Posts Tagged ‘helen foster’
Moodle in over 100 languages!
Helen Foster (@Moodlehelen) announced this recently and it's great news for the worlds most widely used (and translated) LMS. With the addition of a few new language packs Moodle now supports over 100 languages! If you're interested in creating a new language pack checkout the Translation documentation [...]
Moodle 2.2 Code Freeze: QA Testing starts soon
Two announcements from Moodle HQ this weekend set the stage for Moodle 2.2's pending December 1st release. The first announcement by Martin Dougiamas (@Moodler) mentioned that 2.2's code will be frozen this weekend in efforts to focus on major bug issues and problems prior to the scheduled release in December. The 2nd announcement by Helen [...]
Go help test Moodle 2.1!
Big news is coming from Moodle.org where it's pending release of Moodle 2.1 is being tested by the community (right now and ongoing). 2.1 beta is currently available from both the Windows and Mac version download pages for your convenience (if you're feeling adventurous) or you can join the testing crew at Moodle.org and check out all the new [...]
Can’t wait for #iMoot 2011? Get your kicks by listening to last year’s keynotes from @imootonline
iMoot 2011 (@imootonline) is coming up at the end of April and it's sure to be a great virtual event. In the meantime, you might get your fill on all things Moodle by listening to one of the presentations from last year (check out all of the archived presentations and keynotes from last year at http://2010.imoot.org/course/view.php?id=64). My [...]
Moodle HQ Developers Meeting Online (2am EST Nov 25th)
Helen Foster (@Moodlehelen) recently announced that Moodle.org is hosting an online Developer's Meeting early Thursday Morning. Two very important agenda items are on the schedule: the looming migration from CVS to Git and the imminent release of Moodle 2.0. http://docs.moodle.org/en/Developer_meeting_November_2010 What: Developer [...]
QA Cycle 2 and how you can lend a helping hand
It takes a strong community to create a great open source product and it will take the whole community to check/re-check the nearly 200 tickets in this second round of QA. You can have a big impact in getting Moodle 2.0 ready for a stable, ready-for-the-masses-release. Testing is easy, you'll just need a few things: An account at [...]
Jason Cole’s “Using Moodle” book
Following the back to school theme this week, here's a free Moodle guide for teachers. While created for an earlier version of Moodle this still is perhaps one of the best (and certainly one of the most accessible) comprehensive Moodle reference guides. http://docs.moodle.org/en/Using_Moodle_book Written for O'Reilly Media in 2005 covering [...]
The 11+ Moodle Twitterers you should be following
Please note that this list is subjective, it's not meant to be comprehensive or complete and there are a good many Twitterers all contributing to Moodle news not on this list (just watch the post titles). With the entire Moodle Twitter community things would be much more boring around here. Follow the whole list at this [...]
Happy Birthday Moodle (and @Moodler) via @Moodlehelen
It's 8 years old today, August 19th. A long and fruitful road. Here's to many more years! Check out Helen Foster's post for some more details on the history of Moodle, http://helenfoster.wordpress.com/ Send in your wishes at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=156255
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 [...]
