Moodle

by Mary Cooch.  Please join us for the Moodle Academy webinar “Introduction to Moodle for Administrators” on 1st September 12:00 - 13:00 UTC.In this webinar you will learn the basics of setting up a Moodle site from within the admin interface. The ... [More] webinar is part of the course Introduction to Moodle and is suitable for any new, non technical Moodle administrators, particularly those with a new MoodleCloud site.Register at Moodle Academy. [Less]

by Sandra Matz.  We are delighted to announce that the program for MoodleMoot Global 2022 is now available online. Please note this is still subject to change. If you are presenting, please check the program to see your allocated time and ... [More] session. This year’s MoodleMoot Global program includes over 120 presentations, covering the three conference streams for Educators, Administrators and Developers, allocated into themed sessions that combine different talks, workshops and poster presentations from the Moodle community, Moodle Partners, Moodle HQ and sponsors, with presenters from 35 different countries.The program also includes a variety of social and networking events (including the MoodleMoot Global Party!) and much more.We would like to thank the whole community for their great contribution to the program with their abstracts. We were really impressed with the high level of submissions we received and were disappointed we couldn’t include more in the program.Don’t miss the opportunity to join us at the biggest Moodle event of the year. Register now to secure your spot!We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona next month! [Less]

by Sandra Matz.  We are delighted to announce that the program for MoodleMoot Global 2022 is now available online. Please note this is still subject to change. If you are presenting, please check the program to see your allocated time and ... [More] session. This year’s MoodleMoot Global program includes over 120 presentations, covering the three conference streams for Educators, Administrators and Developers, allocated into themed sessions that combine different talks, workshops and poster presentations from the Moodle community, Moodle Partners, Moodle HQ and sponsors, with presenters from 35 different countries.The program also includes a variety of social and networking events (including the MoodleMoot Global Party!) and much more.We would like to thank the whole community for their great contribution to the program with their abstracts. We were really impressed with the high level of submissions we received and were disappointed we couldn’t include more in the program.Don’t miss the opportunity to join us at the biggest Moodle event of the year. Register now to secure your spot!We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona next month! [Less]

by Sander Bangma.  Dear all, We recently became aware of a security risk, which we have now resolved and the fix is available in Moodle 4.0.3, 3.11.9 and 3.9.16. These minor versions were released today in order to allow sites to be protected as soon ... [More] as possible. In line with our responsible disclosure policy, further details of any security fixes will be provided a week from now in the Security fixes section of the release notes and at https://moodle.org/security. The upcoming 12 September minor release will continue to go ahead as scheduled. As usual, you can find the releases via our download channels (https://download.moodle.org or Git). We strongly recommend you upgrade your Moodle sites as soon as possible, to benefit from the security fixes, as well as other general bug fixes. The release notes for each version can be found on the following pages: Moodle 4.0.3 release notes  Moodle 3.11.9 release notes  Moodle 3.9.16 release notes  Please see the releases page for more details. Version Release status Initial release General support ends Security support ends 3.9 (LTS) Current security 15 June 2020 10 May 2021 13 November 2023 (ext 6M)  3.11 Current stable 17 May 2021 14 Nov 2022 (ext 6M) 13 Nov 2023 (ext 12M) 4.0 Current stable 19 April 2022 May 2023 November 2023 4.1 (LTS) Future stable November 2022 November 2023 November 2025 [Less]

by Mary Cooch.  Please join us for the Moodle Academy webinar “ The accessibility of opportunity and the opportunity of accessibility” on 15th August 12:00 - 13:00 UTC. In this webinar, Ben Watson, Head of Digital Accessibility at University College ... [More] London (UCL), will provide an introduction to digital accessibility. The webinar will cover the basics that we all need to think about when designing digital content to ensure that everyone can have seamless access to it. We will consider some of the common accessibility barriers that can be presented in digital materials and we will also look at a number of free and open-source assistive technologies that everyone can use to improve their online experiences.  This event is for educators and anyone interested in making their course content accessible. Register at Moodle Academy. [Less]

