‘Mr Moodle’ Archives
Ask Mr. Moodle: is Godaddy hosting good enough for a small Moodle?
Here's a question from a little while ago submitted to our quick "ask Mr. Moodle" survey: http://goo.gl/6aU2. Is a godaddy shared hosting account sufficient enough to be able to host and operate moodle? I know a dedicated server is suggested, but they're expensive. I wouldn't have more than 50 people on it at a time, so I'm hoping it would be [...]
Ask Mr. Moodle: Can I access Moodle and not be listed in the course participants?
Here's a question from a student of the American University of Beirut (check out their Moodle at http://moodle.aub.edu.lb/); I would like to know if there is a way to be able to access Moodle without being listed in the participants' page. Well, yes and no. For the most part, allowing anonymous access is controlled by the editing teacher of [...]
Ask Mrs Moodle: linking to files on the local area network
Update 6/30 - this feature is no longer allowed on modern browsers and will be removed completely from Moodle.org. Caught this little tip from the Moodle.org forums and Mary Cooch (aka @moodlefairy). With a quick check box you can easily enable the linking of files from the local area network. This will let you link to files in a shared [...]
Mrs. Moodle Answers: How do I embed an object on my Moodle site for only guests to see? @moodlefairy
This question was asked recently on the Moodle.org forums (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=148753#p650609). The user wanted to embed a Slideshare.net presentation onto the Moodle home page only for users that who were not yet logged in to see. The question was fielded well by Mary Cooch (@MoodleFairy). To enable the ability to add [...]
Mr. Moodle Answers: Why are inactive students appearing on the online users block?
This question originated from and then was answered by Silvia Ines Borro, a MoodleMonthly reader. The question was: I've got in my Online Users block , a list of users that are not really connected. How can I close their sessions? Here's her answer (which she found after troubleshooting): To remove the users from the user block, open [...]
Mr. Moodle Answers: Why is moodle.org hidden behind login?
Here's another question from a reader: Why is moodle.org hidden behind login? The short answer is that Moodle.org is actually not hidden behind a login. Users can easily click "login as guest" and be transported to nearly any corner of the Moodle.org knowledge base, including the vast forums that have some of the most up to date (but not [...]
Mr. Moodle Answers: Can I assign students to groups and make assignments conditional?
Greg, a reader, asks, Is it/will it be possible for conditional activities to be set on a per-user basis? For example, if I'm grading a rough draft of a paper, and I see a kid is confusing the different types of "there", could I log into moodle and require that he do a "there" exercise prior to submitting his final draft? and, Can I [...]
