‘Videos’ Archives
Interested in TurnitIn Plagiarism Detection? Here’s a video on how to setup a TurnitIn activity.
TurnitIn is a plagiarism detection tool that has integration into Moodle. It's a paid service but the addon is available for free at Moodle.org: TurnitIn: https://turnitin.com/ Addon entry at Moodle.org: Activity Module | Direct Integration Below is a quick video by RULibrary (Roehampton University) that highlights how easy it is to [...]
Check out the Folder course format in a video by @Moodlerooms
This is a quick (~3:45) video that highlights course design and the Folderview course format which is new from Moodlerooms and will be available in Moodle 2.2 this december. It's a pretty slick interface which seems easy to use and easy to navigate. It provides a similar effect as the Collapsed topic/week already available for Moodle 1.9 and [...]
MP3 Quickie – a new MP3 voice recorder for Moodle 1.9 and Moodle 2.x to record 20-second “quickies”
I would like to introduce to you a "new" MP3 voice recorder for Moodle 1.9 and 2.x. Here it is, sitting pretty on my Moodle coursepage in a Moodle HTML block: The interface design is "original", but the main underlying code is not. More on that later in this post. The voice recorder is actually based on Vimas Technology's Mp3 Recording [...]
Back to School: 17 awesome sites for Moodle training videos
Over the past few years I've seen a lot of great Moodle videos. Here are a few of my favorite sources/sites for Moodle related media. @sbrandt's Screenr page (at last count Shawn had over 50 Moodle related videos and tutorials listed http://moodletuts.com/ (usually a great source but the site was recently hacked, you can still see the [...]
Adding a Quiz to Moodle Video by @Moodlerooms
Here's a quick video that highlights the various steps necessary for creating a quiz, adding the relevant instructions and then adding and deploying questions from a question bank. The video is created by Moodlerooms (you can find many more Moodle videos and webinar recordings in the Moodlerooms Youtube channel). The video is less than 5 [...]
MyView (Advanced myMoodle page) for Moodle 1.9
Here's a cool new add-on just released to Moodle.org's plugin repository which adds a lot more functionality to the concept of "myMoodle" (a personalized home page). The plugin was submitted by Nadav Kavalerchik. Additional resources include sorting/organizing of courses, more help system and customization options, a bulletin for announcements and [...]
Doc of the Day: Youtube Videos as a Repository in Moodle 2
Here's a cool feature of Moodle 2+'s file picker which lets you embed Youtube videos easily into your course. Check it out for how to configure, how to use it and how to leverage the picker to add more dynamic/multimedia content to your course: http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Youtube_videos.
Learn about MoodlEZ from one of the schools (@DCHSroyals) that helped develop it
MoodlEZ is a file management tool for Moodle on the iPad, providing additional features and capabilities beyond the standard browser. Delmarva Christian High School in Delaware worked with another school in Maryland and Ali Özgür's team in Turkey to develop the app. Better than reading about it on a website you can hear one of the people who [...]
Moodle 2 on an iPad (without any apps)
If you were curious what can be done with an iPad when accessing your Moodle site then you might be a little confused by the plethora of App options for using Moodle on an iPad. Each has their own benefits/drawbacks, but did you know that you can forego any purchase and just access the Moodle site using the built-in browser? While file upload [...]
Get some ideas about course design/aesthetics from this “Using Moodle” video
Here's a quick video tour of a Moodle course that has some pretty nice design (lots of images) and additional resources for students which explains the course in full detail (expectations, plagiarism, course outline, total points per assignment and more which are all plainly provided to students). The video is by Tamara Wong and highlights an [...]
