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This past Sunday the Moodle tracker (Atlassian JIRA) was upgraded by Moodle HQ. Version 6.2 of the software includes Jira Capture (a screenshot plugin that works with Jira and your internet browser) and easier to use interfaces without having to frequently reload pages.

The most easily noticeable feature though is the theme upgrade consistent with Moodle.org’s new look and feel.

Check it out at https://tracker.moodle.org/

Martin Dougiamas, Lead Developer and Founder of Moodle has posted an update well in advance of the 2.7 release this May regarding themes. According to the announcement at Moodle.org: the Bootstrap-...

Search your Planet eStream archive directly from your Moodle environment, with users automatically mapped between Moodle and Planet eStream.

The Planet eStream Plugin can be used to embed Planet eStream Recordings, Playlists, Photosets, and Chapters.

Moodle 2.6 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights a few of the most interesting.

Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the Moodle 2.6 Release notes

De las pinturas de las cuevas al Aprendizaje Ubicuo (uLearning) pasando por modelos de imitación de nuestros padres hasta la Escuela.

So… you’ve read all the blogs and articles you can find telling you what you should do when designing Moodle courses, but you’re still not 100% happy with what you’ve developed? Well, welcome to the post that tells you what not to do. Typically, I wouldn’t use negative examples to express how to implement best practices in Moodle course design, but sometimes we all just need a clear and concise ‘what not to do’ list, don’t we? For today’s blog, I’m going to share with you my personal, top ten “Moodle course design no-no’s”!

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Moodle filters are a way to automatically transform content before it is output. 

Filters are a way to automatically transform content before it is output. For example

- render embedded equations to images (the TeX filter)

- Links to media files can be automatically converted to an embedded applet for playing the media.

- Mentions of glossary terms can be automatically converted to links.

The possibilities are endless. There are a number of standard filters included with Moodle, or you can create your own. Filters are one of the easiest types of plugin to create. This page explains how

The TEL IT team at City College Plymouth have successfully developed a set of standards for courses within their Moodle VLE (virtual learning environment).  Using a Bronze, Silver and Gold award-based model they have successfully enhanced the quality of materials, resources and content of courses.

The quality framework provided through Moodle Medals is helping teaching staff to work towards a much more structured approach to their courses, which provides students with a much better learning platform and repository of interactive resources.

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The medals have made teaching staff more interested in developing their courses to a minimum standard and beyond.  This in part has been encouraged due to introducing a competitive aspect to the medals.  This means that staff are more involved and interested in gaining awards.  In addition, Adam Harvey, Learning Technology Managerthe introduction of the medals has set a benchmark for this department, which is attractive for senior management teams

Students are getting much more out of the VLE and their courses through Moodle, especially if their courses have gained a silver rating, which contains more interactive resources and materials.  It has provided a more immersive environment and one in which students can be more engaged with.

As a direct result of the introduction of Moodle Medals, some teaching staff now deliver all their teaching exclusively through Moodle, an unexpected outcome for the TEL IT team.

My Moodle Journey Infographic by HowToMoodle

Here’s a 162 page resource compiled by Moodle Partner HowtoMoodle that covers a host of need to know Moodle processes for course creation and management in 2.5. Within the pages of Course Creator Essential 2.5 are easy keys to help you understand what you’re looking at (which view, if it’s an admin setting, etc.) and loads of information on anything from course creation, to specific use of various activities to conditional activities. While much of this information is available within the Moodle docs, this resource has helped to distill the information into one easy to access, free PDF that you can share with colleagues or just keep handy.

Creating a new activity module in Moodle will let you realize exciting range of prospects because of which getting along with your latest requirements is something that is easily possible on an overall. There are a wide range of modules that you need to consider in this regard because of which exploring the ultimate features is easily possible that extends the functioning of Moodle to an even further extent.

Following few basic steps will help you in creating the best features that you anticipate on the whole. After all, it is the increased importance to the quality prospects that matter you the most.

This is a Moodle theme based on the Bootstrap CSS framework. It has minimal styling and can be used to create User Experience optimized themes.

Jmol/JSmol filter for embedding interactive 3D chemical structures in Moodle. The master branch uses JSmol, the HTML5/JavaScript version, tested with Moodle 2.3.x and later versions. The MOODLE_2_STABLE branch uses the Jmol Java applet with Moodle 2.0.x and later versions. The MOODLE_19_STABLE branch uses the Jmol Java applet with Moodle 1.9.x and earlier. The Jmol filter was originally written by Dan Stowell.