‘Resources’ Archives
Interested in what’s happening at #MootUK11? Follow @KristianStill
Kristian Still (@KristianStill) is on the ground and reporting from the UK Moot this year and has five recaps of the sessions he's attended already posted at his blog: http://www.kristianstill.co.uk/. For realtime updates from other participants you should watch the #MootUK11 Twitter [...]
Download it now: 10 things to do with a Moodle web-page
One of our most popular recent posts is "10 things you can do with a Moodle webpage" and in light of a few recent requests I am not sharing it as a backup file. Download the zip right here (or by logging into Joedle.com as the student/student user). If you make an improvement or add a new "thing you can do with a Moodle web-page" please [...]
New theme: MMR by Ricardo Caiado
Here's a cool new theme by Ricardo Caiado which has a cool star/sun burst effect in the background. It's hooked up with the Moodle bar and has a nice bright, high contrast for block labels and headers. Check it out in the screen shots below or download it from Moodle.org: http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=26&rid=4735
Moodle Monday: Tagging by @timdalton
After looking at the user profile in a previous week this post moves on to look at profile tags. When editing their profile a user can add tags of their interests. Simply type them in, if it already exists you get added to that tag, if not Moodle creates a new tag for you. When viewing a user profile you can see what interests they have [...]
Video How-To: Importing course materials in 1.9 by @BBCS_eLearning
Here's a short (~4min) video that highlights the very useful trick of importing materials from one of your courses to another in Moodle 1.9; specifically quizzes and exams. The video was created by Erica Vail of Baptist Bible College and Seminary (@BBCS_eLearning | http://bbc.edu). Direct video [...]
This might be my new Favorite Moodle: TAFE SA Moodle and an update from @ozesteph1992′s
Stephan Schmidt (@ozesteph1992) asked that his team of course developers and Moodle-experts be given due recognition after I posted about his great presentation yesterday . Stephan works at the Department of Further Education Employment Science and Technology, Training And Further Education of South Australia; better known as TAFE SA. He wanted [...]
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 [...]
Free Course: Embedding Multimedia by @evmaiden
Emory Maiden (@evmaiden) shared a cool "Embedding Multimedia" course at MoodleMayhem.org recently and it's available for download and restoration to your own Moodle site: https://sites.google.com/site/moodlemayhem/moodle-courses (it's #4). The course was shared as a resource during a presentation at the recent Mars Hill Moodle Moot in Mars, [...]
Poll: Recommend a Hosting Site
We have a long list of possible free hosting sites at Moodlenews.com/hosting, but sometimes the community can give even better advice to a teacher seeking hosting (paid or free) for their classroom. Whether you self-host or pay for hosting through a domain registration site, shared hosting service or dedicated hosting server farm, take a minute [...]
A must watch Moodle Design Presentation by Stephan Schmidt @ozesteph1992 (+ 13 helpful videos)
If you're not planning on attending any upcoming Moot or local presentation, have no fear: you can have your own personal professional development session about Moodle just by sitting back at your computer and listening to Stephan Schmidt's "Think Outside the Square with Moodle" presentation recorded this past April 6th. Of the session Stephan [...]
