Category: Announcements

CLAMP Chat: Lean and Quirky

CLAMP’s third CLAMP Chat will take place on Friday, January 22, from 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time. Kevin Wiliarty of Hampshire College will discuss Hampshire’s Moodle environment:

Hampshire College is a relatively young, very small liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. We don’t have letter grades, academic departments, or majors. Every student designs their own program of study, and the community at large values hands-on ingenuity and doing a lot with a little.

Hampshire’s Moodles reflect many of the community’s values and priorities. We have few external dependencies, and we try to steer clear in particular of high-cost, high-maintenance entanglements. On the other hand, we do maintain a small number of core hacks and home-grown plugins to help us deliver the Moodle we want. Join me on the CLAMPchat to see what kinds of trouble we get into and stay out of.

The chat will take place over Zoom. Please register for the chat using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwocOipqz8tG9xIrEPu7cCiT7YVLWjHvPlF

CLAMP Chat: Assignments

CLAMP’s first CLAMP Chat will take place on Friday, November 20, from 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time. Carly Born of Carleton College will talk about the differences between Moodle Assignment, the Google Assignment LTI integration, and using Moodle Quiz Essay questions. She will cover pros and cons of each tool, pain points, and a wishlist of features that could make the whole situation easier.

The chat will take place over Zoom. Please register for the chat using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuduqupzsoGtB2SNnfU27x25HR5amMbD2H.

New Moodle LAE Releases for July 2020

There are four new Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition releases. The 3.7 and 3.8 releases include a patch for the Anonymous Forums feature. The 3.9 release includes updates to all contributed modules and new features in the CLAMPMail and Featured Course List blocks and the Roster Report. You can download the updates from the CLAMP code release archive.

The next stable releases are scheduled for mid-September. Given the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, CLAMP did not undertake a formal review of the Moodle 3.9 release. Please see Moodle HQ’s new features list and the release notes for details about Moodle 3.9.

These releases were developed, packaged, and tested by Charles Fulton (Lafayette College), Daniel Landau (Reed College), Kevin Wiliarty (Hampshire College), and Andrew Zito (Lafayette College).

New Moodle LAE Releases for May 2020

There are four new Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. You can download the updates from the CLAMP code release archive.

The next stable releases are scheduled for mid-July. We expect Moodle HQ to release Moodle 3.9 in a few weeks; CLAMP will evaluate it and prepare a beta. Given the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, CLAMP will not host an in-person Hack/Doc Fest this summer. CLAMP evaluated Moodle 3.8 at the Swarthmore College Hack/Doc Fest in January 2020; please see CLAMP’s daily reports for details: Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.

These releases were developed, packaged, and tested by Kevin Wiliarty (Hampshire College) and Andrew Zito (Lafayette College).

New Moodle LAE Releases for March 2020

There are four new Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. You can download the updates from the CLAMP code release archive.

The next stable releases are scheduled for mid-May. We expect Moodle HQ to release Moodle 3.9 around that time; CLAMP will evaluate it and prepare a beta. Given the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, CLAMP has not made a decision about whether to host an in-person Hack/Doc Fest this summer. CLAMP evaluated Moodle 3.8 at the Swarthmore College Hack/Doc Fest in January 2020; please see CLAMP’s daily reports for details: Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.

These releases were developed, packaged, and tested by Kevin Wiliarty (Hampshire College) and Andrew Zito (Lafayette College).