‘This just in!’ Archives
Interview with the Folks behind #iMoot2013
As you know the 2013 iMoot is coming up next week, I was able to do a email interview of Vinny Stocker and Julian Ridden (@Moodleman), two of the folks behind the scenes of the event put on by Pukunui and supported by a few other organizations (Blindside Networks, and Packt Publishing). Registration is available [...]
Moodle 2.5 has been released!
Right on its new schedule (May and November) and full of awesome new features, Moodle 2.5 was released yesterday and is now available for download from Moodle.org. According to Martin Dougiamas in his official release note: It's my pleasure to put this cherry on the top of the collective cake that is Moodle 2.5, and to announce that it is now [...]
SCORM 2004 Abandonned, Tin Can API the next focus
Dan Marsden posted an interesting history of SCORM development for Moodle including the difficulties of funding development and maintaining SCORM 1.2 compatibility through the years. SCORM 2004, now nearly a decade old, was never officially integrated and demand has lagged. According to the post, Full support for SCORM 2004 is already available [...]
100% Pass Rate for 2.5 QA Testing
Announced earlier this week, the 100% pass rate of QA tests for Moodle 2.5 marks the last milestone before the official code release coming soon. 2.5 is full of enhancements, improvements and new features sure to make your Moodle use more efficient and to give even the most novice Moodle administrators more control over their systems. Here's a [...]
Moodlenewsletter Number 001 Hits Inboxs Today
Moodlenews will no longer be using the Feedburner email delivery tool which is how you’ve received a daily digest of posts when they happen at Moodlenews.com. Why? Because that’s boring! If you’re interested in the latest posts and want the daily updates, stop by the site, follow us on Twitter or subscribe via RSS. For email delivery [...]
Totara launches Open Badges functionality with new Release
PRESS RELEASE - 5/1/2013 - Totara Learning Solutions, provider of the powerful packaged distribution of Moodle, released Totara LMS 2.4 today. Wellington, New Zealand The release of Totara 2.4 means Totara and Moodle will be the world’s first Learning Management Systems to include Open Badges functionality. Last month Mozilla, the free [...]
Totara Learning Solutions Expands Partner Network with Brazil-based Edubit
PRESS RELEASE The growth rate for eLearning products and services in Latin America is 14.6% and revenues will nearly double from $1.16 billion to $2.29 billion by 2016, according to a new Ambient Insight report called, “The Latin America Market for Self-paced eLearning Products and Services: 2011-2016 Forecast and Analysis.” Totara LMS [...]
WIRIS Introduces its Popular Equation Editor in Arabic
WIRIS EDITOR is now available for Arabic users. That means far more than Right to Left writing. This was the title of an email from our friends and supporters at WIRIS. With access to the site I was able to see a quick demo of the new capabilities of the Arabic Language Math Editor and it's as slick as ever. WIRIS will be opening the doors to the [...]
Moodle 2.5 QA Testing Starts now
Interested in banging on the soon to be released Moodle 2.5 before it goes prime-time QA testing of Moodle's major release numbers happens twice a year and it's now underway for Moodle 2.5 due out in about 6 weeks according to a recent post by Helen Foster : With Moodle 2.5 due for release next month, we're once again running a QA testing [...]
3 Weeks to submit your presentation proposal for the East Coast Moot in Baltimore #MootMDUS13
The East Coast Moot, this year held in my current home town of Baltimore will be held this July 23rd and 24th. The event will be held at Loyola University Maryland and is sure to be a great collection of speakers and presentations. In fact, you can still contribute to the program: the call for presentations is now open until May 1st, 2013. [...]
