Using the Accordion Resource Editor in an innovative way to (further) reduce the Scroll Of Death – Moodle 1.9.
As promised, this is the followup to an earlier post I made on Abrar Ullah's 2009 Accordion Resource Editor. I thought I'd share this YouTube video that shows how you can add Moodle resources and activities inside the Accordion; it doesn't just support labels and HTML code as previously thought. Hope you find it useful. For the full details, drop by my brand-new Moodle blog [...]
Moodle Monday: 6 Tips to Manage Course Sizes by @timdalton
A while ago I wrote about the reports available to admins to see how courses were being used. These reports very much cover staff/student access which is useful, but as a Moodle admin I'm also interested in the disc space these courses are taking up. The amount of disc use is important, particularly if you are paying for your hosting. The following are a few tips to help keep this [...]
Meet Steve the Moodle Doodle: Star of the Moodle Awareness Campaign by @ulethbridge
This is a special "Gone Moodle" which highlight's one University's transition to Moodle including fanfare and cartoons. Meet Steve, the Moodle Doodle who helped make it happen below. To raise awareness of their transition from Blackboard to Moodle 2.0 recently the University of Lethbridge (@ulethbridge) employed a cartoon character (dubbed the Moodle Doodle). The character later became [...]
Check out this Video of the Slides course format in action
A demo site was shared by the Slides course format for Moodle 2.0 in the forums yesterday by creator Jeremy FitzPatrick and I had to check it out . The layout and usability are pretty good, though it did take a while to load the slides before I could navigate between them. Check out the screen capture below and don't forget to check out the forum post and course format (beta) in the modules [...]
#iMoot Recap: Statistics and future plans (find out how many attendees there were)
The iMoot Wrap-up "So long and thanks for all the fish" was a well attended end of conference event which touched on all of the positives and negatives experienced by iMooters this year. Julian Ridden (@moodleman) gave special thanks to his staff of tireless session moderators and programmers who really created one of the best virtual conferences I've ever attended. As a bonus, Julian also [...]
@KristianStill’s Magnificent Seven Gradebook/Course Design Tips
This post is cross-posted at Kristian Still's personal blog, a great resource for Moodle tips and educational technology links . I have spent a fair amount of time reflecting on course design and why the gradebook is somewhat of a late bloomer, in terms of Moodle core features. I don’t mean to harp on about gradebooks, but if you do think there is something in ‘gradebook inspired [...]
#iMoot Recap: Best Practices in Course Design @michelledmoore
Michelle Moore (@michelledmoore), Chief Evangelist for Moodle at Remote-Learner.net had one of the best presentations that I saw at the iMoot last week. Her presentation focused on the best practices of Moodle course design and usage including the list of tips and tricks you'll see below. If you ever get a chance to attend one of her presentations definitely take advantage of her 8 years of [...]
The Pages Course Format will blow you away
I'm a sucker for course aesthetics, which is why this new course format being developed by Stuart Lamour and the University of Sussex elearning team has really struck a chord with me. If you've ever used Blackboard, it provides a simpler and easier approach to creating courses that have clear/crisp navigation similar to the book module layout. The pages are listed along the left hand [...]
#imoot recap: Course Creator Challenge Entries
One of the coolest things about the iMoot this year was that there was an interactive synchronous challenge given to all interested iMoot attendees. The Course Creator Challenge was for attendees only, but was nearly like a poster session as you might see at a regular face-to-face educational technology conference. Attendees were able to witness the course construction and development in [...]
The Midwest Moodle Moot is Open for Registration #mootusin11
The Midwest Moodle Moot in Goshen is now open for registration and the keynote speaker for the event has been announced. The Midwest Moot takes place at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana--in close proximity to Amish country. Registration for the event is only $135 until June 17th (thereafter the early bird price will no longer apply and be raised to $180). The event will take place [...]
