Moodle Monday: Extra Question Types

Moodle Monday: Extra Question Types

Posted by: on Aug 15, 2011 | No Comments

Did you know that as well as blocks and activities the Moodle modules and plugins directory also contains extra question types for the quiz? They’re no more difficult to install than any other add-on, and can quickly add an extra dimension to your quizzes. Here are my top 3:

Moodle Monday: Progress Bar

Moodle Monday: Progress Bar

Posted by: on Aug 8, 2011 | 2 Comments

My current favourite thing about Moodle 2 is the combination of activity completion tracking and conditional activities. With these two additions it has become so much easier for us as staff to keep track of student progress on our courses, and for the students to understand how they should move through the courses we build.

Moodle Monday: Galleries

Moodle Monday: Galleries

Posted by: on Jun 27, 2011 | No Comments

One of my favourite add-on modules for Moodle is the Lightbox Gallery Resource. If you’re still a 1.x school and haven’t seen and installed this you really should get it now… Simple, fast & visually appealing way to add a gallery style component to your courses.

The bad news is we found on upgrading one of our partner schools to 2.0 that the Lightbox Gallery doesn’t have an updated version to go with it yet.