‘Moodle.org’ Archives
#GSOC 2011 Project: Moodle Flavours
Here's an interesting project proposal which will be the focus of one student's Google Summer of Code (GSOC) for Moodle this year: Moodle Flavours. The project is aimed at providing easily replicable Moodle sites by way of packaged settings, themes, addons and language packs/settings which can be shared publicly or used to streamline the local [...]
Accordion Resource to reduce the “Scroll Of Death” in Moodle 1.9
In his 2009 post in moodle.org, Moodler Abrar Ullah, introduced his Accordion Resource which allows one to hide and show labels and text. I have recently implemented Abrar's Accordion Resource on my Moodle 1.9.7 site, with this Moodle.org post here explaining how I did it for my site. In that post of mine, I showed how I embedded a Blip.tv [...]
A Closer Look at Moodle.org’s Forums: Using Moodle and the Lounge
If you've never been to Moodle.org, um...why not? It's the best resource for all of your Moodle needs, help and a great place to touch base with the community of like-minded Moodlers either seeking answers to a technical issue, sharing a joke in the lounge or just seeking new and interesting information and development on the LMS. I highly [...]
Slick new Block: Create Wordle-like Text Clouds based on course files
Here's a cool new block that lets you create text clouds automatically within your course based on the text and words of uploaded documents, posts and html within that course. The end result is similar to programs like Wordle or Tagxedo, but right in your course. It's called "TextCloud for Moodle" and it's already available in the Moodle.org [...]
New Block: User Information Block
Here's a cool new block that provides a great way to either spice up a user's myMoodle page or to create a sticky block experience that verifies a student's identity for the duration of their Moodle activities. The block is the "User Information Block" and was created/contributed by Federico Botti. You can download it for Moodle 1.9 or 2.0 at [...]
Free Moodlebites Moodle tutorial course posted to the MOOCH
Following the RSS feed from the MOOCH is pretty interesting, it's a great way to see new Moodle sites and to stay up to date on what courses are available for both download and enrollment. The most recent course that caught my eye is the Moodlebites (official Moodle training partner) "Understanding Moodle Free Introduction" which is available [...]
@Davosmith’s UploadPDF Assignment Activity for Annotating/Editing PDFs via Moodle
Here's a pretty slick module for Moodle that allows you to have students upload PDFs and then you can annotate and correct them with some in-browser tools before "handing" them back via the Moodle module. The module was created by Davo Smith (@davosmith). Installation notes: on shared hosting (Bluehost.com) I did not need to install [...]
New theme: MMR by Ricardo Caiado
Here's a cool new theme by Ricardo Caiado which has a cool star/sun burst effect in the background. It's hooked up with the Moodle bar and has a nice bright, high contrast for block labels and headers. Check it out in the screen shots below or download it from Moodle.org: http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=26&rid=4735
Ask Mr. Moodle: How does Moodle Manage Copyright?
This question came in via the Moodlenews "contact us" link and I have to admit that legalese and understanding the GPL/Open Source licensing is not my strong suit. I'm trying to understand some aspects of Moodle and I was wondering if someone could answer my questions. Basically I'd like to know the way that Moodle manages copyright. Is it [...]
A few tips on Moodle security (ReCaptcha, Passwords and more)
Moodle security, especially in the classroom setting is very important. There are always ways you can better secure your Moodle. There are a few that you have direct control over while others you might not even know exist. Password difficulty: today in Moodle you can set various password requirements for new users to increase the level of [...]
