Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’
Moodle and #Windows Live@EDU Integration video
From Channel 9 of the Microsoft Developer's Network here's a ~20 minute video that highlights Moodle and how it can be hooked up to Windows Live@EDU Services. With Live@EDU from Microsoft integrated with your Moodle, you can, sign in using Windows Live IDs Integrated search (from selected words...though, right clicking with Chrome browser [...]
Revisiting the Office Addin for Moodle #OAM #microsoft
Months ago Microsoft launched the Office Addin for Moodle which allows teachers (not administrators) to download/edit/upload/revise Microsoft Office files directly to a Moodle course file directory . It's a pretty nifty trick, though one that I am less inclined to use as I build more and more content as web pages, embedded Google Documents and [...]
@Alex_Pearce on the benefits of Moodle + #Sharepoint document library
Alex Pearce provided a three part series of how to implement Sharepoint as the document repository for Moodle. As a follow up we asked "why?" Thankfully, Alex has posted a rundown of the reasoning behind an implementation and the benefits that a Moodle administrator and Moodle-using organization might receive upon a successful implementation. [...]
#mootustx10 Slides from @Awyatt’s Microsoft Office Addin for Moodle #oam
Quick resource link: http://www.limegreensunrise.net/presentations.html I wasn't able to attend the session by Dr. A. T. Wyatt (@awyatt) which focused on the Microsoft OAM . But the slides are available online. The session focused on how to use/install the MS OAM, it's pros and cons and future release information.
18 SCORM tutorials from SimpleMoodle for MS Office, Web2.0 and other topics
SimpleMoodle.com is a site where you can get free SCORM 1.2 zip files that can be imported into your course via a SCORM format classroom or the SCORM activity. There are 18 different modules covering the basics of Microsoft Office Suite products (Outlook, Word, Excel, etc.) to podcasting, social networking and whiteboards. They are free to [...]
MS Office Add-in for students #moodlewish @iusher
Great, in depth post on the use of and potential of the Office Add-in for Moodle at Moodlea.blogspot.com today. Ian Usher (@iusher) highlights a lot of the features and raises some great questions about the use of MS documents in Moodle classrooms (and the why and how of easy access). Here's the full post: [...]
Quick Tip: Office Add-in for Moodle and getting it to work @markdrechsler
Mark Drechsler (@markdrechsler) covered the OAM (Office Add-in for Moodle) which was released by Microsoft recently and posted a little known usability issue. you must have the ‘Courses’ block showing on your Moodle site for it to work If you plan to use the Add-in, do check out Mark's blog post: http://www.markdrechsler.com/?p=158. The [...]
The #Microsoft #Office Add-in for Moodle, a closer look at the tool installed
The new Office Add-in for Moodle (OAM) from Microsoft is a great little tool for managing and maintaining the Microsoft Office files and file directory in your Moodle course. Let's take a look at the new Add-in and how it works for Moodlers. First it should be understood that the Add-in requires installation of the .exe file to a computer [...]
#Microsoft #Office and it’s Moodle add-on (An overview)
Big news hit the twitterverse and blogosphere yesterday in the announcement of Microsoft's "Office Add-in for Moodle". The product is designed to simplify the addition and maintenance of Moodle files based on Microsoft's popular productivity suite Office by creating a quick bridge between your open files and your Moodle [...]
April Fools Fun @moodler @sukhwantlota
It is the 1st of April. Where would we be without the fooling? Here's a quick collection from the pranks around the Moodlosphere. Text upside down/incomprehensible at Moodle.org: Moodle Server Obesity by Sukhwant Lota (http://sukhwantlota.blogspot.com), a quick excerpt: Scientists at Leeds City College have found out in an unusual [...]
