‘Moodle.org’ Archives
Moodle.org QA Testing site Open!
Moodle HQ has opened their Moodle2.0 testing site to the public if you're interested in getting a peak at Moodle 2.0. The site is available at http://qa.moodle.net/. From the site: Welcome! This site is for helping with our Moodle 2.0 QA testing. Here are some accounts for you to use: Teacher - username teacher, [...]
First look at Moodle 2.0: html editor
Moodle 2.0 has not been released as a stable version yet, but 'Moodlerific' Mel Benson (Moodlerific.org/@Moodlerific) was kind (and savvy) enough to install the latest build so that Moodle Monthly could get hands on with the next gen LMS. In the near future we'll be posting as much as we can to give everyone a "sneak peak" at what's coming in [...]
Moodle 2.0 Dev [Unstable] Available
![Moodle 2.0 Dev [Unstable] Available](http://www.moodlenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mm-moodle2.0-tgz.png "Moodle 2.0 Dev [Unstable] Available")
Did you know that Moodle2.0 Dev (the latest version of Moodle) is available for download from Moodle.org? (Scroll to the bottom of http://download.moodle.org/.) You can download it here: Moodle2.0 is widely anticipated for the core changes to how Moodle operates and the new improved functionality of many of it's modules. 2.o will be release [...]
Finding, Installing, Changing Moodle Themes
Dave Mozealous, at Mozealous.com published a great Screenr.com video about how to locate new themes and install them on a Moodle site. The video is only 4 minute and covers the essentials how/where to pick themes already installed where to find and download new themes where to upload themes (via FTP) on your Moodle site where to find [...]
About Moodle by @Mariamoodle
MariaMoodle (@mariamoodle and at Edublogs) recently shared a really interesting PDF on issuu.com about Moodle. Really the presentation/document highlights the history of Moodle and the various public quotes and pictures of Moodle founder, Martin Dougiamas. It's an interesting (and short read: 15 pages) but well worth it to find out why Moodle [...]
Updated – 3 Things you Wish you Knew
More submissions were made to the 'three things' discussion at Moodle.org. Go here to contribute: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=140902&mode=1 Here's a link to the recent post, parsed by student, teacher and administrator/developer and updated: http://www.moodlemonthly.com/2010/3-things-you-wish-you-knew/
3 Things you Wish you Knew
There's a great conversation occurring at Moodle.org discussing the three things a Moodler should know. The entire discussion can be found here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=140902. The original question, posed by Stuart Lamour was I'm spending the first week meeting front end users to get their perspectives, and having a look [...]
Customizing Moodle Themes
There's an interesting conversation occurring at LearnCentral.org* on the topic of Moodle themes (LearnCentral.org discussion and Moodle group). Though standard installs come with over a dozen themes, sometimes sites can be found lacking aesthetically. Modifying your Moodle theme is an easy way to create a more inviting, eye appealing [...]
New Plugin: Moderated Enrollment
Announced today a Moodle.org is a new enrollment method which allows editing teachers to approve/deny enrollment to prospective students once they've "applied". As a modification, instead of seeing the option to "enroll" in the course Administration block or a text field to enter a course enrollment key, students instead will see a button to [...]
What Moodle Brings to the Table
Two great posts were made to a Moodle.org forum (note that Moodle.org's forums are password protected, though registration is free) recently by Sandy Pittendrigh. The posts highlighted what value Moodle specifically carries today, despite the ability to create/recreate a Moodle-like learning management system with free, open source and [...]
