Posts Tagged ‘2.0’
Moving the Open University to Moodle 2.1 Presentation by @rossmackenzie
This presentation highlights the internal road-map for moving Open University's enormous Moodle installation to 2.1. The presentation is by Ross MacKenzie and highlights the current status of Open University's daily usage and stats and some of the considerations they are being forced to make as they move forward and toward an [...]
Mapping a Moodle Upgrade Roadmap by @kristianStill
This guest post was originally published at Kristian Still's education-focused blog: http://www.kristianstill.co.uk Over the pass few weeks, away from my day-to-day duties, I have been either Moodling or in Moodle conversation. Most of my time has been spent investigating and applying the new Moodle features, supported by a very useful [...]
Moodle 2: Feedback Vs. Questionnaire
I've been working on a Moodle site for a client who needs to have students complete an end of course survey for external review. I've been playing with both the Feedback and Questionnaire modules for Moodle 2.0 and I have to say that I'm struck by how mature and user-friendly both of the modules are. It's a shame that with this level of [...]
Doc of the Day: Starting with Moodle
True to the effort to redesign/organize the Moodle Docs, some of the content has been updated already for Moodle 2.0. Check out this Doc of the Day for Getting Started with Moodle, part of the Moodle in Education pages. Link: Moodle_in_education#Starting_with_Moodle Starting with Moodle Countless anecdotes from Moodle users suggest that [...]
Take a peek at the “FolderView” course format by @Moodlerooms
I have to thank Derek Chirnside for finding this link in the Joule documentation in the comments recently. Check out a few screenshots of the new FolderView course format for Moodle 2.0 and Joule 2.0.
myMobile Alpha 2 released
John Stabinger, developer of MyMobile Alpha has released an update at Moodle.org for his mobile theme. The theme is designed for mobile viewing on both tablets, phones and other internet enabled handhelds. You can checkout the newest release in the Moodle.org themes [...]
Gone Moodle 2.0: Latrobe University
In light of the recent CLAMP report suggesting that the CLAMP member institutions stick with 1.9 for the 2012 Academic year it's important to note that there are a few universities making the leap to Moodle 2.0 around the world. One notable organization is the University of La Trobe in Victoria, Australia whose transition to Moodle 2.0 is [...]
Introducing the Moodle 1.9 to 2.0 Course Converter from the NZ Ministry of Education
There's a new Moodle 1.9 to 2.0 conversion tool available to use freely which was developed with support from the New Zealand Ministry of Education (http://www.minedu.govt.nz). The converter works on each of the standard Moodle features/modules and supports Hot Potatoes as well. According to the post at Moodle.org , It is now possible to [...]
Check out the “Slides” course format for Moodle 2.0
There's a new course format available in beta from Jeremy FitzPatrick in the Moodle.org discussion forums . The format is called "Slides" and is a little bit like the Tabbed course format available now for Moodle 1.9. If you're adventurous and have a Moodle 2.0 site to play with, consider installing it and giving it a test drive. You can [...]
iMoot Speaker Spotlight: Lindy Klein and “Crafting Adaptive Courses” #imoot
Here's a sneak peek at one of the presentations for the upcoming iMoot which starts next week. Lindy Klein is a "social media and open learning consultant" and is presenting "Learning Journeys - Crafting Adaptive Courses". According to the iMoot site, Lindy's presentation will focus on Moodle 2.0's new features such as conditional activities [...]
