External Database for Student Accounts #moodle @diben
A colleague recently wrote me, asking the following: I never setup Active Directory for my students in Moodle, and now I need to get student accounts setup. What should I do? If
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Uploading Users to #Moodle 2.x @diben
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MoodleTip - How to Discover the Size of Your Moodle Database
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MoodleTip - Copying Content from One #Moodle to Another
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MoodleTip - Mass Assignation of Group Enrolment Keys
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MoodleTip - Feedback and Solving Problems
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MoodleTip - Uneditable Summary Section in #Moodle
Earlier today, a colleague at a university sent me an email asking for help (actually, the second one in two day from different folks!). The problem was that the edit button on the
Conditional Activities in #Moodle 1.9 and 2.0
Isn't it neat to learn something new every day? I was thrilled to see this question from Joel B. about conditional activities in Moodle: I don't know what to call it exactly, but
Conversations that Solve Problems #Moodle #MySQL
"E veryone has a piece of the puzzle. No one has the answer. We have to figu
Backing Up and Restoring a #Moodle Course
Problem I had one of our techs zip our 8th grade assessment course (so I could share it), but the zip is 101MB. Is that normal? It seems to me the ones I have seen in the pas
Video - Converting Moodle Database from MyISAM to INNODB @moodlerific
Although I've written about the reasons why, as well as how to do the conversion, to go from MyISAM type of MySQL database to INNODB here, [@Moodlerific](
#Moodle as a Bulk Emailer
Earlier today, I realized I needed to bulk email over 200+ staff at multiple campuses. In the past, I've used a variety of solutions. I've detailed those other, easy to use solutio
#Moodle Tip - HTML Editor Works on #iPad
This morning, a colleague in Texas wrote me with this question: Our district is looking at purchasing iPads, and I was wondering if you had any experience with Moodle on the iPad
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MoodleTip: Exploring #Moodle Meta-courses - The Moodle Commons?
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Repairing MySQL Database Part 2 #moodle
When your MySQL database table gets corrupted a good reason to switch from MyISAM to INNODB database type, apparently and you have to do it for the latest version of Moodle anyway
MoodleTip - #Moodle Automatic Login for Guest
Problem: Every time I click on a course link in Moodle that's supposed to be public to everyone, people get prompted to login. This is a pain for them since then the user has t
Moodle Tip - Repairing Your MySQL Database
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MoodleTip - Updating User accounts
A colleague recently wrote me with the following situation: How do I mass assign roles in Moodle? I have about 200 Science teachers that will need to contribute to a Science
Sorting Moodle Course Categories Alphabetically
A colleague recently asked the following question: Is there an easy way to alphabetize the course categories in Moodle instead of clicking on the up and down arrow for each categor
Mass Create #Moodle Courses
Question: How could one mass create courses in Moodle? Response: It's easy enough to create blank courses and then using the Sharing Cart solution to copy the relevant it
Online Typing Tutors #moodle
In this short blog entry, I share free typing tutors available, as well as a great for cost solution that can be deployed as a SCORM module in Moodle. FREE ONLINE TYPING TUTORS
Embedding Poll Everywhere in #Moodle
Thanks to a comment from Jeff Utecht on how to embed Pol
#Moodle Tip - Modifying Course Enrollment Keys En Masse
Problem: We've just activated student logins via LDAP authentication. Unfortunately, our Moodle instance has courses that do not have enrollment keys. This means students could
Moodle Tip - Duplicating a #Moodle Instance
Question: I'm new to Moodle Mayhem and happy to be posting. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide on my question below. Does anybody know of a way to restore all c
#Moodle Tip - Mentoring Students with AutoCreate Groups and/or Learning Diary
Problem: With a large influx of new teachers, I want to quickly setup a mentor/mentee environment using Moodle. This would enable me to assign 1 mentor to one or more teacher
#Moodle Tip - Copying Favorite Stuff from One Course to Another (Sharing Cart)
Earlier today, Michael Wacker on the MoodleMayhem list asked the following: I'm trying to create a template that will be using Books as the navi
MoodleTip - #Moodle Access Problem @paulalexbriseno
A colleague recently shared the following question: I setup a Moodle for our 8th Grade Tech Assessment "Remediation" and I was trying to comment out some code so that the email w
MoodleTip - Embedding AnimotoVideo in #Moodle
Problem: Does anyone have the steps or information on embedding animoto videos into Moodle? or can you do this with the free version? Thank you in advance for the information
Moodle Tip - ExamView and Moodle Quiz Activity
Problem: Both the science and math departments at my sc
Moodle Tip - Changing from External DB to Manual Authentication
Problem: I set up an external database to facilitate students logging in (our teachers use LDAP authentication). Moodle refers to this external database, which is great when stud
Moodle Tip - The Easy Way Out: Turning Off Messaging
Problem My students are using Moodle but not
MoodleTip - Recording Audio into Discussion Forum Posts
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Practical Moodle Tips for Technology Administrators
Note: The following article first appeared in the May, 2009 issue of Education World: In [Moodle izing Yo
Moodle Tip - Optimize Your MySQL Tables
Problem How can I optimize Moodle's MySQL database so that it will work better, faster? I didn't know it, but every table in a MySQL database can build up something called "ove
Moodle Tip - The Value of Groups in Moodle Courses
Problem I've just started using Moodle, and I'm finding it a bit tiresome to backup and restore a course everytime I want to setup a new course for learners to participate in.
