Posts Tagged ‘block’
New Block: View your version of Moodle, PHP & MySQL
Here's a super simple block that allows you a quick reference for your Moodle, PHP and mySQL versions. The block was designed to help admins and develops quickly see the versions of the foundations of a running site. Check it out here: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_moodleversion
Adsense for Moodle, support your site through ads with this block
Here's an updated block from the Plug-in Repository by Marcus Green which allows you to easily integrate your publisher ID from Google's Adsense to your (commercial, I hope) Moodle site. Adsense allows you to post text or image based ads on sites that you own through code. The block is available [...]
The Wikipedia Block for searching right from Moodle
If you want to provide students with a quick and easy means of searching Wikipedia right from your Moodle site, try out the Wikipedia Block: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_wikipedia. The block is available for Moodle 2.x (tested on my 2.0 site). Easy to use, language can be toggled and searched terms open as a new window [...]
Unanswered Discussion Block: great for keeping in touch with all students
If you're running a huge course, the Unanswered Discussion block is a great way to keep tabs on any threads or questions that have not been answered within the forum. Straight forward and handy; you can even exclude specific forums to cut down to only the most important discussions (i.e. omit the "social" forum for a course). This block was [...]
The very helpful Course Contents Block
This block is created and supported by David Mudrak and accomplishes a similar function to the navigation block, but without all the clutter. The Course Contents block recreates your topic headers in an easy to use and understand course navigation block providing easy access to each topic in the course with just a click. You can check out [...]
Giving in to Twitter… but for a good reason
Please help me welcome Moodlenews' newest writer, Marty Soupcoff. Marty has a lot of experience with Moodle as an Instructional Technologist at California State University, Northridge (a Moodle using university). Marty will be posting here periodically, you can also keep track of him on Facebook and at Moodle.org. I know what you must be [...]
Motivating students through Badges with the Stamp Collection module (Moodle 2.2.x)
Totara LMS supports the work of Frankie Kam as he explores the many possibilities of Moodle for fun and to improve his college's course site. William Arthur Ward, an American author, pastor and teacher once said, “The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” In [...]
Letting students add select Gifs/Animations to the Online Users block (Moodle 1.9.x and Moodle 2.2!)
An Adaptation of the Online Users block Fourteen days ago, I set out to modify Andy J. Davis' Online Users block. My objective was to make my Moodle site more engaging. I think that with the generous help of PHP developer, Matteo Scaramuccia of Italy, and Stephane Gully's Shoutpro Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License code, [...]
How to increase forum participation exponentially with the New Forum Replies block by Niall Barr
I am sure that you are familiar with the Recent Activity block. This block does what its name indicated, which is to list recent activity, most commonly, forum posts. You can also get a full report by clicking on the link "Full report of recent activity". This is useful when you want to view recent forum posts. Information Overload It [...]
Feeling moody? Show off your mood on the Online Users block for Moodle 1.9 and Moodle 2.2!
WHAT IF you could display your mood or status on the Online Users block by Andy J. Davis? Imagine with me if you will. You're on your Moodle course page. Just before you go to make phone call, you display a BRB (Be Right Back) status next to your username on the block. Or before you attempt a quiz for the next one hour, you display a Busy [...]
