‘News’ Archives
Read this now: @Ghenrick’s Moodle 2 Theme White Paper
Gavin Henrick (@ghenrick) has a great white paper out about themes in Moodle 2.0. He highlights and points out all of the things you should consider when thinking of upgrading from 1.9 or simply making the jump to the new Moodle platform. As you may know, themes are a lot different in Moodle 2, providing dockable navigation and full [...]
New in 2.2: Gravatars!
Here's a cool tidbit from the documentation for Moodle 2.2, there will be a setting to check (if the user has not already uploaded an image) a user's email against Gravatar and will use that image instead of the default. Very cool. Gravatar is "globally recognized avatars" and are used throughout popular sites like Wordpress. By uploading [...]
@Moodlerooms named Hottest Tech in Town award by the GBTC
Good news on the local Moodle front (local in Baltimore, MD anyway), Moodlerooms one of companies in the area's growing Educational Technology sector was named Hottest Tech in Town award by the Greater Baltimore Tech Council (GBTC). A hearty congratulations to Moodlerooms and the Moodle Partner program that makes their success possible. Here's [...]
Monday November 14th: Inside a Moodle Mind with Laurie Korte
The Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU) in Pennsylvania runs a great series of events all focused on Moodle, next Monday is "Inside a Moodle Mind" with a friend of Moodlenews, Laurie Korte. The event is from 3-4pm EST on Monday November 14th and is hosted by CCIU Moodle Administrator Laura Mikowychok (@lmikowychok). This is part of a [...]
Moodle 2.2 Code Freeze: QA Testing starts soon
Two announcements from Moodle HQ this weekend set the stage for Moodle 2.2's pending December 1st release. The first announcement by Martin Dougiamas (@Moodler) mentioned that 2.2's code will be frozen this weekend in efforts to focus on major bug issues and problems prior to the scheduled release in December. The 2nd announcement by Helen [...]
Gone Moodle: The Saylor Foundation, Union College and Mayville Middle School
As usual here are a few educational organizations and schools that have adopted Moodle to deliver their online or hybrid courses. The Saylor Foundation, Online : The Saylor Foundation is building free educational resources online. By contracting SMEs in each of several content areas, Saylor is building courses from resources available on the [...]
“Moodle Top 10″: free webinar with @Campus_Tech and @Moodlerooms Today (Wed. Nov. 2nd at 2pm EST)
Join Campus Technology and Moodlerooms for a look at the why's and how's of using an open source enterprise learning management system in higher education. Two current Moodle/campus Directors of IT will be on hand to talk about their experiences. According to the landing page, Moodle has become a mainstream alternative to the legacy LMS of [...]
News Flash: KeytoSchool’s free Moodle hosting shuttered
A quick notification from Jai Gupta, KeytoSchool's spokesman, announced today that registration and new site creation at KeytoSchool's free Moodle hosting has been shuttered effective immediately. More bad news for KeytoSchool users is that the free hosting service will be discontinued completely on January 1st. From the announcement, It has [...]
Course Format for 1.9 and 2: Grid View
This is a really unique course format that allows course topic sections to be identified with a specific image. The Grid View allocates an image to each topic area and when clicked from the course homepage a nifty popup appears highlighting the information held within. It's easy to use, easy to configure and is a great way to simplify course [...]
Registration for the Moodleposium 2011 is still open ($50 for virtual attendance) #mpos11
Virtual registration for the Moodleposium event in Canberra, Australia is still open and is only $50 (AUD). Virtual attendance provides access to all of the streamed sessions on Thursday and Friday (October 27th and 28th) and a virtual grab bag of goodies. If you're interested in learning more about Moodle via topics such as Top 10 tips [...]
