Moodle2Word: A quick, easy and free Quiz tool
Eoin Campbell created a pretty slick tool for creating new quiz questions and quizzes using Microsoft Word that can then be uploaded/imported to your Moodle course. The resource has a dedicated site located at http://www.moodle2word.net/ where you can find the zips, several tutorials (including this handy video) and samples. There are two things you’ll definitely […]
Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP) and the Hack/Doc fest
Next week (June 23rd – 25th) at Depauw University in Indiana, CLAMP (Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project) will be holding their annual Hack/Doc Fest all focused on improving and working with Moodle. According to the website, Many liberal arts schools have adopted the Moodle course management system because of its low financial barriers to entry. However, […]
Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers by @catspyjamasnz (great quick reference for new Moodlers)
Joyce Seitzinger, aka catspyjamasnz on Twitter created a poster sized guide for Moodle that made quite a splash in my PLN over the weekend. It’s a great cheat sheet that showcases the various tools and objectives a teacher might have (and the degree of difficulty of using those tools). According to the original blog post, […]
2 dozen courses for download at demo.moodle.net RT @moodlehelen
Thanks to Helen Foster (@moodlehelen) for originally posting the details. Http://demo.moodle.net has around two dozen courses that you can download and use due to their CC licenses. Most of the courses are a product of the “Cool Course Competition” which occurred earlier this year (more info about the Cool Course Comp: http://www.moodlemonthly.com/tag/cool-courses/). The courses available […]
Is this the Open University’s Moodle Mobile App?
There are some interesting posts and developments coming from the Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/) specifically concerning the use of mobiles ot access course materials and the OU site. More at http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/mLearn/. In a recent post Rhodri Thomas of the OU’s Learning Innovation Office outlined the vast number of students accessing their student home site via mobile, […]
@ULCC migrates 15,000 students onto Moodle
For immediate release: Exeter University moves from WebCT to ULCC’s Hosted Moodle Service University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) has won a tender to provide and support a hosted Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), using the Open Source Moodle software for the University of Exeter. ULCC has already begun work to ensure a smooth transition, by […]
Introducing http://iphone.moodle.com.au/ @moodleman @lewiscarr #moodle4iphone
With growing momentum, the project team behind the Moodle Mobile iPhone Project has built out the official project website at http://iphone.moodle.com.au/. Details are still coming slowly, but the should be live next week according to Carlos Kiyan. This project has grown from a collaboration between the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp and the Universidad […]