Just a quick note about a small change in the release of Moodle 2.0.2. It will no longer be January 31, 2011 which I previously posted, but February 10th, 2011.

I’m sure there will be many more changes as this is pretty normal compared with past “release dates”.  You can keep track of the progress on the Moodle Tracker.

Moodle 2.0.1 came out a few days ago. Here’s the latest from Martin Dougiamas

We just released Moodle 2.0.1 with 80 bug fixes made in the past month or so since the Moodle 2.0 release. There are no major security issues, they are mostly just related to polishing the interface and functionality of Moodle 2.0. See the Moodle 2.0.1 release notes for details, and get it from the Moodle download page or CVS/Git as usual. read more

Martin goes on to talk about 2.0.2,

“Moodle 2.0.2 will be focussing on performance in particular and should be about 4 weeks away.”

Also, I just found this version timeline on the Moodle Tracker

It looks like the end of June is when the projected release of Moodle 2.1 . However, we all know that it can and will get pushed back if it’s not ready : )

Well, after about two and a half years of work by hundreds of people, I’m proud to say that we have a Moodle 2.0 ready for you to download – Martin Dougiamas [read more]

Check out the Moodle 2.0 Release Notes.

The main items that I am excited about are:

• Conditional Activities
• File Handling
• HTML Editor
• Themes

As @MoodleNews says, let’s celebrate!

This makes me even more excited to finish reading and reviewing the book by @moodlefairy, Moodle 2.0 First Look. More Moodle 2.0 posts to come!

Just a quick note to stay updated with Moodle 2.0 news at Moodle Monthly. Moodle 2.0 Beta recently came out and is available at Moodle.org for download.

Recent posts

• What’s up with FTP in Moodle2.0? by @moodledan #moodle2PR
• 4 part video preview of #Moodle2 by @Moodler
• @ghenrick showcases the #moodle2 navigation
• @Moodleman outlines #Moodle2 conditional activities

Other ways to keep informed of the development of Moodle 2.0

• Moodle Monthly web site
• Moodle Monthly Twitter – @moodlenews
• Martin Dougiamas – @moodler
• #Moodle2 Twitter hash tag

As I mentioned before I wrote a series of blog posts on Moodle Monthly recently and now it’s been put together into a book! Joseph Thibault (creator of Moodle Monthly) was kind enough to put together the posts and publish “Once Upon a Moodle Install” on LuLu.com. Big thanks to him and Moodle Monthly!

This is the full account of a Moodle implementation in a large school district in the USA. The guide writes about the planning, development, roll-out, training and important tips and tricks of managing a successful learning management system integration.

Martin Dougiamas recently posted on Moodle Announcements that latest stable releases of 1.8.x and 1.9.x are now available.

There are many small bug fixes and some new features in each release, but the main two things you need to know about are the gradebook interface changes in 1.9.5 and some important security issues. – Read more

Related Links:
Release notes for Moodle 1.9.5
Release notes for Moodle 1.8.9
Moodle 1.9.5 and Moodle 1.8.9 are now available – Martin Dougiamas post

Have you ever wished there was a way for students to draw or paint in Moodle? If so, you’ll be pleased to hear that one of our GSOC 2009 projects is a paint tool for Moodle.. read more

This is a bit late (first posted on Moodle.org on May 8th) but Helen Foster posted a Moodle Announcement about a paint tool being developed. Read more about it.

• Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org: Moodle and Twitter
• Helen Foster’s blog: Moodle 1.9.5 release coming soon!