‘Resources’ Archives
Free course cartridges from Jon Fila
Jon Fila, a faculty member of National American University (in MN, USA) and co-creator of Moodleshare.com a Moodle site sharing site recently posted a few free courses available for download from his site: http://moodle.jonfila.com. The courses available from his site cover mostly English related topics (Dune, the Hobbit, English Comp), however [...]
@muppetmasteruk and the Moodle for Teachers Book
Mike Rollins (@muppetmasteruk) recently posted a great guide to Moodle that would be an excellent addition to any tutorial or repository of learning materials for teachers (Moodle for Teachers - An Illustrated Guide). The book is published through Issuu (and is embeddable). Mark also runs E-teachUK, which has a great tutorial for teachers on [...]
One theme to rule them all @lewiscarr
Lewis Carr (http://lewiscarr.co.uk/) just posted that he's creating a new theme to share with the Moodle community (which will be released to coincide with the Moodle Moot UK 2010. Recently I've been working flat out on a new Moodle theme. It's heavily AJAX driven and very web 2.0. My aim is to create one of the most beautiful and most [...]
Theme mod: MoodleDock, by @kristianstill & @moodledan
Hamble College in the UK recently rolled out a nifty theme upgrade/modification aptly named the "MoodleDock". The Dock creates a nice, animated course category and link quick reference. The bar can be seen at http://vle.hamblecollege.co.uk/. Here's the line of thinking that led to the collaborative effort to create the mod: Our Moodle [...]
#Google Apps Integration @bhwilkoff
Ben Wilkoff, who runs LearningisChange.com has a great post that highlights the 8 steps of Moodle/Google Apps integration. This is one of the best extensions created in 2009 for Moodle and it'll go a long way in extending the collaborative nature of Moodle through the use of Google Docs. Visit [...]
The secret sauce to Moodle quizzes w/ @jbj
There's a great post at Profhacker.com where contributor Jason B. Jones highlights how he uses Moodle quizzes to engage his students. He goes on to discuss how it saves him time and energy but also creates more active discussions and class times with his students. If you're using the Moodle quiz (of it you're considering it's addition to your [...]
@eLearningAust shows how to embed video/pix into student blogs
Here's a quick video that shows the process of adding media to student blogs (and really any other description area using the HTMLArea text editor): Produced by eLearningAust. Here's a link to the full video on Viddler.com: http://www.viddler.com/explore/Elearningaust/videos/12/
Shoring up module security w/ @brianjohnweaver
One of the greatest things about Moodle is that showing teachers a successful course can really spur them onto joining the Moodle train and creating their classroom. However, there are many security concerns when live running courses allow guest access. The foremost is the guest's ability to see student names and data in modules and [...]
@kfasimpaur shows how to create Moodle Glossaries in a snap
K12opened.com (Twittering under the handle @kfasimpaur) recently posted a really great time saving resource for creating Moodle glossary entries (http://twitter.com/kfasimpaur/status/9145932904). The post highlights a tool located on k12opened.com where you can post a list of words (comma separated) and then with two clicks create an XML file [...]
Create Audio Quizzes with @muppetmasterUK
Here's a cool video from @muppetmasteruk that covers the process of using audio files within Moodle quizzes. The Moodle filters will automatically create a browser-based player for audio files (you can also accomplish this with flash and other video formats for a more interactive quiz. Note that you could also create non-question [...]
