“How we implemented Moodle” Preview by @moodlerific
In the next few weeks I will be writing several short posts sharing my experience with implementing Moodle into a school district. I work in Osseo Area Schools, which is a 20,000+ student school district just outside of Minneapolis. Our Moodle implementation was funded and guided by a 2-year grant we were awarded. The grant stated: "This grant will provide training, installation, tech support, [...]
What If The Cool Course Competition Was Judged By The American Idol Judges? @moodlenator
The good news, we would be on TV and would have over 15 million viewers weekly! The bad news, the elimination rounds would be brutal. Long lines of Moodlers circling the outside of stadiums, trying to acquire a wireless signal to tweet their experiences. Ryan Seacrest interviewing the most bizarre of contestants before they show their sites to the judges. Like the course designed for [...]
@Moodlenews Welcomes @Moodlenator and @Moodlerific!
NEWS FLASH: TWO NEW WRITERS JOIN MOODLEMONTHLY I'm really excited to let everyone know that Rhonda (@Moodlenator) and Mel (@Moodlerific) have joined the MoodleMonthly.com team. They'll be posting at will in the future to tune in and enjoy their posts! Their experiences and expertise will be a welcome addition to the regular Moodle coverage we're already providing. Welcome them in the [...]
Did you see the #moodle4iphone video?
http://www.moodlemonthly.com/2010/moodle4iphone-video-exclusive/ - Thanks to Carlos Kiyan for the video.
#moodle4iphone VIDEO exclusive
Couldn't let this one sit over the weekend. Check out the moodle4iphone video (~6 minutes): Logging in, navigating through courses, taking quizzes, checking grades, and working with the forum. Looks like a dream. Subscribe to the Moodle4Iphone channel here. More information coming soon from http://iphone.moodle.com.au/ This video had 35 views when I saw it. How many will it [...]
New version of the Moodle Dock released @kristianstill @moodledan
Kristian Still shared with MoodleMonthly that a new version of the Moodle Dock has been released to the public. Download the new Dock at http://bit.ly/96nL2a. More information is available at http://kristianstill.co.uk/wordpress/?p=1392. So, why the new release already? At it's original posting to Moodle.org and the modules section, a lively discussion ensued which uncovered a few minor [...]
#moodle4iphone team looks to #apple for help
From Ignatia Webs (http://ignatiawebs.blogspot.com/2010/03/iphone-on-moodle-update-growing-team.html), Dear Apple/iPhone people, we would like your support as well. Please do not misunderstand our humble team, we do not want anything for ourselves. We would however surely be happy if we could get the same mobile learning project out somewhere else in a low resource setting. For we have depleted [...]
Introducing http://iphone.moodle.com.au/ @moodleman @lewiscarr #moodle4iphone
With growing momentum, the project team behind the Moodle Mobile iPhone Project has built out the official project website at http://iphone.moodle.com.au/. Details are still coming slowly, but the should be live next week according to Carlos Kiyan. This project has grown from a collaboration between the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp and the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia [...]
New Media Player Module for Moodle @matbury
Mat Bury, (@matbury and blogging at http://matbury.com) recently posted a new media module for Moodle. Moodle inherently supports several media types, including audio, video (flash, mov and wmv) and embeddable content. Mat's created a more flexible and powerful activity (yes, not simply a resource) module that allows users to engage the content and allows course authors and administrators to [...]
#MobileMoodle: more screen shots and capabilities outlined
Carlos Kiyan provided some new information and screen shots showing how downloading files will work on Moodle for the iPhone. Looks like files can be saved locally for reading/digesting later (making Moodle resources available "offline") as well. Check out the whole post and discussion thread at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=104599#p633754 we can open the mobile moodle webapp [...]
