Moodlerific.org » Themes http://www.moodlerific.org become moodlerific! Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:47:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Review of Moodle 1.9 Theme Design on MoodleNews.com @moodlenews http://www.moodlerific.org/2010/06/14/review-of-moodle-1-9-theme-design-on-moodlenews-com-moodlenews/ http://www.moodlerific.org/2010/06/14/review-of-moodle-1-9-theme-design-on-moodlenews-com-moodlenews/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:46:45 +0000 melissa http://www.moodlerific.org/?p=1336 Check out my review of Moodle 1.9 Theme Design on Moodle News.

]]> http://www.moodlerific.org/2010/06/14/review-of-moodle-1-9-theme-design-on-moodlenews-com-moodlenews/feed/ 0 Two book reviews coming! @packtpub http://www.moodlerific.org/2010/05/18/two-book-reviews-coming-packtpub/ http://www.moodlerific.org/2010/05/18/two-book-reviews-coming-packtpub/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 14:48:52 +0000 melissa http://www.moodlerific.org/?p=1318 I’m very excited to read and review two books from Packt Publishing.

Moodle 1.9 Theme Design: Beginner’s Guide

  • Create your own Moodle theme from the graphic design stage right through to the finished complete Moodle theme
  • Offers design examples and ways to create appropriate themes for different student age groups and styles
  • Effective planning for creating and modifying new themes, customizing existing themes, and enhancing them further
  • Clear focus on beginners with ample screenshots and clear explanations to facilitate learning

Moodle 1.9 Extension Development

  • Develop your own blocks, activities, filters, and organize your content with secure code
  • Thoroughly covers key libraries of Moodle and best practices to use them
  • Explore the Moodle architectural concepts, how it is structured, and how it works
  • Detailed examples and screenshots for easy learning

These two books are probably the most exciting to me to begin reading out of all the Packt Publishing books I’ve read. I’m currently into the 3rd chapter of the Theme Design book, which I will be reviewing on MoodleNews.com. It should be posted on Moodle News within a few weeks and the Extension book I will be reviewing on this blog.

]]> http://www.moodlerific.org/2010/05/18/two-book-reviews-coming-packtpub/feed/ 0 Great resource for theme builders! http://www.moodlerific.org/2009/07/14/great-resource-for-theme-builders/ http://www.moodlerific.org/2009/07/14/great-resource-for-theme-builders/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:33:44 +0000 melissa http://www.moodlerific.org/?p=665 Patrick Malley has given all of us Moodlers a great resource to use when beginning to customize a Moodle theme. He has “created a new theme – an antitheme really – for workshop attendees to use as a starting point for their projects.”

Stripdown is nothing more than a stripped-down theme that loads the Moodle Standard stylesheets first. It actually contains no style of its own. That’s for you to work out. Before adding these styles, it looks just like..” read more

I have always said I am surprised there are not more Moodle theme designers and resources like this. It seems like there are tons of resources for other programs like Worpress, Joomla, etc. I have not yet downloaded and tried this but hope to take a look this week. Hopefully these types of resources will keep coming!

Related Links:
Patrick Malley.com
Stripdown: A New Theme for Moodle
Download Stripdown
NewSchool Learning – Official Moodle Partner (themes)

]]> http://www.moodlerific.org/2009/07/14/great-resource-for-theme-builders/feed/ 0 Making your Moodle site look good! http://www.moodlerific.org/2009/04/09/making-your-moodle-site-look-good/ http://www.moodlerific.org/2009/04/09/making-your-moodle-site-look-good/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:39:37 +0000 melissa http://www.moodlerific.org/?p=278 This post is inspired by me finally getting read/write permissions to our Moodle server! Since last summer when we installed Moodle we have wanted to add themes, plug-ins, modules, edit the php, etc. Yesterday, that day came. Today, I am searching for recommended modules, plug-ins, course formats, themes and other small tips to make our Moodle site look good. I’ve added Book and Tab Display modules from Moodle.org. Now, I want to ramp up our Moodle site theme and layout. We force our users to use their My Moodle page, so I will also try and make that page look good.

Please give me your favorite Moodle themes, modules and tips! Comment on this post or Tweet me!

Related Links:
Moodle.org: Modules and plugins
Moodle.org: Themes
Moodleman Blog: Creating a custom Moodle Theme – LIVE!!
Moodleman Blog: Getting the most out of course design
NewSchool Learning (Moodle themes – some free, mostly paid for)
Taming Moodle: Ugly category names on front page? Pimp it!
The Moodle Playpen

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The only problem, on our district Moodle site, is that we force our users to use My Moodle. When they log in they do not ever see the front page, they only see the front page when they are not logged in. Therefore, putting any important information there or spending a lot of time working on that may not be worth it if not many users see it.

]]> http://www.moodlerific.org/2009/03/10/moodle-slider/feed/ 0 A few more links – including an old Dougiamas interview http://www.moodlerific.org/2009/01/27/a-few-more-links-including-an-old-dougiamas-interview/ http://www.moodlerific.org/2009/01/27/a-few-more-links-including-an-old-dougiamas-interview/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:48:39 +0000 melissa http://www.moodlerific.org/?p=168 I was looking through the U of M Moodle link and I ran across a link to an old interview with Martin Dougiamas by my current boss! So I asked him (he was right next to me in his office at the time), “Hey, Tim! you interviewed Dougiamas?!” He came out and said yeah had! Download the podcast interview on his blog, The Savvy Technologist. I have not listened to it yet but I plan to listen this afternoon. It was back in 2005, so it will be interesting to hear Martin’s thoughts and see if it corresponds to what Moodle is now.

Other links

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