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Course Design made Simple (a short but effective presentation by @markdrechsler)

Course Design made Simple (a short but effective presentation by @markdrechsler)

Here's a quick presentation by Mark Drechsler (@markdrechsler)on the topic of designing and creating courses simply in Moodle.  His full post can be found at http://www.markdrechsler.com/?p=745.  The presentation (embedded below) is just a dozen slides but includes some great phrases that could be Moodle mantras. In Mark's intro to the [...]

Opinion: Content as King in the Future of the LMS

Opinion: Content as King in the Future of the LMS

  There's been some important news lately about the partnering of content companies and publishers directly with the learning management systems that more often than not serve content to our high school, college and professional development students.  Most recently the announcement came from Cengage (whose sub brands include Brooks/Cole, [...]

Check out new courses at the MOOCH

Check out new courses at the MOOCH

If you haven't been following what's happening at the MOOCH, today's a good day to go visit, http://hub.moodle.org.  The MOOCH has lots of published courses already posted and available for download.  Go browse or search for your favorite! Here are a few of the most recent additions of courses you can download, Biology PHP/MySQL [...]

6 Videos for Moodling from @RoehamptonUni

6 Videos for Moodling from @RoehamptonUni

Here are 6 quick video tutorials from Roehampton University (@RoehamptonUni) which focus on moving, adding and embedding content.  Check out the tutorials to learn something new or just as a refresher.  All videos are available at: http://www.youtube.com/user/RULibrary. You might also check out their very nice looking Moodle (the StudyZone) [...]

New view/display for quizzes and additional quiz content

New view/display for quizzes and additional quiz content

Frankie kam, a Moodler at SCM.Moodleace.com, has created a new way to display additional quiz information and content in tandem to a Moodle page.  The mashup provides students supplemental information for the quiz without having to change windows or perform any special navigation.  The supplemental content is displayed in iFrames and is easily [...]

@moodletuts Quick Tutorial of Creating a Course and Course Content

@Moodletuts created a quick (4:40) tutorial on the process of creating a course and integrating several activities and resources (an embedded video, and 2 SCORM packages made with Articulate Presenter and Quiz Maker). Check out Moodletuts.com for more great content. If you've never created a course from the Administrator view or embedded [...]