Author: Ken Newquist

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest: Summer 2010 is underway!

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest VI for Summer 2010 is underway at DePauw University!  Our priority projects for the first day of Hack/Doc Fest are as follows. The lead person for each task is asterisked.

DEVELOPERS
  • Create Methodology for documenting CLAMP Code Changes (Rosalyn Metz*)
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/207
  • Evaluate MyMoodle Hacks (Bob Puffer*, Ben Johnson)
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/195
  • Other Dev Tasks (not in Redmine tracker)
    • Create 1.9.9+LAEv1.0 test instance. (done)
    • Create 1.9.9/Anonymous Forums test instance (done)
    • Create 1.9.9/TinyMCE 3 test instance (done)
DOC’ERS
  • Test Moodle 1.9.9+LAE1.0
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/203
    • Jason Alley*, Don Belkins, Keeta Martin, Jason Bennett
  • Evaluate Luther Gradebook Enhancements
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/193
    • Bob Puffer*, Michael Gough, Ken Newquist, Caroline Moore, Molly McManus
  • Test TinyMCE3 Integration
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/192
    • Cort Haldaman*
  • Test and Document Anonymous Forums
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/175
    • Charles Fulton* (cfulton@kzoo.edu)
OTHER TASKS
  • Evaluate eReserves Integration (Linda McCord)
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/197
    • Research the various eReserve options that integrate with Moodle and to report back to the group. DePauw uses ARES and has integration working.
    • If you are using an eReserves system, please make a comment below telling us what it is, and whether it’s hooked into Moodle.
DROPPED TASKS
  • Google Apps for Education Integration
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/196
    • Google Apps for Integration doesn’t work; we’re not proceeding with this right now.
  • Re-evaluate and test NanoGong integration
    • http://redmine.clamp-it.org/issues/show/200
    • Nanogong doesn’t work. We may revisit this if time permits.

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

Hack/Doc Fest: Summer 2010 is coming, we’re looking for  suggestions for bug fixes, documentation and new features for Moodle  that the community would like us to address. You can add your requests by making a comment on this blog post. You don’t have to be attending Hack/Doc Fest to make suggestions — we’d like suggestions from the entire community.

Here are some potential items for Hack/Doc:

  • Moodle 1.9.9: Liberal Arts Edition: We will be doing the 1.9.8 code merge before Hack/Doc Fest, so work on this edition will focus on debugging/testing so that we can release it ASAP after the event.
  • Moodle 2.0 Beta Evaluation: There weren’t many tires to kick on Moodle 2.0 in January; we’ll be revisiting the new version (currently Moodle 2.0 Preview 1)

Registration open for Moodle Hack/Doc Fest: Summer 2010

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest: Summer 2010 will be held June  23-25, 2010 at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Hack/Doc is being held in conjunction with NITLE Camp’s Moodle User Group Meeting, which takes place Tuesday, June 22, 2010.

As with prior events, Hack/Doc 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.

Questions can be posted as comments below or emailed to Ken Newquist at newquisk@lafayette.edu.

Save the Date: Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Summer 2010

Moodle Hack/Doc Fest for Summer 2010 will be held Wednesday, June 23 through Friday, June 25 at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. The event immediately follows NITLE Camp 2010, which will include a day-long session dedicated to Moodle on Tuesday, June 22. More information — inclduing registration details — will be posted Monday, April 12.

This will be CLAMP’s sixth Moodle Hack/Doc Fest. As with our earlier events, we’ll be focusing on adding functionally to Moodle, documenting new and existing features, and merging the latest updates from Moodle core into our Liberal Arts Edition of Moodle.