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Moodle Hack/Doc Fest V, Jan. 5-7, 2010

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest V will be held January 5-7, 2010 at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. The event will feature programmers and instructional technologists coming together to improve Moodle. We expect to continue work on CLAMP’s Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition project, fix outstanding Moodle bugs, and craft new training materials. We also hope to test drive Moodle 2.0, which is scheduled for a beta release at the end of 2009.

With this Hack/Doc, CLAMP returns to its “pay your own way” funding model. Lafayette will be providing breakfast, lunch and snacks for attendees, but they will need to pay for their own transportation, lodging, and dinner. In addition to the conventional Hack/Doc Fest, we’re planning on coordinating a virtual component to Hack/Doc Fest that will allow people to participate from their own campuses.

Visit the event home page for more information and to register.

Hack/Doc Fest IV Reimbursement Procedure

All of the NITLE schools attending Hack/Doc Fest are eligible for reimbursement of food, travel and lodging expenses of up to $1,200. Requirements for reimbursement are as follows:

  1. The reimbursement deadline is June 17, 2009
    • Your receipts must be received by Lafayette by this date.
  2. We are following the Lafayette College reimbursement rules for food, which allow $50 per diem, including one alcoholic beverage. You may include tips in your reimbursements.
  3. The milage rate is .55.
  4. Your receipts for lodging and travel must show a zero balance, which means that the receipt should include:
    • the cost of your ticket or hotel stay
    • the credit card charge (or other payment) showing your paid the bill
    • a final balance of $0.
    • Note: This usually means you need to use your final bill, not the confirmation (which typically shows the cost, but not your payment).
  5. You must include all your original receipts. Printouts (e.g. for airplane ticket purchases) are ok.
    • Note: Scans of the receipts aren’t ok; we need the originals. We recommend that you make copies of your receipts before sending in the originals.
  6. Mail your completed reimbursement to:
    • Kenneth Newquist
    • David Bishop Skillman Library
    • 710 Sullivan Road
    • Lafayette College
    • Easton, PA 18042-1797

The reimbursement form:

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Requesting Hacks, Fixes and Documentation for Hack/Doc Fest IV

Hack/Doc Fest is coming soon, and we’re starting to put together our list of possible tasks for the event. We’re in the process of gathering and reviewing the usability tests that a number of schools conducted in the spring, and we expect a good chunk of our work to be guided by those results.

As always though, we’re looking for suggestions from the community about things *you* want us to look at and work on. These can be bug fixes, hacks, functionality improvements, documentation, road testing, etc. 

Note: You don’t have to be attending Hack/Doc Fest to make suggestions — we’d like suggestions from the entire community.  Read more

Hack/Doc Fest IV at Smith College, June 3-5, 2009

Hack/Doc Fest IV is now! It’s running June 3-5, 2009 at Smith College. We’ll be focusing on usability testing and a solid CLAMP version of Moodle 1.9.5 to run through the next academic year.

Logistics Update: We’ll be in Wright Hall, starting in Room 5.  There’ll be coffee and breakfast-snacks at 8:30 a .m. and lunch will be provided.  We typically work until around 5 p.m. and then break for dinner. We have no set dinner plans any particular night.

Leaving Friday: People will be leaving at various times on Friday, as travel arrangements require, but we should still be able to accomplish something Friday morning.

Contact: Jo Cannon is the Smith coordinator for Hack/Doc Fest; you can reach her at 413 585-3472.

When: June 3 -5 (Wednesday – Friday)

Where: Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063

Travel: Closest airport = Bradley (BRD)
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