‘Mr Moodle’ Archives
Ask Mister Moodle: How can I get a report of just one student’s activities?
This was asked recently in the comments at Moodlenews, I would like to know if there is any method of exporting the grades and info about one student, so I could send to it’s company. It would be a report of his lessons and when was the last time he got in to the course, and that kind of stuff. I often provide a detailed report and spot [...]
Dear Mr. Moodle: How do I hide myself from the online users block?
Here's a question that came in recently to Mr. Moodle: Dear Mr. Moodle! Some lecturing staff where I work are requesting the option to change their Moodle status from online to offline as/when it suits them. They state privacy reasons - that if they choose do a lot of Moodle work online at odd hours they would rather this not be public [...]
Ask Mr. Moodle: How does Moodle Manage Copyright?
This question came in via the Moodlenews "contact us" link and I have to admit that legalese and understanding the GPL/Open Source licensing is not my strong suit. I'm trying to understand some aspects of Moodle and I was wondering if someone could answer my questions. Basically I'd like to know the way that Moodle manages copyright. Is it [...]
Ask Mister Moodle: creating quizzes with reference materials that stay on the page
This question comes from an old Moodle acquaintance. Moodlenews has covered a lot of quiz related materials and questions over the past year, but here's one that all teachers might find interesting, I know how to add images to Quiz Questions, but I would like to know if it is possible to add an image that stays on top of the quiz (as a header?) [...]
Meet the Real Mister Moodle.
I've used the pseudonym "Mr. Moodle" to answer a few Moodle-related questions on Moodlenews to keep things interesting. The truth is that Mister Moodle is real (thanks for pointing out out Martin!) and from now on he'll be fielding all of the "Ask Mister Moodle" questions. I imagine he stays on top of all new developments in [...]
Ask Mr. Moodle: Is the Attendance module default in Moodle 2.0?
This question was submitted through the Moodlenews contact us page, Do you know if Moodle 2.0 will have a built in attendance block? If not, I wonder why this is not standard on Moodle. Interesting question; the module being asked about, is of course the Attendance Module and Block . From my experience testing Moodle 2.0 and a quick review of [...]
Ask Mr. Moodle: Can I add Images to Answers in the Moodle Quiz?
@Moodlerific posed this great question yesterday and it's short answer is "YES". Adding images to possible answers in Multiple Choice (MC) questions provides an easy way to mix up the questions posed to students and provides more freedom in test design. Here's the long answer and "how to" on adding images to MC answers within [...]
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 [...]
