‘This just in!’ Archives
Setting some ground rules: Terms of Use, Call for Authors, Publications page
We're a little (but growing) news source for the Moodle community and in the past week we've made a few changes and cleaned up the site a little bit to better reflect our goals moving forward. (Note that our feed recently changed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/moodlenews.) Here's a recap of changes, New URL The site is now located at [...]
www.Moodlemonthly.com is now www.MoodleNews.com
New URL, but same goal and assets: to be the leading Moodle community news source and provide up to date information and discourse on the many Moodle-happenings across the web. Note that our URL is now http://www.moodlenews.com. If you're subscribing via email there'll be no disruption in your Moodle News delivery but you might need to update [...]
NEWS FLASH: mPage – the free mobile #Moodle app
The newest mobile Moodle app to hit the scene, mPage, is free, works for teachers and students and works on iPhone and iPod touch. More information is available at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=104599. More details as we find them. Or post your own in the comments. Download the app from [...]
@ghenrick showcases the #moodle2 navigation
With the release of Moodle 2.0 beta preview, we’ll be posting about the new features and changes all week. Gavin Henrick (@ghenrick) has a new site to showcase the Moodle 2.0 Beta Preview (http://moodle.drupalgardens.com). Check out the great video about navigation and a nice synopsis of the changes on his site: http://goo.gl/G2YX. Aside [...]
eLearning Guild names Moodle Number 1 for 2nd year in a row RT @mikechurchward
Thanks to Mike Churchward for sharing this link on twitter (@mikechurchward) The eLearning Guild survey results are in and Moodle has been named the #1 Learning Management System for the 2nd year running. According to Learning Solutions Magazine 24% of respondents choose Moodle as their primary LMS (over Blackboard at 2nd with 17.5%), In the [...]
#Moodle2 Beta Preview 1 hits the downloads page
The unstable build of Moodle2.0 Beta Preview 1 is now available for download at http://download.moodle.org. Have at it! Around 250 people already have downloaded it today. A huge thanks to the Moodle HQ staff for pushing out the release. I'm looking forward to a stable release later this year. Here's a link to the official [...]
MoodleTouch 1.2 hits the App store: Supports Themes, Profiles, myMoodle and some Gradebook functionality
MoodleTouch is already on it's 3rd iteration (how's that for progress?). The app is still 2.99 and available in the app store. For more information: http://moodletouch.com Check out the available themes @ http://www.pragmasql.com/home/moodletouch/themesamples.aspx. Work with the MoodleTouch team to identify bugs and new feature [...]
News Flash: The Moodle 2.0 Beta Preview (number 1) #moodle2; see it at http://qa.moodle.net
Martin Dougiamas, founder and lead developer at Moodle HQ is putting the finishing touches on the release notes for Moodle 2.0. This release is a foundation for the coming stable release (slated for July 2010). This is the 1st release of the preview which will occur on somewhat of a weekly basis (according to the site). This will provide the [...]
What’s a MUG and why you should visit www.MoodleUserGroups.org
Jason Hando was kind enough to provide a bit more information about Moodle User Groups and the new www.MoodleUserGroups.org site. Moodle User Groups are formal or informal gatherings of Moodlers around the world. Local "chapters" have regular meetings where Moodle admins and users can simply get together, trouble shoot, learn from one another [...]
Nanogong 4.0 Plug-in Released
Nanogong, a popular voice recording plug-in for Moodle released it's version 4.0 today. Nanogong offers an easy integration of voice recording right into Moodle, allowing teachers and students to record audio straight to their Moodle sites, assignments or web pages. According to the site, NanoGong provides a very simple and transparent voice [...]
