Feeling moody? Show off your mood on the Online Users block for Moodle 1.9 and Moodle 2.2!
WHAT IF you could display your mood or status on the Online Users block by Andy J. Davis? Imagine with me if you will. You're on your Moodle course page. Just before you go to make phone call, you display a BRB (Be Right Back) status next to your username on the block. Or before you attempt a quiz for the next one hour, you display a Busy status. Well, I've done it on my Moodle site, and [...]
Super Simple navigation with a little HTML and the Topics format
Some simple HTML + the "Show One Topic" option in the Topics Course Format can be used to create a much improved course interface. No more scroll of death and students can easily navigate the course. This can be accomplished in both Moodle 1.9 and Moodle 2.x. First things first you'll want to construct your course and have it all ready to work (or as close to it as possible). If you're [...]
Offline Moodle Docs (your personal Moodle encyclopedia on the go)
Moodle Docs are an invaluable resource for Moodlers around the world, which is why you might want to download an offline copy for your own records (for those pesky moments when you're not online but have Moodle questions). The Docs are available as a complete .zip download from http://wimski.org/docs/ and the 250MB download, once unzipped give you access to all of the Moodle docs for easy [...]
@Moodlefairy shows off the Subpage module: another way to prevent Scroll of Death
The Sub-page module gives Moodle course design additional flexibility in creating nested activities and organizing resources on their own page. If you've ever used Blackboard for course creation you'll be very familiar with the concept. Sub-page is developed/maintained by the Open University for Moodle 2.1+ but has not been officially released to the Moodle.org plugins database, but as you [...]
241 OER Courses with Assessments in Moodle: How Saylor.org has created one of the largest Free and Open Course Initiatives on the web
Among free education advocates Saylor.org is leader offering absolutely free educational resources online. The Saylor goal/vision is to create "a zero-cost alternative to those who lack the resources to attend traditional brick-and-mortar institutions" and to provide those mainstream learning providers a free complement of resources online. The Saylor Foundation was created in 1999 but is [...]
Want to see some cool course design? Checkout the Moodle at University of Sussex
From the great looking theme to the awesome course format (with linear organization and pages) the University of Sussex Moodle is one of my favorites around. And you can get a look by just checking out the site with guest access. Login as guest at https://studydirect.sussex.ac.uk/login/index.php I really like the feature which by clicking on one of the topic titles (in the main left hand [...]
Are you a Moodle Admin? Help Moodle HQ by filling out this super short survey
Are you a Moodle Administrator with knowledge of the OS of your Moodle server and what database you're using? Help Moodle HQ out by answering this survey here: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=193926
How to be invisible on the Online Users block. A Moodle 1.9.x and 2.x solution.
Learning Outcome: at the end of this post, you will know how to allow your Moodle 1.9 and 2.0 users to hide themselves on the Online Users block. Now I don't know about you, but I like, no, LOVE, the Online Users block by Andy J. Davis. It lends an air of Web 2.0 for Moodle. The feeling of a learning community that the block helps to foster is priceless. This block is useful for students and [...]
Opinion: The Social Learning Environment and Moodle
With the introduction of several new learning platforms in 2011 (Instructure, Sophia, CourseKit, OpenClass and others) there's a new buzz word in the realm of LMSs: "Social". Which is ironic since Moodle was built to introduce the "use of Open Source software to support a social constructionist epistemology of teaching and learning" . Check out a few of the "Social Learning Platforms" [...]
Doc of the Day: LTI Provider
Earlier this week I posted a cool video by Charles Severance (@DrChuck) that highlighted Juan Leyva's LTI provider. I just wanted to follow up that posting with two additional resources to help you get a handle on LTI and start exploring. Moodle Docs for LTI Provider is a nifty overview of the utility, how and why it might be used and some tips to maximize effectiveness (including the [...]