by Mary Cooch.  Please join us for the Moodle Academy webinar “ Assessment: Exploring Glossaries”  on 3rd August 12:00 - 13:00 UTC.In this webinar you will learn how to use the  Moodle Glossary activity for formative and summative assessment.This ... [More] webinar is part of the course 'Assessment: Exploring Glossaries' and is for educators interested in exploring assessment opportunities with Moodle.Register at Moodle Academy [Less]

by Mary Cooch.  Moodle HQ has launched a photography competition where Moodlers can submit photos or videos showing how they use Moodle. The competition is open to all Moodle users worldwide and there will be up five thousand Australian dollars in ... [More] cash prizes to be won.Why not enter by uploading an image or video to Moodle Photography Competition sharing how you use Moodle to teach, train or learn? We look forward to seeing your entries! [Less]

by Mary Cooch.  Please join us for the Moodle Academy webinar “ Deliver Effective Virtual Classrooms Using BigBlueButton” on 27th July 13:00 - 14:00 UTC.In this webinar you will learn how to create a virtual classroom within Moodle 4.0, the basic ... [More] theories of learning and how they apply to a virtual classroom, how to structure segments in a virtual classroom to maximise active learning for your students, how to deliver an effective virtual class across four key foundations: management, relationship, engagement, and assessment and how BigBlueButton supports delivery in each of the above foundations.This event is for educators and anyone interested in using BigBlugButton as part of their teaching strategy.Register at Moodle Academy. [Less]

by Jessica Gramp.  One of the greatest strengths of Moodle is our global community of developers, system administrators, educators, and translators, who contribute to evolving Moodle in an ongoing cycle of improvement.We are very proud that Moodle is ... [More] available in over 100 languages and this would not be possible without the volunteers that suggest improvements to an existing language or start translating Moodle into a new language.In the last few weeks, the translation of Moodle into the Ukrainian language has jumped from 77% to 100%.  This is the result of the Ucr@ ina Project of the University of Turin, coordinated by Prof. Marina Marchisio and Sergio Rabellino.  The project aims to help secondary Ukrainian school students who have left Ukraine to be tutored by University of Turin students on the Moodle platform.   The tutors have been recruited and trained through funding by the De Agostini Foundation.Congratulations to the University of Turin and its tutors on this important project.  Not only does this directly benefit these Ukrainian secondary students, but all other Ukrainian speakers using the Moodle platform.Anyone can help contribute to Moodle’s many language packs. If you’d like to get involved, please visit Moodle’s translation site. In addition, you may be interested in helping to translate our Moodle Academy course content into other languages too. If so, we encourage you to watch Moodle Academy’s webinar on “Translating content in Moodle courses and sites", which is available below and also as a downloadable file on the Moodle Academy Translation course.Moodle Academy’s webinar on “Translating content in Moodle courses and sites. [Less]

by Jessica Gramp.  One of the greatest strengths of Moodle is our global community of developers, system administrators, educators, and translators, who contribute to evolving Moodle in an ongoing cycle of improvement.We are very proud that Moodle is ... [More] available in over 100 languages and this would not be possible without the volunteers that suggest improvements to an existing language or start translating Moodle into a new language.In the last few weeks, the translation of Moodle into the Ukrainian language has jumped from 77% to 100%.  This is the result of the Ucr@ ina Project of the University of Turin, coordinated by Prof. Marina Marchisio and Sergio Rabellino.  The project aims to help secondary Ukrainian school students who have left Ukraine to be tutored by University of Turin students on the Moodle platform.   The tutors have been recruited and trained through funding by the De Agostini Foundation.Congratulations to the University of Turin and its tutors on this important project.  Not only does this directly benefit these Ukrainian secondary students, but all other Ukrainian speakers using the Moodle platform.Anyone can help contribute to Moodle’s many language packs. If you’d like to get involved, please visit Moodle’s translation site. In addition, you may be interested in helping to translate our Moodle Academy course content into other languages too. If so, we encourage you to watch Moodle Academy’s webinar on “Translating content in Moodle courses and sites", which is available below and also as a downloadable file on the Moodle Academy Translation course.Moodle Academy’s webinar on “Translating content in Moodle courses and sites. [Less]