Moodle Tip - Timed Posts in the Forum
Problem How can I write something today in a Moodle Discussion Forum but have it sent out a week from today? Solution: You can use a timed post feature that is accessible throu
Moodle and Twitter
Great idea for connecting Moodle and Twitter...I'm looking forward to trying out Moodle and Twitter: Want to make Moodle and Twitter talk in a basic way? Very simple, just turn o
Moodle Tip: Print From Any Page in Moodle
Problem: Anyone have a suggestion about putting a link or resource in Moodle that would either connect the user to a printer or submit directly to its queue, preferably regardl
Moodle Habitudes Presentation at TechFiesta09
Today, Tonya Mills and I will be presenting at TechFiesta
Moodle Tip - Where to Find Free Courses
Where do can someone go to find/share Moodle courses? Here is a short list to consider: 1. SOS SIG's Collaborative Moodle [
Moodle Tip - Hands-On Security Troubleshooting
After re reading my original Moodle Tip about how to Keep Moodle Safe, I thought it might be fun to do a
Moodle Tip - Embedding FLV and Other Media
Problem Do you know how to embed a flash video into a moodle webpage? I don't want to link to it or embed via an external player I just want it to appear on the page. I r
Moodle Tip - RSS Feed Consolidation
Problem While you can easily set up discussion forums in Moodle, you can quickly be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of content flowing out of a forum, whether by email or visi
Moodle Tip - Embedding Video Playlists
Problem I want to embed a bunch of videos into my Moodle from various video providers and have them play one after another in a sidebar on Moodle. How can I accomplish that? So
Moodle Tip - Finding Themes
Problem The themes that come with Moodle aren't that great. Where can I find more
Moodle Tip - Top Moodle Modules and Blocks
Problem As someone starting with Moodle, what are the "top 10" of modules, blocks and filters? Solution While this isn't a top 10 list not with such a popular product as Mood
Moodle Tip - Hosting Providers
Problem Hello All I am brand new to Moodle and am in charge of getting everything set up. I believe we are going to use an outside source to host it (any suggestions?). What
Moodle Tip - Protecting Against Spam with reCaptcha
Problem We're about to launch a Moodle that will involve community users being authenticated via email. This means that email spam will be a problem we encounter. Since this is
Doing the Moodle Mambo: Facilitating New Literacies
Doing the Moodle Mambo: Facilitating New Literacies Copyright 2007 Miguel Guhlin (Copyright is Creative Commons ShareAlike NonCommercial) [More Moodle Resources are available here.
Moodle Tip - 3 RSS Feed Tips
Problem One Moodle discussion forum that is open to the public is going to generate hundreds of emails. How do you keep track of 100s of postings? If they are automatically em
Moodle Tip - Handling Student Accounts and Email
Problem: In Moodle, only the administrator can add users. This means a teacher lacks the authority/permissions in Moodle to add or remove students to their Moodle course. [If you
Moodle Tip - Keeping Moodle Safe
Problem: One of the Moodles set up isn't really for facilitating online learning, but rather, facilitating dialogue with the community. As such, since that Moodle will be "out th
Moodle Tip - Moodle-Google Integration (Updated 02/26/09)
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Moodle Tips Roundup
This has been one moodlin' month or two for me. I thought I "knew" Moodle, but apparently, there's always a lot more to learn. Here's a quick round up of lessons I've learned about
Moodle Tip - Remove Topic Outline from Courses
Problem: One of the Moodles set up is being used by our Communications Office. They have no need for "topic outline" which appears by default in all Moodle courses, nor the "avai
Moodle Tip - Adding a Photo Gallery
Problem While working with middle school teachers about to embark on a bold journey, it became advantageous to take photos of the students. The photos would end up as the thu
Moodle Tip - Quick Backup of Moodle
Problem How do I make a backup of the Moodle database? What software do I use, and how do I make a backup that's portable? Solution Use Navicat or Navicat Lite to make the B
Moodle Tip - Teachers Create/Delete Users
Problem I want teachers in a Moodle course to be able to add their own students rather than depend on a Moodle Administrator to do it. This is critical, especially in large dist
Moodle Tip - Importing Course Content to another Course
Problem I recently had done a lot of work on one of our online courses, an Introduction to Online Learning (IOL). The course had seen some serious revisions, both in links and co
Moodle Tip- Session Cookies
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Moodle Tip - Cron Job Automation (Updated)
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