‘Videos’ Archives
Interview with the Folks behind #iMoot2013
As you know the 2013 iMoot is coming up next week, I was able to do a email interview of Vinny Stocker and Julian Ridden (@Moodleman), two of the folks behind the scenes of the event put on by Pukunui and supported by a few other organizations (Blindside Networks, and Packt Publishing). Registration is available [...]
Installing an add-on into Moodle 2.5 (2 minute video by @ghenrick)
This 2 minute video shows the new Wordpress-like feature that allows you to install add-ons in Moodle without access to FTP or the file directory. It's an awesome advancement that I think will drastically increase the availability and quality of community plugins (because there will be so much more usage and feedback!). The video was created by [...]
Is blended learning the new normal?
Welcome to Moodlenews's newest contributor, Megan Pope. Pushing the role of technology in education seems to be a trend, and several schools in Michigan have been implementing Moodle as the LMS platform for a new blended learning model. According to a recent article by The Times Herald, Algonac Superintendent, Mike Sharrow, suggested "We’re [...]
WizIQ goes HD and enables more access controls for increased security
Disclosure: WizIQ is a sponsor of Moodlenews and provides a Moodle integration for it's live classroom platform. For more information click on the WizIQ banner. Press Release see also http://blog.wiziq.com/see-it-to-believe-it-better-and-more-secure-video-streaming-on-wiziq/ WizIQ recently rolled out improvement in live video streaming [...]
Empowering Learning with Video (Free Webinar recording from @eschoolnews)
eSchool News recently hosted a webinar that featured three presenters talking about how to integrate video and other resources into Moodle, Learn how to leverage the power of online video to flip classrooms, get students reading, simply and easily create and incorporate teacher and student videos into Moodle, enhance professional development and [...]
Video: Drag and Drop onto Image Question Type
This video by Dot Garmin (http://www.youtube.com/user/Gr8TechTools) highlights the "Drag and Drop onto Image" question type in Moodle quizzes. This is a novel question type that allows students to drag and drop small images or text onto a larger background. It's a pretty slick visual assessment tool that could be useful for all sorts of [...]
My 5 Favorite Moodle 2.5 Improvements
Moodle 2.5 is coming this summer and after seeing some of the features demoed during the General Developer's Meeting yesterday I can say that I am very excited. Here are my top five improvements to Moodle 2.5: 1. Wordpress like install and update for plugins: Administrating your Moodle and managing plugins and addons just became wayyyy [...]
OptivoteConnect is a low cost clicker system for Moodle 2.x
Optivote, which was covered last on Moodlenews when they were giving away some free services to a pilot school in the UK has released Optivote Connect for use with Moodle 2.x activities (including quiz, questionnaires and surveys). Their technology provides a very low cost system that allows students to use handsets (tablets, phones, etc.) or [...]
6 Videos showcasing Open Badges for Moodle (development by @TotaraLMS)
There are 6 videos created by Gideon Williams that highlight the open badges development lead by Totara. The videos showcase open badge creation, publishing and earning by students within Moodle. You can give it a go at a Totara development site and can learn more from their docs [...]
MyDay Moodle Connects Sharepoint and Moodle in a pretty slick way
Collabco (a UK based company) has a new plugin for Moodle out that connects Microsoft Sharepoint and Moodle in a really slick and pleasing way. While similar to some functionality that you can get from MyMoodle in Core Moodle installs, this is a bit different in that the activity information is embedded elsewhere and available at a glance. [...]
