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Since Moodle began, navigation has been plagued with what became known as the “Scroll of Deathâ€. In Moodle 2.x, there are additional navigational menus that result in a Menu “Scroll of deathâ€. What follows is one of he more simple ways to manage this problem. Summary: Use the course menu plugin to solve the problem…
The ideas in this post have been around for years. What prompted this was a post from Dan on Moodle.org asking for feedback on compelling features of ForumNG, one of the projects out of the Open University. Looks like there is a possibility of improved forums in Moodle core. COOL!! Philosophical preamble Where Moodle is…
I’ve now completed a few small pilot training sessions in Moodle 2 .0. Some general comments: The same: Workflow: Edit mode on, the Add resources/Add activities dropdowns, the icons, Sections Forums (the bug with Q&A forums is still there) Groups/groupings (except for new site wide groups aka cohorts) Different Navigation in the new Navigation block…
For admins mainly. MUA. Moodle Universities Aoteraroa akoaotearoa.ac.nz/communities/moodle-universities-aotearoa Not strictly Moodle: Greater Christchurch Schools Network. (Built around the Christchurch Loop) www.moodleinschools.org.nz/ Moodle in Schools: MoE supported site. ecdf Supported Moodle sites repository. (Higher Education) Wellington Loop Moodle.
moodlenz.net/ No left menu, two top navigation menus Based on Ardvaark theme: e-bhp.wszechnica.com/ (you can hardly tell this is Moodle)
FIRST OF A SERIES (Maybe) You could think of Moodle as being like a walled garden. It’s a private online space, which is divided into things called courses, each of which has members. A walled garden has two aspects. It can be safe or it can be merely isolated and cutoff. However, as I have…
Moodle trial is coming along. People ask “Is it going OK?” and I’m often unsure how to answer. What is ‘OK?’ There is a feeling, often expressed among the participant lecturers “I’m not really doing much, just using the basics”. I came in today for the first time this term to find NO e-mails about…
I have a well defined, high stakes, major project, with several members in the team, complexities around goals, timelines an politics: the Moodle trial. A dead sitter for a better way to work. I am going to find another way. Week 8 with Luis on his “experiment, or initiative, at work where (he has) diverted…
I’m really not sure how I feel at the moment, 6 days into our Moodle trial. Surfing the forums. A lot of them. Just wondering where to delve in . . . We need: timed release signups for groups [how can you have a supposedly constructivist enviroment without this?] student folders for files [ditto!!] better…