‘Resources’ Archives
How Students View a Moodle page (Research on Eye tracking across a Course)
Moodlefacts.nl had an interesting PDF/Paper posted about eye tracking research done on Moodle users in Australia (thanks for the post and information!). The article was written by Gergely Rakoczi of Vienna University of Technology and was presented at the Slovenian Moodle conference in May 2010. The paper is in English and is a very [...]
Poll Results: What Messaging/Email system do you use for your Moodle?
Thanks to all 30 of the Moodlers who took the time to fill out our poll yesterday about Mail/Messaging systems used in their Moodles. Here's a quick synopsis of the data we collected: The majority of users rely on Moodle's standard messaging system 2nd most popular was Quickmail: http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=92 There [...]
6 Videos for Moodling from @RoehamptonUni
Here are 6 quick video tutorials from Roehampton University (@RoehamptonUni) which focus on moving, adding and embedding content. Check out the tutorials to learn something new or just as a refresher. All videos are available at: http://www.youtube.com/user/RULibrary. You might also check out their very nice looking Moodle (the StudyZone) [...]
Doc of the day: Question Categories
Here's a great doc that explains how you can better organize your quiz/test questions into categories and pools so that you can reuse them, organize them and more efficiently upgrade/edit them within your Moodle classroom: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Question_categories. It's a great feature for organizing large question pools based on various [...]
Uploading/Importing Users with @Moodletuts
Here's a handy video which highlights both single user creation using the Administration "Add new User" option AND the bulk upload of users by CSV. Both are very necessary skills for anyone administering their own Moodle site from a free or hosted service. Check out the great video/screencast embedded below and be sure to check out [...]
LSU’s Grok Knowledge Base: All you need to know about Moodle
Louisiana State University is a major Moodle user and has been growing it's own documentation for Moodle over the past few years. "GROK" as the documentation and tutorials are known, includes information about LSU's own Moodle (and why), easy how to tips for managing classrooms (which translate to other Moodle users as well) and some handy [...]
20 excellent “Make Me Moodle” tutorials from @hamptonk
Here's a great collection of Moodle tutorial videos posted to SchoolTube.com by Kim Hampton of Texas. There are 20 videos in all and each highlights a different Moodle function, process or activity/resource. Videos are generally 5 minutes or less. Check out the whole collection at: http://www.schooltube.com/user/hamptonk Make Me Moodle [...]
It’s Moodle March for @PacktPub (20% off all Moodle books!)
Packt Publishing is having a huge discount this Month (March) on all Moodle books. You can get them all at 20% off or 4 books for just $60! It's quite a deal if you're in the market for some Moodle texts. From their press release, Packt has this week announced a series of discounts and promotions to herald the forthcoming publication of [...]
Interesting Stats from @OpenUniversity on Mobile/Tablet use on their Moodle #mobile #mlearn
Open University has a really fantastic crew continually improving their Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle, which they are migrating slowly to Moodle 2.x) and adding timely features like an alternative mobile view for touch/smart phones and tablets. If you're interested in learning more about their Mobile and Moodle developments two blogs are [...]
