‘News’ Archives
Are you a Moodle Admin? Help Moodle HQ by filling out this super short survey
Are you a Moodle Administrator with knowledge of the OS of your Moodle server and what database you're using? Help Moodle HQ out by answering this survey here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=193926
MoodleMoot returns to Ireland: The Ireland/UK MoodleMoot April 2-4, 2012 in Dublin #mootieuk12
After a several year hiatus the Ireland/UK Moodlemoot returns and will be held in Dublin on April 2-4, 2012. The call for presentations is open; deadline to submit is Feb 3rd, 2012. The Moot is focusing several strands for Moodlers including Implementing & Developing Moodle, Teaching & Learning with Moodle, Academic takeup of [...]
Moodlebook = Facebooky theme for Moodle 2.2+
Julian Ridden (@Moodleman) has just updated/released his new "Facebook" theme for Moodle which is based on the core Decaf theme by Lei Zhang. The theme mimics the world's favorite social network in color and layout and also includes some nifty drop down navigation. Dropdowns from the main menu bar across the top link to a users course [...]
Schedule your Summer around the Ohio Moodle Moot #Mootohus12
This June 21st marks the 2nd annual Ohio Moodle Moot in Mansfield, OH. The date was just announced for 6/21/2012. Find out more information at http://www.ohiomoot.org and be ready to join MoonBeam (the Moodle Moose, mascot of the Ohio Moot) and his friends. The call for presentations is now open. Accepted presenters get free [...]
Is Your Moodle “Cheatable”?
Here's a cool resource I picked up around the twittersphere last week which helps to "score" your Moodle classroom based on how easily it is to cheat or game the system as a student. It asks simple questions like how much of your course is assessment based, how the assessments are setup, if you use the same test pools every year, if students can [...]
Start 2012 off by winning a free book #MDL2CC from @Packtpub
Win Free Copies of Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion Beginner's Guide Moodlenews has teamed up with Packt Publishing to give two lucky winners a copy of Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion Beginner's Guide book by Ian Wild. Keep reading to find out more about the book and giveaway. Overview of Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion Beginner's Guide Move your [...]
Melbourne theme by Danny Wahl upgraded for Moodle 2.x
Melbourne was a really great theme for Moodle 1.9 by Danny Wahl and he's now done a quick port to Moodle 2.x (actually 2.2). You can download it from Github (he hasn't officially released it to the Moodle database) and use it at your own risk. If you're not on Moodle 2.2 you'll need to nix the version.php file within the theme folder (that's [...]
iMoot 2012 gets a date! (April 21-24)
This is a tentative date (yet to be confirmed by the official iMoot site) but it was posted recently to the Moodle announcements by Helen Foster (@Moodlehelen). Looks like the iMoot will be held online from the 21st through 24th of April 2012. Watch this site for more information: http://2012.imoot.org/ And if you're interested in many more [...]
Gone Moodle: Middlebury College, eMints and GCC
As usual here are a few organizations who have switched to Moodle or simply made my radar as Moodle users, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT : Moodle was selected as the main Middlebury LMS this past summer 2011. Ongoing efforts at supporting new Moodlers on campus have increased its usage since 2007 when its use started in Middlebury's [...]
Study: Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use for Moodle LMS
I had a chance to read this research paper recently submitted at Moodle.org and it was pretty interesting (the authors are Şule Taslis Pektas and Halime Demirka of Bilkent University in Turkey). The study gauged student thoughts on their Moodle (in several areas) experience for a course specifically using Moodle to help facilitate and manage [...]
