you need to opt in from your administration dashboard). The announcements for security fixes always come a few days earlier than the general release of versions. Why? [...]
Moodle 2.0 April Preview by @moodlefairy
Moodle HQ is still listing April 2010 for the release of Moodle 2.0 Beta (http://docs.moodle.org/en/Roadmap#Version_2.0), so this will be a very big month for the community. In preparation for it, the number of videos and comments on the new version is growing a bit. Mary Cooch (aka the Moodlefairy) created a great 8 minute video as a primer [...]
What’s Moodle? Now you can look it up in the dictionary @moodler
As noted by Martin Dougiamas this week, "Moodle" can now be found in the Macmillan Dictionary, complete with pronunciation: http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/moodle. Interestingly it seems that the noun has dropped the capital M. That being said I think I'll personally continue using the terms as a proper noun. Go [...]
April Fools Fun @moodler @sukhwantlota
It is the 1st of April. Where would we be without the fooling? Here's a quick collection from the pranks around the Moodlosphere. Text upside down/incomprehensible at Moodle.org: Moodle Server Obesity by Sukhwant Lota (http://sukhwantlota.blogspot.com), a quick excerpt: Scientists at Leeds City College have found out in an unusual [...]
Mr Moodle Answers: can I track mobile access? @moodleman and @aliozgur
Ali Özgür and Julian Ridden help answer this question from a MoodleMonthly reader: I'm wondering if it's possible to track which of my students access my Moodle site from a computer and which of them access it from their cell phone via the mobile interface? Any ideas? Here's a quick answer from Julian Ridden concerning the Moodle4iPhone [...]
Moodle Growth Worldwide (image)
Just a cool little gif that shows Moodle growth (officially reported only) since 2003: Click here for the full screen: http://moodle.org/sites/moodle-growth.gif; thanks to ikawhero for posting it.
Useful blogs and sites compiled by @lasic
Tomaz Lasic just released a new course for Moodlers at Moodle.org called "Teaching and Learning: for Educators by Educators", but more on that later. It's quite literally full of great resources, not the least of which is a collection of bloggers, social networks and other links where you can find oodles of more information about Moodles (nice [...]
