Posts Tagged ‘moodlefairy’
Pre-order @moodlefairy’s “Moodle 2.0 First Look” today!
Reserve/order your copy of Mary Cooch's "Moodle 2.0 First Look" book published by Packt Publishing today. It's low cost and highlights the various changes and new features in Moodle 2.0 (out soon: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Moodle_2.0_release_notes). Hard copy: $36 eBook: $27 Both: $41 Though we haven't had a chance to review the [...]
Ask Mrs Moodle: linking to files on the local area network
Update 6/30 - this feature is no longer allowed on modern browsers and will be removed completely from Moodle.org. Caught this little tip from the Moodle.org forums and Mary Cooch (aka @moodlefairy). With a quick check box you can easily enable the linking of files from the local area network. This will let you link to files in a shared [...]
“Our VLE is our Website” a peek inside Our Lady’s Catholic High School @Moodlefairy
Hot off the press is a quick read about one of the most established VLE-using, UK-based school, Our Lady's High School Preston (home of Mary Cooch, @Moodlefairy). A few cool tidbits: The Moodle site is their website Extensive use of the Book module provides for an easy to navigate web hierarchy that stores loads of school related [...]
Podcast 2 at MoodleMayhem: @Moodlefairy
Miguel Guhlin (@mguhlin) and Dianna Benner (@diben) recently interviewed Mary Cooch (@Moodlefairy) as the second installment of MoodleMayhem's Moodle Podcast series. The goal of the podcast was "Sharing Moodle Wisdom: Grades 7-14 Year Olds"; you can find the post at http://bit.ly/mmpmcooch. Interesting fact: Mary uses a sample student in all [...]
Moodle in Humanities – Classroom Activities and Examples (in video) by @Moodlefairy
This video from Mary Cooch (aka @MoodleFairy) may be over a year old, but it's excellent and well worth the watch. Show this to a new Moodler and watch their eyes widen at the possibilities presented on how they might use Moodle in a humanities classroom/course. Direct link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xQMazwa_yA Hat-tip [...]
#Moodle2 book by @moodlefairy coming in July from @Packtpub
With it's pending stable release slated for July, Packt Publishing and Mary Cooch (@moodlefairy) are working to provide a companion text for Moodle 2.0. This book takes an in-depth look at all of the major new features in Moodle 2.0 and how it differs from previous Moodle versions. It highlights changes to the standard installation and explains [...]
“Teaching Tips and Tricks” on Moodle.org @moodlefairy
I recently received several emails from the Moodle.org "Using Moodle" course forum "Teaching tips and tricks". I had forgotten I was subscribed to it and remembered what a great resource it is! Mary Cooch (@moodlefairy) is the forum's moderator and it's a place to go (within the "Using Moodle" course) if you have a neat trick or piece of [...]
Mrs. Moodle Answers: How do I embed an object on my Moodle site for only guests to see? @moodlefairy
This question was asked recently on the Moodle.org forums (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=148753#p650609). The user wanted to embed a Slideshare.net presentation onto the Moodle home page only for users that who were not yet logged in to see. The question was fielded well by Mary Cooch (@MoodleFairy). To enable the ability to add [...]
A peek at Moodle2.0′s Workshop 2.0 module by @moodlefairy
The Moodlefairy (Mary Cooch) gives us a nice sneak peak (and tutorial) for the Workshop 2.0 available soon (5/3) in Moodle 2.0 Beta. The example shows the set up of a peer evaluation of poems for Valentine's day. Enjoy! Here's a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCT8Tm32e1k
Moodle 2.0 April Preview by @moodlefairy
Moodle HQ is still listing April 2010 for the release of Moodle 2.0 Beta (http://docs.moodle.org/en/Roadmap#Version_2.0), so this will be a very big month for the community. In preparation for it, the number of videos and comments on the new version is growing a bit. Mary Cooch (aka the Moodlefairy) created a great 8 minute video as a primer [...]
