16 year old hacks teacher email and school Moodle
Here’s a story from Tarboro, North Carolina in which a 16-year-old student, Tilghmon Wayne Barber III used a key logger program to break into his teacher’s email and the school Moodle. The student allegedly used the admin Moodle access to change student profile pictures (not grades?!?). Story: http://www2.wnct.com/news/2012/mar/01/2/16-year-old-hacks-school-computer-easy-find-softwa-ar-1992420/ Interesting story and more the reason to […]
Selling Courses via Moodle? Have you checked out Course Merchant?
Disclaimer, I have no affiliation with Course Merchant. This info was gathered during a demo from their staff. I do however have experience delivering courses from Moodle using the standard Paypal Enrollment Plugin. POST UPDATE 1/14/14: note that the prices and monthly fees quoted herein do not seem to be applicable to Course Merchant any longer. Please […]
Gone Moodle: Lane Community, Motherwell and Keystone Colleges
Here are a few schools which have made the news recently due to their Moodle adoption or revamp. Motherwell College, Lanarkshire, Scotland [article]: Enovation Solutions was chosen as the Moodle provider for this new school in Scotland which serves 20,000 students. The school “caters for further and higher education provision as well as an enterprising hub. […]
Connecting Online now offering a month long $10 Moodle workshop
If you’re interested in learning Moodle or connecting with peers in an online setting you can join the 4 week Moodle Workshop at Integrating Technology for All for just $10. The workshop started February 6th but there’s still an opportunity to signup. Just visit http://www.integrating-technology.org and register pay. Scholarships are available for anyone who cannot afford the […]
Get some Animated Moodle GIFs for your site
There’s an old thread at Moodle.org which was started in 2003 but still has some contemporary-looking Moodle logos, desktop wallpapers and animated GIFs that you might use today. Here are a few of my favorite GIFs: Each of these GIFs were created/shared by Eloy Lafuente. To check out more images or to just take a […]
Gone Moodle: Middlebury College, eMints and GCC
As usual here are a few organizations who have switched to Moodle or simply made my radar as Moodle users, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT [article | Moodle]: Moodle was selected as the main Middlebury LMS this past summer 2011. Ongoing efforts at supporting new Moodlers on campus have increased its usage since 2007 when its […]
Dear Mr. Moodle: How do I hide myself from the online users block?
Here’s a question that came in recently to Mr. Moodle: Dear Mr. Moodle! Some lecturing staff where I work are requesting the option to change their Moodle status from online to offline as/when it suits them. They state privacy reasons – that if they choose do a lot of Moodle work online at odd hours […]
Moodle Slideshow marries a Moodle plugin to an iOS App for on-the-go Slideshow creation
Here’s a pretty cool mobile integration for Moodle: Install the Slideshow app by Netcourse.org: http://moodlemodules.netcourse.org/ Next download the handy Moodle Slideshow app for iOS and then login (as a student or teacher). Create slideshows from camera images and recorded audio straight from your iPhone. Check out the video to see how it works (simple to use […]
See the Official Moodle Mobile app (My Moodle) in action with this video by @mylearningspace
Here’s a ~10 minute video that highlights all the cool stuff you can do with the official Mobile Moodle app, My Moodle which was released a short while ago. The video was created/shared by MyLearningSpace (@mylearningspace) of Australia. The video highlights the login process, navigating the profile/courses and also using the built-in “take picture” activity […]
MoodlePosium 2011 Registration is now open
The MoodlePosium is an all-Moodle event at the Canberra Institute of Technology taking place on Thursday and Friday October 27th and 28th. The event is hosting several high-profile keynoting Moodlers, including Martin Dougiamas, Julian Ridden, Stephan Schmidt and Joyce Seitzinger. It sounds like an awesome event if you’re in the area (specifically, Australian Capital Territory, […]
