Posts Tagged ‘moodlerific’
Moodle 1.9 Theme Design book review @moodlerific @packtpub [4 stars]
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I recently read the book "Moodle 1.9 Theme Design" written by Paul James Gadsdon and I must say, of all the Moodle-related books from Packt Publishing, I was the most excited to read this one. I take a great interest in Moodle themes and I enjoy learning this type of web development and design. Before reading this book I thought I had limited [...]
Once Upon a Moodle Install @Moodlerific
Mel Benson, aka @moodlerific wrote a series of posts in March about her experiences at the Osseo School District and their grant funded blended learning management system integration. The seven posts are a nice read about the process and thinking behind a full scale, successful implementation of Moodle. Here's a link to Mel's wrap up of the [...]
“How we implemented Moodle” – Wrap Up @moodlerific
Wrap Up Over the past few weeks I went through my experience of implementing Moodle into our school district by breaking it down into 5 parts: Preview Part 1 - Idea to Reality Part2- Installation and Modules Part 3 - Customization Part 4 - Rollout Part 5 - Training Overall, I believe our implementation was successful and a [...]
“How we implemented Moodle” Part 4 – Rollout @moodlerific
Part 4 - Rollout In this post I will be discussing how we put Moodle into the hands of our staff. Who will have access? How was it decided? What was our vision of how Moodle would be used? First and foremost, we did not force staff to use Moodle. In my opinion, this was crucial - having people use Moodle and be at Moodle training because [...]
“How we implemented Moodle” Part 2 – Installation & Modules @moodlerific
Part 2 - Installation and Modules In this installment I will discuss the process of installing Moodle and some modules you may want to install from the start. Before installation I researched the best type of hardware and software to use. After reading documentation on Moodle Docs and looking through the Moodle Forums it was clear that the [...]
“How we implemented Moodle” Part 1 – Idea to Reality @moodlerific
Part 1 - Idea to Reality In this installment of "How we implemented Moodle" I will talk about a "Blended Learning Model of instruction", "equipment" and touch on the word "sustainability" as it pertains to equipment. As I mentioned in my preview post this Moodle implementation was guided by a grant which contained specific objectives, goals, [...]
“How we implemented Moodle” Preview by @moodlerific
In the next few weeks I will be writing several short posts sharing my experience with implementing Moodle into a school district. I work in Osseo Area Schools, which is a 20,000+ student school district just outside of Minneapolis. Our Moodle implementation was funded and guided by a 2-year grant we were awarded. The grant stated: "This grant [...]
Using the Reset option video @moodlerific
Moodle has several ways for teachers to refresh their courses, including creating a fresh, new copy from the course backup file, or just resetting the course and purging all of the information. If you're course has run and you want to reuse it with new students (not keeping any old student data) then the "reset" option in your course's [...]
