‘This just in!’ Archives
Free Web-based Moodle Moot Starting 8/17 #MMVC11
There's another web-based Moodle Moot starting soon, this one is free to attend and will be held entirely via WizIQ. There are around 30 sessions spread over 5 days featuring product demos, tips, tricks and demonstrations, and all sorts of other great training sessions on anything from Moodle Quiz to migrating from another LMS to Moodle to using [...]
Moodle 2.1.1, Moodle 2.0.4 and Moodle 1.9.13 have been released!
The freshest versions of each Moodle are now available. Moodle 2.1.1, 2.0.4 and 1.9.13 are now all available for download from Moodle.org featuring the latest enhancements, but and security [...]
@webanywhere_inc seeks eLearning Professionals in Philly office
More growth in the Moodle Partner network was announced recently. This time by the US-based arm of Webanywhere (@webanywhere_inc) is hiring elearning professionals to help it grow it's services division state-side (Press Release). Webanywhere, Inc. is nearing its first anniversary of opening its U.S. headquarters in the city of Philadelphia. [...]
Moodle HQ is hiring
A growing Open Source project means a growing core development team: Moodle HQ is hiring . According to Michael de Raadt's blog post, Right now Moodle is growing, and in response to that, Moodle HQ is growing as well. We’re looking for talented developers to join us in Perth. If you love Moodle; if you love cranking out code; if you love [...]
Aardvark 2.1.0 Theme released for Moodle 2 by @superawesomeme
Shaun Daubney (@superawesomeme) creator of the Aardvark theme and the great themes at http://vle.newbury-college.ac.uk/ just announced the newest installment of Aardvark: 2.1.0 (for Moodle 2.x). According to Daubney, That theme was blooming hard work and not just from me, major team effort! It sports a polished design and a pretty neat new [...]
Moodle Global Landscape presentation by @ghenrick #MootNZ11
Here's a cool presentation by Gavin Henrick (@ghenrick) on the state of global Moodle usage and growth as he sees it. The presentation covers some of the trends leading to higher adoption rates, who is doing the adopting, and some advice on why and how to adopt Moodle at your own institution. Gavin also has a great post about his thoughts [...]
“How to Moodle 2.0″ course available for enrollment on the Mooch
If you're interested in the primer for getting started/evaluating the look, feel and changes to a Moodle 2.0 course then you should take a peak at the "How to Moodle 2.0" course on the Mooch. The course, posted by Chad Outten and hosted by myLearningSpace.com.au is accessible at http://hub.moodle.org/?courseid=277. Guest access has been [...]
Released: Drag and Drop file uploader for Moodle 2
The Drag and Drop File Upload block by Davo Smith (@davosmith) has been released in the Moodle.org plugin and addon database: http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=4963. As shown before the plugin adds some nifty drag and drop functionality for file uploads right to course topics. Check out my past post for more [...]
How I would use a Free Blackboard Collaborate Room (a wecollaborate.com submission)
A frequent Moodlenews contributor, Frankie Kam, submitted the following in order to earn 1 year of Blackboard Collaborate from the promotion being run at WeCollaborate.com (managed by Steve Hargadon). It's a great idea to create an international training and open learning environment to train beginning teachers and Moodlers on the finer points [...]
Last Chance to win a Blackboard Collaborate license for your Moodle
The Collaborate for Good contest/sweepstakes is finishing up this week, anyone interested in winning a Blackboard Collaborate synchronous classroom for use for their class needs to submit according to the rules by 7/25. Blackboard Collaborate was created through the Blackboard acquisition of Elluminate/Wimba online synchronous classroom [...]
