Playing with Technology

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ~Arthur C. Clarke

Category: woodle

  • What would be good additions to Moodle

    After looking at some of the things on Solution Watch, I see a few that would be great additions to Moodle. The functionality of Gradefix, mynoteIT, NoteMesh, Diigo, Google Video, and Flickr added to Moodle would allow for some really cool pedagogical uses of Moodle. I’ll have to comb through Moodle.org and see if any…

  • Moodle modules to try

    Here is a list of Moodle modules/blocks I need to try. My Files Block Course Program Block Course Menu Block Gradebook Plus Module Review Assignment Module Feedback Module Marginalia Module Podcasting Module Need to try these on the test server that Vince setup and see if they work with 1.6.

  • iTunes U

    The iTunes U session shed some interesting light on the whole iTunes U model. First, the students will authenticate from our LDAP server and so their LDAP records will have to have a record of courses they are in and what priviledges they have for iTunes U content. This should be easier since we have…

  • woodle training

    In all the build-up to SSUG I forgot to post anything about woodle training held on Tuesday. At 1 on Tuesday we held training for the faculty using woodle this semester. We covered things like setting up the course, getting the syllabus into the course, and working with resources. I think the training was well…

  • Suggestions for woodle

    A few requests have been made for changes or additions to woodle: Reverse sort weeks Update Questionnaire module Allow upload of plain text files with no HTML filtering Allow assignments to be worth more than 100 points Allow two separate grade components (lecture and lab) I will look into each of these and report back…