Best EdTech Journals for teachers
In an interesting forum thread on Moodle.org forums, the discussion on the best EdTech Journals is going on and there is a complete list of journals compiled by Michael de Raadt which includes the ranking and factors. Here is the compilation done by Michael:
Automatically suspend users using the User Suspension plugin
Now you can automate the process of suspending users and/or removing user accounts from your Moodle site using the User Suspension plugin. The plugin is developed by Sebsoft Plugins and Rogier van Dongen and can be downloaded from this link: https://moodle.org/plugins/view/tool_usersuspension
Report Builder tool coming to Moodle
Among the new features currently under development, one of the most important is the inbuilt report builder tool which allow users to generate reports that combine information from logs and other source (activities, courses, users, etc.). The benefits of the report builder will be:
Fullscreen toggle button for your Moodle site
Another new plugin added to the Moodle plugins directory named as “Fullscreen toggle button” which expands the content area by hiding all side blocks and make the central column fill the screen. This is especially useful when viewing embedded videos and SCORM packages. It supports all the themes which are based on bootstrapbase including the […]
Atto Styles plugin: Atto has now got 22 plugins
Another new plugin has been released for Moodle’s Atto text editor named “Styles” which lets the administrator provide custom CSS classes which can afterwards be applied by users to block and inline text in Atto text editor.
Moodle tips by @moodlefairy : Add sections and conditional questions to your quiz
In moodle 2.9 among the whole lot of improvements the changes done in Quiz engine are much more awesome. Here are few tips shared by Mary Cooch.
Font family for Atto text editor: New plugin
Another new plugin for Atto – Font Family – adds the functionality to allow the font family to be altered. Font family for Atto is based on the Atto font size plugin and provides the same features that were provided in the TinyMCE editor. You can also provide your own list of font families in […]
Add flowcharts to your moodle course using Flowchart Moodle Filter
Now you can add flowcharts to your Moodle course without much hassle using the Flowcharts Moodle filter which display svg flowcharts using flowcharts.js by Adriano Raiano (http://adrai.github.io/flowchart.js, MIT license), which use raphael.js (MIT licence either).
BCU theme upgraded for Moodle 2.9
BCU theme, one of the most downloaded themes in the Moodle themes database is upgraded to make it compatible for Moodle 2.9. BCU theme was originally developed for Birmingham City University by New School Learning and it’s based on bootstrap and allows for extensive customization and some unique features to help improve Moodle’s usability.
File Trash: Report utility for listing, downloading and deleting orphaned files
File trash is a report plugin utility which can be used for listing, downloading and deleting orphaned files. Orphaned files are the file which are no longer referenced in the files db table but still present in the Moodledata and/or backup directory.
