Mobile App Review – mPage
This week I’ll be focusing on reviewing the various released and soon-to-be-released Mobile (both native and web) apps for Moodle. These apps each are for Moodle 1.9 or previous versions and are available either through the App markets on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android or by download directly from the developing organizations websites. If […]
Shared Cyber Safety Course from @TCEA (via the Moodlemayhem.org email list)
If you’re already signed up at Moodlemayhem, you can view the thread [link], otherwise sign up today for an easy way to connect with Moodlers and get resources from those who are managing and administrating large and small Moodles worldwide [sign up]. The course is Cyber Safety and is hosted at TCEA (@TCEA) Moodle Exchange […]
Quickly Create a Database Activity
The creators of Moodle XML Converter (a utility for creating Moodle questions banks using the XML format) have a new, quick presentation which makes the case for using the Database Activity and provides a few tips on creating it more quickly by using CSV files with the database fields already propagated. The example used in […]
How to Export/Import Quiz Questions in Moodle (Video by @glynnmark)
Screenr user @Glynnmark has a short (2 minute) video that succinctly highlights the process and decisions you’ll need to make for exporting a category of questions using the GIFT format if you’d like to share it with the community/a colleague. Check out the great video by visiting this link [http://screenr.com/L1Z] or by watching it below. If […]
Ask Mr. Moodle: Can I add Images to Answers in the Moodle Quiz?
@Moodlerific posed this great question yesterday and it’s short answer is “YES”. Adding images to possible answers in Multiple Choice (MC) questions provides an easy way to mix up the questions posed to students and provides more freedom in test design. Here’s the long answer and “how to” on adding images to MC answers within […]
Moodle in Real-Life: one Academic’s pre and post Moodle story
Gaurav Parashar, a staff member at Inmantec Institution in Delhi, India just shared a great post that outlines his institution’s struggles with providing students information and instruction via hybridized courses using a non-Moodle system and how Inmantec was able to mitigate many of the issues with the adoption of Moodle. It’s a great story of […]
RT @Patthew101 just looking at #moodle, it makes going to lectures pointless
That’s a real quote: http://twitter.com/Patthew101/statuses/25196671382. And it’s quite possibly a major issue in education as we all embrace technology through LMS-use and the social web. The observational-tweet, perhaps, is part of a longer story of shifting “instruction” to more engaging materials and resources online; creating an interesting dynamic where even face-to-face classes are optional. Many […]
Moodle + Facebook aesthetics = the Foodle theme
Foodle, a Moodle theme for Moodle 1.9.x is available from Moodle Partner, UVCMS of Buenos Aires, Argentina [http://moodlesolutions.uvcms.com]. It’s a slick, simplistic theme that evokes the basic aesthetic of Facebook while providing a full screen width and shiny new icon set. I’ve installed it at my own Moodle and everything looks great. I especially love the fact […]
Moodle by another name
Last week we asked the twitterverse what other names they had adopted for their Moodle (it’s a great name/acronym, but lots of schools call it by something entirely different). The most popular? iLearn. Here’s a sampling (including the landing pages) of the various euphemisms for Moodle sites around the world: Stream is what they call […]
Last day to participate in the Moodlenews Moodle Feasibility Study
Today’s the last day to participate in the Moodle Feasibility Study survey at Moodlenews. Already nearly two dozen sites from around the globe have submitted their information. Help us put a real price on the cost of hosting Moodle for a school or organization. http://lmspulse.com/feasibility-study/ The survey will be turned off at the end of […]
