Video How-To: Importing course materials in 1.9 by @BBCS_eLearning
Here's a short (~4min) video that highlights the very useful trick of importing materials from one of your courses to another in Moodle 1.9; specifically quizzes and exams. The video was created by Erica Vail of Baptist Bible College and Seminary (@BBCS_eLearning | http://bbc.edu). Direct video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQStUOfDe5w In addition you can check out their [...]
This might be my new Favorite Moodle: TAFE SA Moodle and an update from @ozesteph1992′s
Stephan Schmidt (@ozesteph1992) asked that his team of course developers and Moodle-experts be given due recognition after I posted about his great presentation yesterday . Stephan works at the Department of Further Education Employment Science and Technology, Training And Further Education of South Australia; better known as TAFE SA. He wanted to make sure that his department and team, who all [...]
Ask Mr. Moodle: How does Moodle Manage Copyright?
This question came in via the Moodlenews "contact us" link and I have to admit that legalese and understanding the GPL/Open Source licensing is not my strong suit. I'm trying to understand some aspects of Moodle and I was wondering if someone could answer my questions. Basically I'd like to know the way that Moodle manages copyright. Is it different than the way Linux does it? Which of the [...]
The Worlds Largest Moodle Backup File (and how to avoid it)
Here's a quick tip to keep your Moodle from becoming out of shape and over weight, illustrated with a quick story. A few years ago I was in charge of managing 80 courses that were tailored for teacher professional development. The courses ran every 6 weeks or so which required a new version of the course to be restored (but always from the most current version of the course as we were [...]
Free Course: Embedding Multimedia by @evmaiden
Emory Maiden (@evmaiden) shared a cool "Embedding Multimedia" course at MoodleMayhem.org recently and it's available for download and restoration to your own Moodle site: https://sites.google.com/site/moodlemayhem/moodle-courses (it's #4). The course was shared as a resource during a presentation at the recent Mars Hill Moodle Moot in Mars, North Carolina (http://minimoot.mhc.edu/). This is [...]
Poll: Recommend a Hosting Site
We have a long list of possible free hosting sites at Moodlenews.com/hosting, but sometimes the community can give even better advice to a teacher seeking hosting (paid or free) for their classroom. Whether you self-host or pay for hosting through a domain registration site, shared hosting service or dedicated hosting server farm, take a minute to share your experiences below to help this [...]
A must watch Moodle Design Presentation by Stephan Schmidt @ozesteph1992 (+ 13 helpful videos)
If you're not planning on attending any upcoming Moot or local presentation, have no fear: you can have your own personal professional development session about Moodle just by sitting back at your computer and listening to Stephan Schmidt's "Think Outside the Square with Moodle" presentation recorded this past April 6th. Of the session Stephan (@ozesteph1992) says, I will show you how to [...]
Forum Block (how to show recent news from any discussion)
Here's a nifty little block that allows you to easily showcase recent posts from multiple discussion forums. The block, like the standard "Latest News" block, pulls recent posts from each designated discussion forum for a quick and easy measure of activity in the course. Easy to install (just unpackage the zip in the Blocks directory) and easy to configure (just add it and you're off). The [...]
iMoot Speaker Spotlight: Chad Outten #iMoot
At the upcoming iMoot (http://imoot.org) Chad Outten is going to show how to make Moodle more social. Managing and helping to design Moodle sites as director of mylearningspace (@mylearningspace), Chad has the experiences and expertise to back up his session presentation. His session will, demonstrate the benefits of Moodle's social constructivist approach to education using its inbuilt [...]
Moodle 2.0 Video Playlist by @ghenrick
Here's great resource pulled together and shared by Gavin Henrick (@ghenrick) who's also been systematically documenting and reviewing the modules and features of Moodle 2.0 at his blog: http://moodle.drupalgardens.com/. A great resource that's highlighting some of the new and improved features of Moodle (and additional newly released modules and plugins for the updated LMS as well). Check [...]
