Posts Tagged ‘2.0’
Moodle 2.0 update: August RC1 Release Date Missed
According to the Moodle docs, a 1st Release Candidate was scheduled to be available by the end of August, but with that date missed and a flurry of QA activity still underway it's possible that Moodle 2.0 will still get an official September release. For more information visit: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_2.0_release_notes Here's to [...]
Opinion – Can Moodle replace social networks in educational settings?
There are a few interesting articles recently, one from Tampa Bay's local news channel 10 and the other from the Mundelein Review in Illinois: the local school districts are banning or discouraging communication between students and teachers via social networks and instead are leaning on Moodle and school website portals to provide all modes of [...]
Drilling down with the Navigation Block in Moodle 2.0
One part of Martin's keynote (highlighted yesterday) is the new persistent Navigation Block. If you're interested in seeing how deeply you can drill down into course information just check out http://qa.moodle.net. Here's a screen shot of how deeply you can jump into a course discussion by using the new functionality. From anywhere on the [...]
#mootustx10 Recap of @Moodler’s Moodle 2.0 Keynote
Martin Dougiamas kicked off Tuesday of the Moot in Austin with a signature presentation about the changes to Moodle 2.0. Though many have seen his 'road show' keynote lately (it was provided in a similar format to the streamed presentation from Goshen last week), I always see something very different (whether a new feature of a new way that [...]
NEWS FLASH: Final Release of 2.0 pushed to September
Final Release date: September, 2010 (if testing goes well) Previously the push to release Moodle 2.0 was focused on readying the code for use by schools starting this September, unfortunately, with at least one more QA testing cycle in store for Moodle 2.0 the release has been pushed back to September, 2010 (at the earliest). For more [...]
Moodle 2.0 Release day +1 (Delay update)
You may have noticed that it's now July 21st and despite the information listed on the Moodle 2.0 Roadmap at Moodle.org, the long awaited Moodle 2.0 has not been released. Originally there were upwards of 8 Preview Releases scheduled, but after only four Martin Dougiamas updated the community with a call for QA testers in order to release the [...]
Winner of the New School Learning Theme 2.0 contest announced
Last Friday the winner of the Moodle 2.0 theme design competition was announced, the winner out of 12 great submissions is Caroline Kennedy who created the theme "Splash". For more information: http://newschoollearning.com/news/theme_contest_winner/. Congratulations to Caroline who won a 16GB iPad. And a hearty thank you to New School [...]
Workshop 2.0 by @markdrechsler #mootau10
Here's a cool preso from Mark Drechsler (@markdrechsler) that gets into the revamped Moodle Workshop 2.0 activity (slides 16-19). Read more about it and the presentation given at Moodle Moot Australia 2010: http://www.markdrechsler.com/?p=225 Pretty slick. Moodle 2.0 first impressions View more presentations from NetSpot Pty Ltd.
Moodle 2.0 Theme Contest Community Judging is OPEN!
12 to judge, all great themes. GO VOTE! http://newschoollearning.com/theme/submissions/
The new Anti-Moodle Moodle theme: Decaf
This possibly the most progressive Moodle theme to ever hit the theme repository at Moodle.org was created by Lei Zhang. It's very attractive, and it bends the general Moodle aesthetics to a more functional Moodle site. Settings and Administration blocks have been moved to a dock across the top of the page (horizontally) while site [...]
