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:
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.
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!
Creating an index on the mdl_log table against info speeds up a standard Moodle installation. Some users have reported huge performance increases, so much so that people have suggested that this be in the standard Moodle build by default.
So far I have noticed some improvements but nothing quite as fantastic as other users are reporting, having said that, maybe you may notice a speed increase to your site, try it leave me a comment here.
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.
At last! I found the time to fix this!
The fact that Moodle does not support full screen FLV playback is something that has troubled me since day one. The button is there and many staff and students complained that when clicked it did nothing. After sifting through the code I managed to gain a much deeper understanding of the player and noticed that the fullscreen attribute is not included in the standard Moodle distribution.
As I’ve said many times before, I love the MyMoodle page and I’m always looking for ways in which to improve it. So my colleague and I, Sukhwant Lota (@sukhwantlota) set about creating Moodle Folders.
We needed something new for the start of the summer term and we needed a custom way to sort long course lists on the MyMoodle page. Being avid fans of Google Mail and Docs we liked the idea of using tags and labels, so in effect this is how Moodle Folders works. The user simply creates a tag/folder which is assigned to a course.
I have created a new skin for the MP3 player in Moodle. It looks much better than the default one. When I get more time I will create some more and make them available for download.
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).
We have finished our version of Moodle for the iPhone. It is not an iPhone app but we have made it look like one.
The script uses a PHP script to determine the User Agent. If the User Agent equals “iPhone” then we tell Moodle to load the iPhone stylesheet.
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?