‘Resources’ Archives
CLAMP Concludes “Moodle 2.0.1 Not Production Ready”
CLAMP (the Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project), which is comprised of several liberal arts colleges in the US using Moodle has issued a report recently that they have found Moodle 2.0.1 not ready for production . The report outlines how and why they reached the conclusion for their own institutions/CLAMP version of Moodle. While the [...]
MoodleMoot Japan Recap (by Don Hinkelman) #mootJP11
The following is a recap of the 2011 MoodleMoot Japan (held at Kochi University of Technology) by Don Hinkelman, stay tuned for more about the event! The third annual MoodleMoot Japan, held at Kochi University of Technology, exceeded expectations with 208 participants and unanimous approval of the inaugural Constitution and By Laws of the [...]
@WiZiQ Live Class Module now works for Moodle 2.0.2
The folks over at WiZiQ have released their new plugin for Moodle 2.0.2 (the freshest release) in order to support all WiZiQ live class users. The plugin for Moodle 2.0 is available from http://org.wiziq.com/moodle/ once you're registered/logged in. Note that this module is compatible with the premium Live Class service from WiZiQ. For more [...]
Moodle Beauty Pageant, submit yours
I'm in search of the best looking Moodles on the web. If your Moodle theme is awesome: post a link using the form below. I've seen some great Moodles over the past year, just take a look at some of our previously crowned favorites at http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/happy-friday-my-top-5-favorite-moodle-sites/ Loading...
Now 50+ Moodle 2.0 from @ThinkTutorial
ThinkTutorial is creating one of the web's largest text/image based tutorial and reference sites and they have been creating quick and easy "how tos" for Moodle settings and features. Now there are over 50 such tutorials which highlight features in Moodle 2.0 for teachers and administrators. Since last we checked they've added tutorials on [...]
Theme Customization Tutorial with @EnovationIRE
If you've ever wondered how to change or customize a theme in Moodle 1.9, Enovation Solutions, an official Moodle Partner has provided a great tutorial online. The walk through isn't about creating the fanciest theme, but it does show you each of the theme components and some ideas on how to change a theme better to your liking. The tutorial [...]
New view/display for quizzes and additional quiz content
Frankie kam, a Moodler at SCM.Moodleace.com, has created a new way to display additional quiz information and content in tandem to a Moodle page. The mashup provides students supplemental information for the quiz without having to change windows or perform any special navigation. The supplemental content is displayed in iFrames and is easily [...]
Free ebook manuals (for admins and teachers) from @HowtoMoodle
HowtoMoodle is celebrating their 6th year of Moodle services and of being an official Moodle Partner. The quality manuals are a great addition to your Moodle training repertoire for 1.9. Get a copy of either (or both) title now by visiting https://www.howtomoodle.com/moodle-manuals and using the coupon code "CA11026". Course Creator [...]
Getting Started: Course Templates
Here are two great course templates which teachers/new course builders might use to get a leg up in the course development process. To quickly test new features and course formats I'll often rely on these (or ones like them) to check out the functionality and usability for the host of standard Moodle modules. Jon Fila, creator of Moodleshare, [...]
3 new Themes for 1.9 by Ricardo Caiado
There are three cool new themes (all for Moodle 1.9) by Ricardo Caiado in the theme repository at Moodle.org, including WCO (featured below), VSS and CFPA. The themes all have some nice earthy tones, I especially like the brown faux finish for the heading of WCO. The themes looks great and install easy (no broken images or icons) and features [...]
