‘This just in!’ Archives
MoodleTouch and mTouch+ now available for iOS5
Ali Özgür, developer at PragmaTouch, the makers of MoodleTouch and mTouch+, just announced that their apps are now available and compatible with iOS5. The upgrades are now available to all customers. The apps run for the low price of $2.99 but provide some easy to use features for both 1.9 and 2.0. If you're local Moodle hasn't yet made [...]
Three new releases have hit the shelves: 1.9.14, 2.0.5 and 2.1.2
Three new release versions of Moodle are now available for download from Moodle.org/downloads. The releases are 2.1.2: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.1.2_release_notes 2.0.5: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.0.5_release_notes 1.9.14: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_1.9.14_release_notes For Moodle 2.1 and 2.0, the releases [...]
@Netspot’s innovation fund now accepting applications
A few months ago Netspot (Official Moodle Partner in Australia) announced the availability of $200,000 AUD to support elearning/Moodle in tertiary institutions in the country (check out the original Moodlenews post). As long as certain eligibility criteria are met, applicants are eligible for grants of 10,000 to 50,000 AUD. According to the [...]
@Packtpub launches sixth annual Open Source Awards
Ever think that Moodle deserves some recognition for being such a helpful, awesome open source project? This is your chance to vote for Moodle and hope that they'll win a share of the prize money from Packt Publishing! Voting begins 9/19. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The 2011 Open Source Awards was launched on the 1st week of August by Packt, [...]
CLAMP LAE 1.4 has been released
If you're using the Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP) Liberal Arts Edition (LAE) version of Moodle, then you're in luck: a new release is now out. 1.4 was released last week and provides integration to Moodle 1.9.13. CLAMP's version of Moodle has a few additional 3rd party addons baked into the releases [...]
The Official Mobile App for Moodle is OUT NOW
The Official Mobile app for Moodle 2.1+ is now in the Apple app store. For you iOS users out there get a copy now (free) and commence the mobile learning! Apple Store link: http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/my-moodle/id461289000?mt=8# Here's a great review by Gavin [...]
Back to School: Plan ahead and never ‘miss’ a day of school for snow, ice, heat, hurricane… again
It's Back to School 2011! We'll be running back to school focused posts throughout the week of September 2nd, highlighting some good tips and suggestions for making the most out of your Moodle usage in 2011-2012. A school cancellation due to snow, when I was a student, was like winning the lottery. The day was disrupted and cancelled [...]
Tomorrow (8/31) Free Moodle for Teachers Orientation/Workshop via @WizIQ
Tomorrow at 4pm EST Nellie Deutsch is hosting a Moodle for Teachers session via WizIQ for new Moodlers or those interested in honing their current skills. According to the event page, M4T-O workshop is intended to provide people who have never used Moodle with the knowledge and skills to navigate a Moodle course and access resources and [...]
Back to School 2011!
Last year I ran a series of "Back to school" related posts and I'm going to do my best to continue the tradition with "Back to School 2011". This link will bring all of the best back to school posts from 2011 all under one page for easy viewing and navigating http://www.moodlenews.com/tag/back-to-school-2011/. What to look forward to this [...]
Great New Theme for 2.0: Aardvark Postit by Mary Evans
Here's a cool new theme based on the Aarvark 2.1 theme released earlier this summer by Shaun Daubney. The slight variation is called "Postit" and was developed and released by Mary Evans, moderator of the Moodle Themes forum on Moodle.org. According to Mary, This is a re-make of the original Aardvark 2.1 theme which Shaun created, and I have [...]
