lewiscarr: Moodle Tip: How to reset your course for the new term http://bit.ly/961w3S

lewiscarr: RT @SukhwantLota: Blog Post: 10 things Moodle Admins have to put up with http://lota.co/aUtwtb

lewiscarr: RT @Wheelz24: MITP Project website built using Moodle: http://bit.ly/b1SRtJ

lewiscarr: Long day but managed to finalise Moodle setup with 9 separate LDAP servers and finally synced all remaining Blackboard courses with users!

by Helen Foster.  

Samaritans has developed a series of e-learning courses in Moodle to provide a cost-effective and convenient way for volunteers to be trained in their own homes.

Samaritans is a registered UK charity, with over 18,000 volunteers, which offers 24-hour confidential support to anyone in emotional distress.

E-learning offers great value for money, and can be organised to fit in with volunteers' personal schedules, as it can be carried out from any Internet-enabled computer, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Nigel Ross, Training and Development Officer for Samaritans, explains: "We extensively researched the industry standard for e-learning platforms and chose the open source learning management system Moodle because we were impressed by the robust and continually evolving platform that it offers as well as its large user base, including the Open University, NHS, local government and defence."

Moodle Partner HowToMoodle is providing Moodle consultancy, training, customisation and hosting for Samaritans.

For further details of how Samaritans are using Moodle to provide e-learning for volunteers, see the HowToMoodle Case Study - Samaritans.

Moodle Partners are a worldwide group of authorised service companies committed to financially supporting the open source Moodle project. They provide a range of optional commercial services for Moodle users around the world.

lewiscarr: Tips and tricks for a Moodle overhaul http://bit.ly/9H3PfP

lewiscarr: RT @Wheelz24: Sheffield College's new Moodle theme goes live today: http://bit.ly/a8J0LS

lewiscarr: @Optivote for Moodle IS fantastic! I urge you all to check it out. We will hopefully have it before the end of September.

lewiscarr: What's in your Moodle toolkit? http://bit.ly/dekGi2

lewiscarr: What happens if we mix Moodle with Social Media? http://bit.ly/9HtMn7

lewiscarr: How to get the Moodle WYSIWYG editor working in Chrome,Safari,iPhone and iPad http://bit.ly/cvbbHg

lewiscarr: RT @SukhwantLota: RT @moodlenews: Happy Friday: my top 5 favorite Moodle sites http://goo.gl/fb/trEu3 #moodle - I'm pleased were on the ...

lewiscarr: Moodle Tip: Change the default popup window size for http://t.co/yN6xtUF via @lewiscarr

lewiscarr: Moodle Tip: Change popup window size for "choose a file" resource http://bit.ly/bmebzX

lewiscarr: ProSolutions MIS now linked to Leeds Moodle with auto enrolments. No more Oracle for us!

lewiscarr: @donnathompson @moodleman ok ok! As soon as the new academic term is underway (Sep)I'll do it. Oh the power of Twitter peer pressure!

lewiscarr: @nrparmar Hi Nitin, Upgrade went well but found a few bugs. I have created you an account and emailed you the details! Enjoy!

lewiscarr: RT @ReachFurther: ReachFurther is partnering 26digital to provide social media services: http://bit.ly/9Jvfpb

lewiscarr: @MoodleDan @jkitterman lightbox gallery uses Prototype and it conflicts with MooTools.I will fix when work settles down a bit.it's manic!

by Helen Foster.  

Our Moodle Books database now contains over 30 books and manuals in various languages.

Recently added titles include Estratégias Pedagógicas e Estudos de Casos (free download) by Lynn Alves, Daniela Barros and Alexandra Okada, plus a number of books from Packt Publishing:

• Moodle 1.9 Extension Development by Jonathan Moore and Mike Churchward
• Moodle 1.9 Theme Design: Beginner's Guide by Paul James Gadson
• Moodle 1.9 for Design and Technology by Paul Taylor
• Moodle 1.9: The English Teacher's Cookbook by Silvina P. Hillar
• Moodle 1.9 for Teaching Special Education Children (5-10): Beginner's Guide by Vanesa S. Olsen

Packt Publishing are kindly offering Moodlers 20% off the price of all their Moodle books and 25% off selected books. See the entries in the Moodle Books database for discount codes.

Remember that buying a book from the Moodle Books database helps support Moodle development, since a percentage of all sales goes to the Moodle Trust.