‘Videos’ Archives
@Moodlerooms & @Campus_Tech Webinars now available on Youtube
Moodlerooms has a solid series of webinars for potential clients and current Moodlers that highlight the benefits of their various services, the changing state of higher education in the US (and abroad), migration considerations and social educational tools. They are now all available on Youtube. Each webinar is co-sponsored by a Campus [...]
Embedding a Whole Website into a Moodle Course (securely)
Here's a really awesome use of Moodle: embedding a complete website and all of it's HTML/videos/link structure, etc. This provides a secure environment, protecting your website creation and also keeps students within your Moodle course. I use the same process for linking to Articulate presentations (some 200 slides with audio!) just by zipping [...]
26 Moodle tutorial videos from @letslearnit
A great repository of Moodle (and other educational technology tools) at Let's Learn IT (http://www.letslearnit.org). Check out the 26 Moodle videos including some great tutorials like: embedding images in forums using Q&A Forums creating matching quiz questions editing course settings and much more.
Adding Youtube videos by link with the Youtube Multimedia Filter plugin
Here's a time saver for those of you using Youtube videos in your Moodle courses. Did you know that a simple link like "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Six2mhNeJcg" will embed the video automatically in Moodle if you have the Youtube Multimedia Filter enabled? No more flipping to plain text or configuring the embed code: just paste and [...]
Video: Changing Course Themes
Here's a quick video that highlights how you can (if enabled) force a different course theme than what's applied to the site as a whole. Pretty nifty trick especially if you have custom themes for different content areas/subjects. Check out all of the other great Moodle tutorials by hectorsilva83. Enjoy! Direct video [...]
Moodle Tunes Round up (your mixtape for Moodling)
If you haven't noticed Moodle is making a push into songs and lyrics lately. There are at least 4 Moodle-tribute songs available in lyric or music video form. Check them all out and sing along. Or at least hum that tune while creating courses, activities or server administrating. (That's what I'll be doing all day. Robbie Williams is [...]
@tom_murdock shows off the new Folderview Course Format
The Folderview Course format by Moodlerooms is currently under development but there's a great sneak peek on the web via Tom Murdock's (@Tom_Murdock) blog: http://thinkingdistance.org/. Folderview features a layout for Moodle 2.0 similar to the Collapsed Topics Format but with a few more easy to use pages and layouts. Most notably the [...]
Cloning activities in Moodle 2.0 by @Moodlefairy
Here's a great short video that highlights one of the newest features in Moodle 2 (to be released with Moodle 2.1 this week). Enjoy the video by Mary Cooch and read more about the 2.1 release here: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.1_release_notes Direct video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV4_Z-hNMoc
A gem of a tool for English teachers: Marginalia forum web annotation tool for Moodle 1.9 and Moodle 2.0
Marginalia Add web annotation to your Moodle forums! This is a great pedagogical tool, from 2008, for those of you teaching English. You can use the Marginalia Moodle plugin to type corrections to your students' forum posts. Here's a Youtube video showing you the plugin in action. No audio, so don't bother turning on the volume knob on [...]
Student Reporting in Moodle 2.0 video
Here's a quick video that highlights the Student Report feature in Moodle 2.0. Including individual activity reports and the complete report of usage. Direct video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP_aCPxyREk
