CLAMP is pleased to endorse Moodle 2.8.x and Moodle 2.9.x for use during the 2015-16 academic year. A significant gradebook issue that had impacted both Moodle versions, and promoted CLAMP to issue a gradebook advisory, has been resolved.
Author: Ken Newquist
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.
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.
- Register for Moodle Hack/Doc Fest at Holy Cross
- View the itinerary for lodging, transportation, schedule and other event details.
- Note: The hotel deadline is May 21, 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.
Updates: MUG, Hack/Doc, Moot, Nominations
CLAMP MUG at Holy Cross has been cancelled, but Hack/Doc Fest is still on. Moodle Moot US 2015 is being held in Minneapolis this August, and CLAMP is wondering which member schools may be interested in attending the event. Finally nominations are open for the CLAMP Steering Committee Members and Recognition Awards.
CLAMP MUG arrives at Holy Cross in June 2015
CLAMP’s second Moodle User Group (MUG) meeting will be held at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, MA from Monday, June 22 through Tuesday, June 23, 2015. The event’s website is mug2015.clamp-it.org.
Learn about what topics may be presented at the event by visiting our Call for Presentations page or submit your own proposal using our online form.
The MUG will be followed by CLAMP’s biannual Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, a three-day event where developers, instructional technologists, and others come together to work on the open source learning management system. Hack/Doc runs from Wednesday, June 24 through Friday, June 26, 2015. Learn more about Moodle Hack/Doc Fest.