8 Moodle Videos by Thomas Edison State College @TESC_edu
is a trove of Moodle related how-to videos created by the various colleges, IT departments and individuals all using Moodle and teaching their colleagues and class members how to use the system. Here’s a set of 8 videos by Thomas Edison State College (on Youtube), an adult-serving college in NJ, USA. Videos include: using discussion […]
Measuring Engagement: Learning Analytics in Online Learning [paper by Griff Richards]
If you’re interested in learning more about measuring student engagement in your Moodle course, this is a great paper/primer to start with. The paper was written by Griff Richards of Thompson Rivers University in Canada and highlights some key findings from recent studies of Moodle and Blackboard and how the researchers went about establishing a […]
The Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice (SNAPP) Tool and Visualizing Moodle Forums
If you’re interested in some ways to visualize student engagement in the Moodle classroom, the Social Networks Adapting Pedagogical Practice (SNAPP) tool is something worth looking at. SNAPP is a bookmarklet available from http://www.snappvis.org/ which allows you to visualize the connections made in any Moodle discussion forum. It’s very easy to use, there’s nothing to install to your […]
Moodle Mobile Roadmap and Tablet Screen Shots
My Moodle, formerly the official Moodle Mobile app has been replaced by Moodle Mobile at Moodle.org: http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Mobile_app. The tool is looking quite polished. Recently the site was updated with a roadmap for development and additional documentation and screenshots to help highlight the apps advancements. Check out the roadmap at http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Moodle_Mobile_Roadmap. The app is free for iOS and […]
6 Videos showcasing Open Badges for Moodle (development by @TotaraLMS)
There are 6 videos created by Gideon Williams that highlight the open badges development lead by Totara. The videos showcase open badge creation, publishing and earning by students within Moodle. You can give it a go at a Totara development site and can learn more from their docs page: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/OpenBadges_User_Documentation. The first video also shows a […]
Right to Left Theme Options in Moodle
Right to left languages have been supported in Moodle Core themes for the last several years and today there’s at least one contributed theme designed specifically to support Right to Left languages: Aaradyha. RtL language support will orient the text and language in reverse when applied to the site, this can easily be done on […]
Moodle Mobile Beta is available from Moodle HQ #HTML5
The newest entry to Mobile enabled Moodle tools is Moodle Mobile Beta which was created by Juan Leyva, Barbara Ramiro, Jerome Mouneyrac and Martin Dougiamas. The app is available for use with Android, iOS and others (Windows 7, WebOS and Symbian, those these versions are not tested or official supported by Moodle HQ). According to […]
A Comparison of LMS Accessibility (#d2l, #blackboard, #Sakai)
If you’re interested how other LMSes stack up with Moodle (and vice versa) here’s a report by Hadi Rangin of the University of Illinois along with others from the Universities of Ohio State, Indiana and Illinois. According to the report, If not designed with accessibility in mind, Learning Management Systems (LMS) can pose accessibility problems […]
Check out this Great Looking Moodle dashboard by @EduPristine
EduPristine is a financial/accounting certification study and training site based on Moodle 2.2 which has an incredibly augmented and customized user experience. Progress reports and easy to navigate screens abound as the user studies for and takes examinations on the site. Courses on the site train students for the CFA exams, Financial Modeling and Risk […]
Adsense for Moodle, support your site through ads with this block
Here’s an updated block from the Plug-in Repository by Marcus Green which allows you to easily integrate your publisher ID from Google’s Adsense to your (commercial, I hope) Moodle site. Adsense allows you to post text or image based ads on sites that you own through code. The block is available here: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=block_google_adsense Sign up for […]
