Moodle Announcements

• Moodle 1.9.7 and Moodle 1.8.11 have been released (12-05-09) – Important fixes in this upgrade*

Other

• Review of Moodle 1.9 and Math(s)! – Book Review
• Did You Know Moodle 2.0 Will….? (Online Educa 2009) – Great post!
• Twitter #tourdemoodle – Great idea, share your Moodle site! Started by @catspyjamasnz

Moodle Announcements

• Moodle Partner offers Moodle integrations (11-13-2009)

Other

Great Post: “Moodle is an Airport!” (GlobalClassroom)

On another note, I plan to write a few posts about our district’s experience with the Moodle-Google SSO module. I will be co-presenting at the TIES 2009 Conference about this and in January I will be giving a short presentation to another district with my co-worker.

I hope to write up a few posts with bits and pieces and maybe attach some of the slides or parts of our presentation. Happy Moodling!

Although it’s a few weeks into school I thought I would give a few good links for the beginning of a new school year.

Here are a few “introductory” type videos and presentations

• Show your colleagues what Moodle is all about (presentation) (GlobalClassroom)
• Moodle Student Induction Video 2009/2010 (via @sukhwantlota)
• How can Moodle change a school (Part 1) (thanks @edtechsandyk)
• Moodle Presentation [Version 2.0, HD] (thanks @edtechsandyk)

Moodle blogs

• GlobalClassroom – This blog has many great Moodle related posts. It’s updated frequently and it’s a great Moodle (as well as educational) resource for new learning, discovering new tools and getting some great links.
• Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org – Another awesome blog with educational and Moodle posts. This blog is also frequently updated and I find myself visiting it quite often.
• Moodleblog.org – A blog all about Moodle. Posts consist of tips and tricks, ideas, how tos and more. Another blog to bookmark!
• Check out all of the other equally as great Moodle blogs on my Resources page

Moodle.org Help

• Moodle Docs (official documentation – I use this all the time)
• Using Moodle – This is an actual course on moodle.org. It consists of all forums. If you have a question, this is the place to go! This is the best source for Moodle help.

Other Moodle Resources

• WeFollow Moodle – Looking for fellow Moodlers using Twitter? Here is a dynamic list of Moodle Twitter users. Awesome!
• Moodle Administration book – Great book for Moodle admins. I highly recommend this book for future admins or even current ones. I was a Moodle admin for more than 1 year and I still learned a bunch.
• Moodle Course Conversion: Beginner’s Guide – Another great book targeted towards teachers. This is an excellent book to help you convert your current course into an online Moodle course. By the end of this book you will have an engaging Moodle course. What I like about this book is that it gives real life examples and less step-by-step directions.
• MoodleTutorials.org – A YouTube-like site with all Moodle video tutorials.

This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video.

“Did You Know 4.0″

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

For credits and more information visit the xplanevisualthinking YouTube Channel.

There are so many more great Moodle sites, these are just a few. Check out my Resources page for a more complete list. I plan on updating and organizing that resources page soon, so if you have any I’ve missed please let me know!

From Planet Moodle

• Navigation in Moodle 2.0 8/28/09
• Congratulations to our GSOC 2009 students 8/28/09

Moodle Announcements

• Moodle Partner network continues to grow 8/28/09

Blog Posts

• Moodle Administration Book Review (Packt) (Lewis Carr) 8/26/09
• Using Moodle as an intranet (Lewis Carr) 8/19/09
• 10 Moodle Instructional Use Scenarios (Around the Corner-MGuhlin) 8/23/09
• 10 Things to Like About Moodle (a presentation)

I have been pretty busy lately, so here are a few recent links to check out. Another quality blog post will be coming shortly : )

Planet Moodle

• Migrating from Blackboard to Moodle
• The story of the database activity module
• Moodle Logos Galore
• Ten new particularly helpful Moodlers

Other

• Technology & Learning – Moodle Security (Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org)
• Planning Moodle Deployment – User Management (Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org)

Here’s a few links to check out

• Google Apps, Moodle, & Mahara – Sweet!!
• Moodle Course Quick Edit Bar
• Subtitles in Moodle Video FLV Resources
• Moodle Course Report Block – An automatic course checking system
• Free Technology Training – Including Moodle – Blog post with a link to free training videos

Moodle.org

• The Moodle wiki story July 28 (Helen Foster blog post)
• Moodle Exchange samples now available July 24 (Helen Foster blog post)
• Congrats to Penny Leach: Best Education Hacker! July 23 (Moodle Announcements)

Blogs

• Moodle Tutorials – great interactive video resource July 24 (Global Classroom)
• Want a PPT with Audio right in your Moodle Classroom? July 15 (Global Classroom)
• Activity Locking Course Format Moodle 1.9 July 17 (Moodle Blog)
• Make your Moodle course page look like a webpage July 16 (Moodle Tutorials Blog)
• Turning the iPhone into a Moodle Server June 29 (cool! article and video)

Resources

• Interacting with the Students using Moodle 1.9 (part 1)
• Moodle Essential Training for Teachers (A few free demo video tutorials from Lynda.com)
• Twitter Group: Moodlers
• Moodle Minis (Tips, Videos, Handouts and…)
• Twubs – Moodle Twitter hashtag resource – interesting resource. Not many members..join and make this resource better!
• Moodle Official Logo downloads

• Moodle Channel Now on TweetMeme
• Moodle Meets Google Wave (Global Classroom)
• 15 Moodle Tips in 15 Minutes
• Moodle Magic: Make It Happen (Moodle Tutorials)

I figured I had better write up a quick post before I leave town for Chicago, then New York for a week! Below are a few links I recently gathered up through Twitter, Google Alerts and my Google Reader.

• Creating Wimba pod and vcasts in Moodle [July 1st]
• Community feedback needed on development specs [June 26th] (Moodle Announcements)
• Rating useful forum posts [June 29th] (Helen Foster blog)
• MoodleMoot hash tags [June 30th] (Helen Foster blog)
• Mahoodle SSO Configuration [June 24th] (Dan Marsden blog)

When I get back I will be doing a Part II of my previous blog post, Best Moodle Modules & Plugins. There was a section in the book, Moodle Administration, all about modules and I wanted to write a little more on the topic. I also saw a few other suggestions that people have recommended. If you have anything to add on the subject please comment on the first post about Modules.

I am also planning to write a review on the book, Moodle Course Conversion: Beginner’s Guide. I’m only a few chapters in but I am pleasantly surprised so far.

I hope everyone has a great 4th of July – be back in a week!

• Practical Moodle Tips for Technology Administrators [6/10] – (Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org) : A bunch of great information in this post! There are admin tips and regular user tips. I’m going to take a look into removing certain header words on our Moodle site.
• Moodle Tip – Optimize Your MySQL Tables [6/3] – (Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org)
• Moodle Tip – The Value of Groups in Moodle Courses [6/3] – (Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org)
• Grow a Moodle – [6/9] – (Tomaz Lasic’s blog)
• Free Course – Digital Photography [6/9] – (Global Classroom)
• Moodle Stories (Moodle.org Using Moodle forum)
• AllisuneLearns.com (Blog with Moodle posts)