Category: News

May 19, 2015

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.

May 15, 2015

New Moodle LAE Releases for 2.6.11, 2.7.8, 2.8.6

There are three new CLAMP releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only.

You can download the updates from their project pages:

The next stable releases on the 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8 branches are slated for July 19. Core has released Moodle 2.9.0; CLAMP anticipates releasing a beta in late May and a production release following the MUG and Hack/Doc Fest at the College of the Holy Cross in June.

I would like to thank Kevin Wiliarty (Smith College) for testing this set of releases.

April 23, 2015

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.

April 14, 2015

Nominations Open for CLAMP Steering Committee Members and Recognition Awards

CLAMP is accepting nominations of member colleges to succeed them; terms are for three years. You need not specify who will represent the college on the committee now, and you can nominate schools other than your own.

March 16, 2015

New Moodle LAE Releases for 2.6.10, 2.7.7, 2.8.5

There are three new CLAMP releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. This release incorporates both the initial releases made by Moodle core on March 9, and the emergency releases made the same day after a regression was discovered.

You can download the updates from their project pages:

The next stable releases on the 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8 branches are slated for May 18. Core has scheduled the Moodle 2.9 release for the same window; CLAMP anticipates releasing a beta in late May and a production release following the MUG and Hack/Doc Fest at the College of the Holy Cross in June.

I would like to thank Kevin Wiliarty (Smith College) and Willy Lee (Carleton College) for packaging and testing this set of releases.