Comments on: Requesting Hacks, Docs, Bugs for Hack/Doc Fest: Summer 2010

By: Bob Puffer

Bob Puffer — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:31:45 +0000

Should include the Sharing Cart block in the LAE, let schools choose whether they want to include it on their sites. VERY USEFUL but needs more visibility and we could supply it.

By: Ken Newquist

Ken Newquist — Fri, 21 May 2010 12:13:58 +0000

>>Course settings block — Ken, I’m ashamed you’ve not been keeping up with your NITLE moodle exchange forum reading. You need a real job.< <

Yeah, I feel like I’ve been on a vacation from Moodle for the last few weeks while working on mu Drupal and WordPress projects.

Nanogong working? Inconceivable! That said if the 1.98 merge and TinyMCE 3.x integration go well, I think we should definitely spend some time playing with NanoGong. It’s one of those things that everyone wants to see implemented.

Documenting different ways to integrate Moodle and Google seems like a good task for an instructional technology/developer pair. [[cough]] Jason Alley.

By: Bob Puffer

Bob Puffer — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:50:29 +0000

***** NanoGong *****
Yes, folks, Nanogong is back and actually working inside the 3.25 version of TinyMCE.

Course settings block — Ken, I’m ashamed you’ve not been keeping up with your NITLE moodle exchange forum reading. You need a real job.

The direction Luther’s going with Moodle – Google Apps for education integration is to avoid the modules released by Moodlerooms. The intention is NOT to use SSO. At this point Google 2-legged OAuth for Docs is in the labs so we’ve been testing it out with retrievable results. The schema calls for a Google account and its subsequent docs space and calendar to be created for each course opting into the Google-Moodle test. Read/write access given to instructors for a folder on that account (named after the course) and read given to any students showing up as enrolled in that course (with option for instructor to allow write access). Still open for discussion and collaboration.

By: Ken Newquist

Ken Newquist — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:26:49 +0000

At the CLAMP Development Committee meeting, the following additional tasks were suggested:

* eReserve integration
* iTunes integration
* Google Docs integration

By: Ken Newquist

Ken Newquist — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:51:53 +0000

As far as how to join in, you could attend Hack/Doc Fest at DePauw or your institution could join CLAMP (details can be found here).

By: Ken Newquist

Ken Newquist — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:45:52 +0000

Course settings block

What’s this?

By: Ken Newquist

Ken Newquist — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:28:35 +0000

I’d like to see more about Google Apps for Education integration; in particular I’d love to have a “Google Doc” assignment type that tied back into Google docs. At this point though, the integration’s limited to single-sign on right? Will it do things like respect class lists? (e.g. only members of BIOL 101 can access Document X or Folder Z?)

By: Bob Puffer

Bob Puffer — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:18:11 +0000

TinyMCE 3.5
Luther gradebook enhancements
myMoodle hacks
Course settings block
Google Apps for Ed integration

By: Stephen Jenkins

Stephen Jenkins — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:51:16 +0000

I’ve been working with the Certificate module a lot and I have gotten it to do some pretty neat things that I don’t think people realize it can do.

I’m thinking about building a GUI for customizing certificates, maybe something kind of slick with HTML5 and jQuery, how would I get started (I have the technical skills, but don’t know how to jump in)?

By: Stephen Jenkins

Stephen Jenkins — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:48:53 +0000

I’d like to see a feature that allows for the site admin to disable the email confirmation “feature” after a new user creates an account. I’m building a self-enrolled site, and am seeing to many new users having problems with the email going right to their spam folder. Many of these are non-tech folks, so having to explain to them how to access their spam folder is tedious at best….