Full demo of new features for Moodle 2.7 available March 24th
For the latest 2.7 coverage click here Moodle 2.7 is due out in a few months this summer (for the northern hemisphere), Moodle HQ already hard at work on all of the changes, new features and enhancements that will be part of the core. In about 2 weeks a full demo of new features will […]
Free badges available for your site at Moodlebadges.com
Moodlebadges.com is a new site that provides loads of free badges to employ at your Moodle site. 100 badges were created and made available for download by LearnBrite, a Moodle hosting company (non partner). Download the full set here, view them at http://moodlebadges.com/?page_id=17. If you recall Moodle received badge capability in Moodle 2.5 through the work […]
2U, a Moodle-using educational services company, files for $100 million IPO
Probably the biggest news in higher education this week is that 2U (formerly 2tor) has filed for a 100 million dollar public offering with the SEC. The company has used Moodle as part of its custom learning management system to deliver synchronous online courses to students at top tier universities around the country (check out […]
Community Funding: TimeStat Block for Moodle 2.5 and up
I’m working with a few community members to bring the TimeStat block up to date for Moodle 2.5 and 2.6. I’m working directly with the original maintainer/developer, Łukasz Sanokowski, who will do the development. If you’re not familiar with the block, TimeStat is one of the only blocks which created insight directly to the amount of […]
Quiz Autosave displays warning when connection is lost
Updated in a recent Moodle release users will now be shown a warning message when/if their internet connection has dropped during the quiz. The feature, added in Moodle 2.5 and has been refined with the warning and now is documented in the Docs at Moodle.org. This is truly an awesome feature for solving and preventing student […]
Using The Quickmail Plugin For Moodle (Up To 3.5)
Editor’s note from the future: Quickmail may work for you, but as of 2017 the plugin has been discontinued and it is confirmed to be compatible with Moodle 3.5 or earlier only. Here’s a quick video (3 minutes) that shows the use of Quickmail in Moodle. Quickmail is a popular 3rd party addon that provides […]
Addon: Moodle Welcome – automatically send post registration messages to users on your site
Here’s a simple and functional plugin for Moodle, a new user registration Welcome Email generator. The addon was created by Bas Brands and “this plugin sends one email message to users that are new in Moodle and one email to a moderator.” It purportedly works with all standard Moodle authentication systems and allows various customization […]
Creating Custom Menus in Moodle
If you’re using a theme with custom menu enabled it’s really simple to add some short cuts and links for navigating around the site. This is especially handy if students need additional resources while their visiting Moodle (whether that be to learn about courses on site pages, access other tools outside of Moodle or visit […]
Another Look at Eliademy, a cloud-based alternative to Moodle
Update note: originally the title to this post was “Another Look at Eliademy, a free alternative to Moodle” which might have been misleading implying that Moodle isn’t free. Rather I was thinking of the cloud-based nature of Eliademy (and other similar services) in comparison to Moodle. I’ve revised the post title to reflect that. The […]
Allow Students to Resubmit assignments with “Revert the submission to draft”
Say a student submits the wrong file by mistake to the assignment upload area. With tools like Turnitin and the Quiz you can simply delete or reset the attempt. With Moodle’s native assignment mod though it’s not as simple as deleting a submission. Technically you cannot “remove” the student’s submission entirely as the teacher (you […]
