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5 Reasons to use Piwik with Moodle
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5 Reasons to use Piwik with Moodle

Are you using Google Analytics for compiling useful Moodle data?  Have you considered using Piwik? Piwik is an Open Source (self-hosted) alternative to Google Analytics,...
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Upgrading Moodle from 2.1 to 2.5 using command line and automated batch files
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Upgrading Moodle from 2.1 to 2.5 using command line and automated batch files

This summer I am undertaking a huge Moodle upgrade.  We are actually moving up 4 versions in one go.  But as you are already aware,...
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Moodle MySQL Replication using PHPMyAdmin
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Moodle MySQL Replication using PHPMyAdmin

Let's assume you have Moodle up and running and you are backing up your MySQL database on a regular basis, well what happens if your...
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New Responsive Bootstrap Theme Design taking shape
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New Responsive Bootstrap Theme Design taking shape

My new theme for Leeds College of Music is now entering the final stages of design.  It has altered slightly from the last time I...
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Moodle Latest News block becomes Featured CMS frontpage block

Today I've been developing a concept to turn the frontpage news block into something that resembles a CMS news block (Wordpress-esque). It's basically a clone...
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New responsive theme project for Leeds College of Music
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New responsive theme project for Leeds College of Music

For the past few weeks I have been developing a new responsive theme for Moodle 2 as part of my role at Leeds College of...
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Large course backups fail in Moodle 2

Have you ever encountered this error message whilst backing up a course on Moodle? Coding error detected, it must be fixed by a programmer: backup_helper::store_backup_file()...
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Site Wide User Grade Report

In FE and HE Colleges and Universities students are often enrolled onto various modules (Moodle Courses) that make up the degree or qualification. Assignments are...
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Moodle and Turnitin Integration
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Moodle and Turnitin Integration

Having just finished Turnitin Integration with Moodle here at Leeds I though I'd share my experience with a blog post.  And the good news is,...
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