‘Videos’ Archives
The Real Time Collaboration Text Editor (just like Google Docs) for Moodle!
Here's a super cool module released to the Moodle community by Juan Levya. It's a real-time collaborative text editor which you can add as an activity to your classroom. It works just as described at it's repository page and takes just a second to install by unzipping the package to Mod/Assignment/Type (then just edit the [...]
Moodleman Episode 2 (a violent death of the paper classroom)
The students at Bismarck Public Schools in North Dakota have released their 2nd episode chronicling Moodleman, their superhero fighting for online, paperless classrooms. Less a tutorial, this episode is a segue towards Moodleman ushering a safer, paper-free classroom environment, vanquishing the evil paper monster. It also features students [...]
More information and a video (from @sbrandt) to master the Checklist plugin
Shawn Brandt (@Sbrandt) has a recent video which highlights usage of the Checklist activity module which is really quite nice for helping students discern their progress on large and small projects. I posted a few months back on the Checklist mod and you can find that post here ; the post highlights the installation process, pros and cons and [...]
If you had to describe Moodle in one word…what would it be?
If you had to describe Moodle in one word...what would it be? This short video from Webanywhere (@wastretchbeyond) asks just that. You might be surprised by some of the answers: Community, challenging, fun, reliable, amazing. If I had to describe Moodle in one word it's "enabling". Moodle has allowed me to create and test all sorts of [...]
Moodle TV: a 26 video playlist that is ALL MOODLE
Enjoy this collection, perhaps just let it play in the background to learn about Moodle-y things from Tomaz Lasic's "How Moodle Changes a School" to Moodle Mobile to Moodle 2.0 and more. The 26 videos span a huge amount of Moodle information (in no particular order). You might find something new and exciting while tuning into Moodle TV
Go Green With Tech’s Great Moodle Resources
Link: http://gogreenwithtech.wikispaces.com/Moodle This is a great collection of Moodle resources, videos and tips which might be used by anyone doing a training or learning Moodle on their own. I especially liked the "Reasons for Use" section which helps to answer the "why Moodle" question that teachers often ask. Rounding out the [...]
Frankie Kam releases his code for Framed Quiz/Adjunct Content
We highlighted Frankie's cool frame-up of quiz materials and supplemental links/information last week. Frankie posted in the comments today that he's sharing the code so that everyone can try out the Xerte-created tool he made to produce that effect. Download the package of [...]
Moodle Beauty Pageant update: check this sweet Moodle out
I'm collecting images of the best Moodle sites (and courses) right now so that we can share them as motivation and inspiration to teachers and course builders. I've already received a few great submissions, but wanted to share one that I found specifically which is a great example of a beautiful Moodle. The hard work, skill and dedication to [...]
@ScotFEICT provides great series on Moodle 2.0 (with videos/analysis)
Noel Chidwick (@ScotFEICT) has a great resource-blog which features some analysis and feedback on Moodle 2.0 and it's new features. There are already three episodes in the Moodle 2 series on the site, covering an array of great and useful info, What's New for You? First Impressions What's New for You? Navigation The Conditionals The [...]
Preventing Email overload from Moodle by @sbrandt
Shawn Brandt's Screenr stream is teeming with great Moodle and other tech videos and how to's (check out out past post highlighting his vast collection: link). This latest video highlights how to prevent the deluge of emails from very active forums within Moodle. As many users already know, the number of single emails received corresponds to [...]
