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Colgate Hack/Doc Fest: Day 2 – LAE releases, Moodle 2.4 vs 2.5, Rubrics

The second day of Hack/Doc Fest at Colgate University saw the creation of betas of the Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition for 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5, lots of work evaluating 2.4 vs. 2.5, and development work on language lesson, scheduler, and Selenium test scripts.

We had two presentations — “Updates and new features to LAE Grade Suite, updates to Quickset block” by Bob Puffer, Luther College and “IPAL Web Clicker Demonstration” by Bill Junkin, Eckard College. Video of the presentations is available on CLAMP’s YouTube channel. Finally we announced the winners of the CLAMP Recognition Awards for 2012-13.

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Colgate Hack/Doc Fest: Day 1 – Moodle 2.4 LAE, Quickmail, Schedule, Bootstrap

On the first day of Moodle Hack/Doc Fest the doc’ers worked their way through the Moodle 2.4 feature set and started getting ready to review Moodle 2.5. They also kicked around the responsive Bootstrap theme for Moodle 2.4 and 2.5. Meanwhile the Hackers put together a candidate release for Moodle 2.4 and dedicated cycles to working on Scheduler, Quickmail, Language Lesson, and the Moodle app.

We had three presentations, starting with Ken Newquist’s (Lafayette College) The State of Moodle, followed by Charles Fulton’s (Lafayette College) Moodle Grabbag Featuring  Roster View and Course Timer and Carly Born’s (Carleton College) Assignment 2.4 Overview. The presentations are available on YouTube.  Read more

Presentations at Moodle Hack/Doc Fest at Colgate University

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest isn’t just about hacking and documentation; it’s also about talking. This week we’ll have seven lunchtime presentations including topics such as the State of CLAMP, Moodle theming, web-based clickers, and the Language Lesson Project.

Here’s the list of presentations that will be given Colgate University. All times are Eastern Daylight Saving Time. The presentations will be available with a 7-second delay via YouTube and live via a Google+ Hangout.

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Projects for Hack/Doc Fest: Summer 2013

The Development Committee has compiled a list of projects for Moodle Hack/Doc Fest: Summer 2013 at Colgate University. We’re looking for feedback on the project list, as well as suggestions for issues that CLAMP schools would like us to work on.

Hackers & Doc’ers

  • Package and test 2.4 LAE
  • Package and test 2.5 LAE
  • Determine supported versions of Moodle based on survey responses

Hackers

  • Refactor Anonymous Forums
  • Cosmic 2.0: Refactoring of Rocket theme
  • Consider backporting grade restore for all enrollments to Moodle 2.4, 2.3
  • Interface for downloading PDFs on tablets
  • Create Auto-groups for child courses

Doc’ers

  • Test Quickmail against Moodle 2.4
  • Test meta-course interface patch for core
  • Test Bookstrap Theme
  • Evaluate Moodle app
  • Test the new forms interface in Moodle 2.5