‘Moodle.org’ Archives
Interview with David Monllaó, Developer of Moodle Flavours #GSOC
The Moodle Flavours project is one that I'm currently watching with much anticipation. As a Google Summer of Code Project this is development work that Moodle is receiving in exchange for providing mentorship to a student (the student is paid through a Google stipend, learn more about the GSOC here). Michael de Raadt is acting as mentor for [...]
Moodle Docs was down…but Space Invaders was up.
It's not all the time when I have a few minutes to spare to go read the Moodle Docs, which is why I was bummed when I saw that it was down this morning with the following message: Luckily "this interesting utility" was Space Invaders (which promptly wasted 10 minutes of my time). High score for Joe? 6580 before I had to close the browser [...]
@Moodle announces organization of documentation around release numbers
In a recent announcement Helen Foster and the Moodle HQ team put forth their new organizational structure for Moodle Documentation. Each major release from here forward (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc) will receive its own documentation pages in order to not muddle the information about other live/supported versions. This should be a great way to update [...]
Sneak Peek at Moodle 2.1′s changes and features
If you're curious what the end of June will bring with the release of Moodle 2.1 you can checkout the yet to be released Moodle 2.1 Release Notes page at Moodle.org. Included in this upcoming release is a revamp of the question engine (developed by the Open University). You can read more on the release notes page but it seems to be a [...]
“Folderview” a new anti-Scroll of Death course format for Moodle 2
During my presentation at iMoot this year it was mentioned that there was a new course format coming for Moodle 2 which worked directly to prevent "Scroll of Death". Seems that the format and it's developers have both been named. According to a forum post at Moodle.org by Martin Dougiamas (in reference to the development priorities at Moodle [...]
Did you miss the May Moodle Developer Meeting? Read the recap online
If you missed the most recent Moodle Developer Meeting, not to worry. You can read the notes and minutes online to catch-up. 1 Minute recap: as many as 42 connections were made during the meeting Moodle 1.9 backups to Moodle 2.X is going well Moodle Docs reorganization ongoing Module & Plugin repository plugin development is [...]
More on Moodle Flavours #GSOC 2011
There is some new, interesting information on Moodle Flavours, one of Moodle's Google Summer of Code projects. This project was proposed and is being worked on by David Monllaó and was originally highlighted a few weeks back , quite simply it's a way for Moodle administrators to share and customize a package of settings and features on a [...]
Just released: Moodle 2.0.3 and 1.9.12
Two new versions of Moodle have been released: 1.9.12 and 2.0.3. Each has several security and bug fixes which should make for a smoother and safer Moodle user experience. For more information on each release check the links [...]
News Flash: Official Moodle App Moodle 2 is coming July 2011
Just caught this on the official Mobile page in the Moodle Development Docs: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Mobile_app Moodle app 1.0 Requires Moodle 2.1 (released 1st July 2011). Click here to read more and view wire frame images of what the app might look like.
Moodle Developer Meeting: 9am EST May 24th
If you're a Moodle developer interested on the newest project and initiatives coming down the pike, the next Moodle Developer Meeting is May 24th at 9am EST (13:00 UTC: find your timezone). This meeting will focus on three main initiatives at Moodle HQ for developers: Moodle 2.1 release Moodle Docs update Plugins (M&P [...]
