Category: Events

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Winter 2016 under way at Reed College

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Winter 2016 is underway at Reed College! The big list of things we’re working on can be found on the CME: Work List for Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Winter 2016 at Reed College.

As the Hack/Doc proceeds we’ll be posting requests for comments and feedback on new and existing Moodle Tracker items in the CLAMP Moodle Exchange as well as on Twitter. You can follow the Hack/Doc conversation on Twitter via the hashtag #mdlhackfest and by following our CLAMP Twitter account (@ClampHQ).

Winter Hack/Doc 2016 Deadlines Rapidly Approaching

Deadlines for Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Winter 2016 at Reed College in Portland, OR are rapidly approaching.The hotel reservation deadline is Friday, November 20, 2015. The event registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.

The Winter Hack/Doc Fest is being held Wednesday, Jan. 6 through Friday, Jan. 8, 2016. There will be a Documentation/Code Sprint the day before Hack/Doc begins on Tuesday, Jan. 5. Visit the event homepage.

Registration open for Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Winter 2016 at Reed College

Registration is now open for Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Winter 2016 at Reed College.

The event will be held Wednesday, Jan. 6 through Friday, Jan. 8, 2016 at Reed College in Portland, OR. There will be a Documentation/Code Sprint the day before Hack/Doc begins on Tuesday, Jan. 5.

The hotel reservation deadline is Friday, November 20, 2015. The event registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Summer 2015 under way at Holy Cross

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest is now under way at Holy Cross. Our top tasks are:

  • Understand changes to the Gradebook’s functionality in Moodle 2.8/2.9
  • Update CLAMP’s grade book advisory based on the current state of things (recently released fixes, outstanding issues, etc. Read the advisory.
  • Documenting changes and new functionality in Moodle 2.8
  • Documenting changes and new functionality in Moodle 2.9
  • Offering a community recommendation regarding upgrading to Moodle 2.8 or Moodle 2.9 this summer.

If you have any bugs you’d like us to look at, please post them to the CME forum thread.

Please note that we will not be streaming our lunch time presentations. We stopped streaming the presentations because it was creating too much logistical overhead.

Hack/Doc at Holy Cross

Get Ready! Moodle Hack/Doc Fest at Holy Cross in June

Don’t forget to register for Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Summer 2015! It’s being held at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts from Wednesday, June 24 through Friday, June 26, 2015 at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. A pre-Hack/Doc documentation and coding sprint will be held Tuesday, June 23, 2015.

 

At this Hack/Doc we will be testing Moodle 2.9 (view the release notes) and digging into the Moodle gradebook issues surrounding upgrading from Moodle 2.5 to 2.8/2.9. Read Bob Puffer’s CLAMP Moodle Exchange post “Grades Changing When Upgrading to 2.8 or 2.9” for an overview of the problem.