Gone Moodle: BlueSky, Northern Beaches Christian, and Abilene Schools
As usual here are a few schools and organizations in the news lately concerning their use or adoption of Moodle in the classroom: BlueSky Online School, Minnesota, USA [Press Release]: BlueSky chooses Moodle as their LMS and Moodlerooms as their hosting provider according to the press release. BlueSky is Minnesota’s first online charter school for […]
Frankie Kam releases his code for Framed Quiz/Adjunct Content
We highlighted Frankie’s cool frame-up of quiz materials and supplemental links/information last week. Frankie posted in the comments today that he’s sharing the code so that everyone can try out the Xerte-created tool he made to produce that effect. Download the package of code: http://scm.moodleace.com/mod/resource/view.php?id=2070 Video featuring the tool: http://goo.gl/JGM5Q Original post at Moodlenews: http://goo.gl/5JfCM SCM Moodle: http://scm.moodleace.com/
The ups and downs of a Moodle Upgrade: One users experience with KeytoSchool’s recent transition
Frankie Kam (who is the Moodler behind some cool tricks and tips [link]) posted this comment over the weekend and I thought it was worth a share with all Moodlenews readers. The comment is from our post about KeytoSchool’s transition from free for all to SaaS for new users. Frankie (like myself and 1000s of […]
@umnews University of Minnesota’s nice, concise Moodle introduction
I really like this simple intro to Moodle by the University of Minnesota. It follows a logical learning curve. It starts with some background about Moodle, follows with an introduction to the look and feel and then provides additional links to the various tools and resources available at UofMN. If you’re looking for ideas on […]
Conversionthingy2 update: Convert Moodle backups from 1.9 to 2.0
Peter Friesen, creator of ConversionThingy2 has just released an update which makes this tool much more useful to Moodle users than ever before. Previously CT2 was designed to specifically help Angel users managed their course conversions to Moodle a little more easily. According to the site CT2 now, converts their course content into native objects […]
BigBlueButton releases activity module integration for Moodle 1.9 & 2.0
Please note that this release is for testing purposes only. Just yesterday Blindside Networks released it’s integration module for both Moodle 1.9 and Moodle 2.0. The beta integration is for the synchronous webinar tool for which they both created and provide commercial support: BigBlueButton. This is a timely release in the wake of the recent […]
Breaking: Dimdim to discontinue free accounts and open source project in acquisition
Great news for Dimdim staff and founders, but bad news perhaps for most of Dimdim’s paid and open source users: Dimdim was acquired by Salesforce.com according to a recent announcement. Dimdim has been available as a Moodle integration for several years and is the first conference tool that I cut my teeth on in 2007. […]
Exploring and Designing a Database Activity in Moodle 2.0 (by @jpatten)
John Patten (@jpatten) of the Sylvan Union School District in Modesto, CA (see their Moodle: http://eett.sylvan.k12.ca.us/moodle/) has some great tutorials at his blog which cover the settings, features and design of the Moodle Database Activity for Moodle 2.0. Check out the three great videos ~15 minutes in all) at his blog http://edutonica.blogspot.com/ (or watch the intro […]
Learning to Moodle – Basics for Teachers (an open course for Moodle training)
“Learning to Moodle – Basics for Teachers” is a full Moodle course complete with videos and tutorials for showing the beginner teacher how to navigate, manage and create using a Moodle classroom. Course description: http://online-edu.cc.muroran-it.ac.jp/ Go directly to the course: http://online-edu.cc.muroran-it.ac.jp/course/view.php?id=18 Seems to be a great starting place for any beginner as they jump into the […]
Mobile Wrap up (4 Mobile App for Moodle reviews) and some thoughts
As you know, I am and have been a huge fan of the progress made on the Mobile Moodle front. Engaging learning materials on cell phone and handhelds (including tablets) is an inevitability in my opinion. Since early 2010 (I think February) there’s been a lot of development in this arena specifically for Moodle and […]
