‘News’ Archives
SUCCESS: Youtube Anywhere for Moodle 100% funded!
THANK YOU to the 19 fine Moodlers who've contributed to the project. I am very excited and gladdened by the response to the first ever crowd funded Moodle plugin development! More updates to come regardingYoutube Anywhere for Moodle and certainly more to come on the future of crowdfunding Moodle addons.
2nd Moodle Research Conference will be in Tunisia (Submit to present until 6/17)
The 2nd Moodle Research Conference is now scheduled for the 4th and 5th of October, 2013 in Sousse, Tunisia. Registration is not yet open but you can submit your proposals to present at this time and through 6/17. The Moodle Research Conference (MRC) is a unique annual event dedicated to research and development (R&D) in learning and [...]
Cubic Theme offers integrated chat, applications and more…
A new theme by Bruno Sampaio offers a few new features to Moodle including integrated chat and a concept of "applications" which launch from within Moodle. It's a flexible theme with some familiar features (Moodle Bar) available for Moodle 2.3: Cubic. Features: Moodle Bar Applications Chat plugin Institutions Check out all of the [...]
Two Days Left for Early Bird Pricing and Presentation Proposals at #iMoot2013
If you're planning on the iMoot this year you have until Sunday to purchase the discounted registration price (save $15 off the full price). Early bird registration ends on 3/31 (Sunday) and there after goes up to $80 AUD. Additionally the call for papers/presentations ends simultaneously, so if you have something to say about openness in [...]
Bug Requires Emergency Release of 2.4.3 Only One Week After 2.4.2
Recently Moodle.org released Moodle 2.4.2 (one of the minor updates that happen between major release cycles) but due to a "major regression" introduced before the codes release an emergency release of Moodle 2.4.3 followed only a week after to remedy the issue. The issue was identified early and posted at Moodle.org on 3/15, Following the [...]
Register for #imoot2013 and Attend Martin Dougiamas (@Moodler’s) keynote on Moodle 2.5
There's still time to register for this year's iMoot coming up in May. Early bird registration is only $65 AUD and gives you access to 5 days of the conference (each session is recorded and replayed or re-recorded by the presenter twice) in addition to the always-well-attended Keynote by Martin Dougiamas. This year Martin will talk about the [...]
#iMoot2013 Early Bird Registration and Call for Presentations Extended
If you're interested in attending the 2013 iMoot on the cheap or to present at the annual conference this year you're in luck, earlybird registrations and presentation submissions have been extended until Sunday 31 March 2013. The annual iMoot is the sole fully online Moodle conference for Moodle delivered from presenters across the globe to [...]
3/27: Moodle Webinar by @Lambdasolutions – Taming the Gradebook
Reproduced from a recent Lambda Solutions email blast: What: Moodle how to webinars. Short, topical webinars on Moodle 2.x features, facilitated by Ben Young and Chad Leaman of Lambda Solutions, a certified Moodle Partner. When: Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at 1pm EST How: Session delivered via Abode Connect, details provided upon [...]
Crowdfunding Moodle Development: An Experiment to Develop Youtube Anywhere for Moodle
As I am certain many of you also do: I dream of Moodle features and themes and ways that will make learning awesome. Imagine if Moodle could look this way, or an assignment could leverage this API, or students would have this experience... Unfortunately there are a few obstacles to making every development project happen: All Moodlers are not [...]
MOOCH gets a new URL: Moodle.net
Hub.Moodle.org has been the official Moodle hub for published and shared courses. It now has a new URL: Moodle.net. This is still the same great resource but now with a simpler/shorter URL to type in. Any previously shared courses and viewable courses are still accessible and future connections to the site formerly known as the MOOCH will go [...]
