‘This just in!’ Archives
Free Moodle hosting site Gnomio now running version 2.2
If you're interested in checking out some of the new features in 2.2 like the Rubrics and Advanced Grading, the MyMobile theme, LTI or any of the other coolness you can without any risk at Gnomio's 2.x site http://www.mdl2.com/ according to a recent tweet. MDL2 is listed on the Moodlenews hosting chart and provides free but ad-supported [...]
2nd Annual Mars College Minimoot will be held 3/16/2012
Mars Hill College in North Carolina is hosting its 2nd annual Minimoot this coming March. The call for papers is now open (deadline is 1/20/2012). According to Marty Gilbert of MHC the event was very successful last year. Early bird registration runs until 1/20 and costs only 45 dollars. According to the site : Mars Hill College would [...]
2.2 has been released!
The second 6 month installment of Moodle 2.x releases has hit the digital shelves. Long awaited features like Rubrics, myMobile theme and LTI capabilities are included. Some features originally planned for 2.2 (like multi-tenancy) have been postponed until next June or later (release 2.3). You can read the complete release notes for [...]
Moodlerooms takes top honors from EdTech Digest
Edtech Digest, a blog highlighting various education technology trends and products, gave top honors to Moodlerooms and some of their products in it's annual "Edtech Digest Awards" for 2011. Moodlerooms was a winner in the Learning Management System category but was a finalist in several other categories, including Cool Tools for 2k11 with Joule2, [...]
Moodle 2.2 Stable is at git.moodle.org!
While not officially announced yet, the 2.2 release in all it's glory is now posted to the git.moodle.org page (tweeted by the @Moodledev account). One step closer to an official release on the downloads page: http://download.moodle.org/.
2011 Edublog Awards voting is open, Vote here for Moodle and your fave bloggers
Voting for the 2011 Edublog Awards is now open. You can vote for your favorite Moodle blogger (Moodlenews nominated Gavin Henrick, Some Random Thoughts). You can also vote for Moodle as the best "free web tool". Tons of other nominees are available in an array of categories. If you're looking for some new blogs and sites to follow for [...]
Moodle HQ is upgrading at this very moment (2.2 is on it’s way!)
We've seen something like this before (last holiday season) when Moodle.org was updating to 2.0. They are at it again: If you're not interested in waiting and refreshing the screen every 5 seconds until the site is back up, you can click the image above to play some Space Invaders.
Moodle 2.2 QA is complete: 2.2 “ready for release”
According to a quick note from Helen Foster 2.2 is now ready for the masses : A big THANK YOU to everyone who has helped with QA testing, as listed in the Testing credits. I'm pleased to announce that the Moodle 2.2 QA cycle has a 100% pass rate, thus Moodle 2.2 is ready for release! Watch out for the official announcement!
Siri, what can you do with Moodle? #Apple
Here's a cool tidbit if you're following some of the new iOS features, specifically the voice recognition and personal assistant software that was introduced as Siri (a witty, helpful automated assistant and search tool). Unfortunately it can't tell you what your homework is or how many students have yet to finish that quiz within a Moodle course [...]
Introducing FreeMoodle.org: A free, Moodle Partner-backed hosting option
Great news on the free Moodle hosting front recently, HRDNZ, an official Moodle Partner in New Zealand has launched http://www.freemoodle.org/ as a free and open Moodle resource with an eye towards sharing. There are various stipulations and conditions if you upload your course on the site (which beckons back to the eSocrates.org sharing [...]
