‘This just in!’ Archives
The Midwest Moodle Moot is Open for Registration #mootusin11
The Midwest Moodle Moot in Goshen is now open for registration and the keynote speaker for the event has been announced. The Midwest Moot takes place at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana--in close proximity to Amish country. Registration for the event is only $135 until June 17th (thereafter the early bird price will no longer apply and be [...]
Check out the “Slides” course format for Moodle 2.0
There's a new course format available in beta from Jeremy FitzPatrick in the Moodle.org discussion forums . The format is called "Slides" and is a little bit like the Tabbed course format available now for Moodle 1.9. If you're adventurous and have a Moodle 2.0 site to play with, consider installing it and giving it a test drive. You can [...]
And #iMoot registration winners are…
I'm happy to announce the 5 (yes 5!) winners of the free registrations to iMoot. The winners are: Francisco, Michal, William, Tami and Denise (last names redacted). Check your inbox on how to finalize the registration process. Thanks for participating and see you at the Moot!
#MootUSCA11 introduces its Ning & Early Bird registration ends 5/2
The 2011 US Moodle Moot in Rohnert Park, CA which will take place this July 12th-14th and now there's a new site available where you can get involved and connect with fellow Mooters. The Moot site is http://www.moot-us.com/ The Moot Social site (Ning-powered) is http://moodlemootus.ning.com/ Do you find it interesting that they opted [...]
#iMoot Speaker Spotlight: The Course Creation CHALLENGE Panel
For Participants/Attendees only (but there's still time to sign up to win free registration, do it now!) on Saturday during the iMoot there is a panel which will "wrestle with the question 'What makes a great Moodle course?'" But this isn't a regular discussion, this is the midway point of a competition to create the best possible Moodle course [...]
1st Mobile Theme for Moodle 2.0?
myMobile Alpha is a new theme created by John Stabinger (http://stabinger.us/) which allows for better mobile access of a Moodle 2 site. The theme is not intended for allowing teachers and admins to manage their resources and content (or the site settings) but is intended to provide a cleaner, better end-user experience for Moodle access via [...]
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 [...]
Enter to Win a Ticket to the 2011 iMoot! #imoot
Sponsored in part by Wiris.com, here's your chance to win registration to the 2011 iMoot. Simply sign up between now and Thursday morning (4/28/2011 by 11am EST) and you'll be entered to win free registration courtesy of Moodlenews. Please signup once and only once, the winner will be chosen at random and announced Thursday. Registration [...]
Win a pass to iMoot sponsored by @wirismath #imoot
My sponsors over at Wiris have been kind enough to keep the Moodlenews.com train chugging along (covering our hosting costs, the Moodle Mug budget, our contributions to Moodle.org and some take-away when required...blogging gives me an appetite). Enter to Win here! They were also kind enough to let us revise the advertising space on the site to [...]
Gone Moodle: Elon University, University of Portsmouth and Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
As usual, here are a few educational organizations and institutions who've either made the switch to Moodle or are considering it: Elon University, Elon, NC, USA : Elon students and faculty are considering a move to Moodle from Blackboard over the summer of 2012 once the current LMS contract has expired. The move is driving by cost savings [...]
