The new term is nearly upon us and lots of tutors are running about doing last minute Moodle changes to their course areas.  One question that keeps coming up is "How do I reset my course and clear last years students?"

The answer is simple, use the course reset feature in the course admin block.

This little gem is often missed and tutors are rarely informed of its use during Moodle training. Read more »

I often receive questions from Moodlers about how to tackle a Moodle overhaul so I thought I'd share my thoughts on this with the Moodle community.

Moodle to me is a constantly evolving project, I often change things as I'm going along.  Many people set out to create a finished product and as a result set their expectations too high and put too much pressure on themselves to finish the project in the allotted time. Read more »

Most jobs require tools.  Plumbers need wrenches, joiners need saws, accountants need calculators, hairdressers need scissors.  But what does a Moodle Developer carry in their toolbox? 

This will differ depending on your Operating System but in terms of functionality, how many applications does a Moodle developer really need? Read more »

For a few years now we have seen the rise of social media.  The popularity of Facebook and Twitter has given birth to the rise of new social media startups such as Foursquare and Miso.  It is starting to feel like there is a social media website for every element of our lives.  

Not only can we tell the world what we are doing, we can tell them where we are, where we have been, what TV shows we are watching, what websites we like, where the best deals are and which vouchers to redeem to get them.   Read more »

One of the most frustrating things about Moodle is the popup window that opens when a tutor uploads a file.  Not only does it open in a small window but it often crops of the side of the screen with the "choose" option.

Many tutors then miss out this vital step of clicking choose and often place a checkbox next to the filename instead.

So we set about trying to find the code in Moodle which changes the size of the popup window (by default this is set to 750px x 500px). Read more »

After lots of comments and feedback by readers of my blog and by the forceful persuasion of @moodleman and @donnathompson via Twitter I have agreed to put some extra work into my course report block and release it to the public.

I'll be documenting its progress on this site and maybe write a tutorial on how to build it as I go along.

Proposed features: Read more »

This has quickly become of my favourite Moodle books as it offers something completely different.  The book focuses on using Moodle as a teaching tool and mixes both the technical know-how and the pedagogical theory to great effect.

This book is ideal for any teacher/tutor who wants to use Moodle interactively.  The book teaches the reader how to build an effective online course by promoting the use of the book module, forums, workshops, wikis and other core activities. The use of groups and groupings are not only explained but also put into practice.  Read more »

Recently I've been working flat out on a new Moodle theme.  It's heavily AJAX driven and very web 2.0. 

My aim is to create one of the most beautiful and most user-friendly themes available to the Moodle Community.

The theme currently has smooth dropdown menus, customisable colour palettes, real-time font size changer, column selectors and much more including a dynamic dashboard style panel. Read more »

Today I created the first ever Moodle themed persona for Firefox 3.6!

To view it please visit: http://bit.ly/d7ZJgc

I hope to create many more!

 As promised, I have released the Moodle Bar.   The release date coinsides with the iMoot 2010.

It is available direct from this website by following this link:

http://bit.ly/du5RNQ

Please feel free to use it, hack it, modify it and do with it what you will.

Do send me an email though so I can see it in action on your Moodle sites.