Announcements

How to implement pronouns as a custom profile field in Moodle

July 10, 2024

Moodle doesn’t officially support a pronoun field. There’s a long-standing tracker item about this, to which various CLAMP schools have contributed over the years. Moodle HQ’s current plan is a custom profile field that ships with Moodle by default. This would be coupled with an even older request to allow… Read more

Charles Fulton

New Moodle LAE 4.4 Release

July 3, 2024

CLAMP has prepared its first Moodle 4.4 release. This contains updates to all the contributed modules to ensure compatibility with Moodle 4.4. You can download the release from the CLAMP code release archive. We expect the next stable releases from core in mid-August. CLAMP evaluated Moodle 4.4 at June’s Summer… Read more

Charles Fulton

Summer 2024 Hack/Doc Fest at Bryn Mawr

July 2, 2024

CLAMP held its Summer 2024 Hack/Doc Fest at Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The primary focus of the event was evaluating Moodle 4.4. We’re happy to report that we encountered no major issues and no blockers to upgrading to Moodle 4.4 over the summer. Please read on below… Read more

Charles Fulton

New Moodle LAE Releases for June 2024

June 12, 2024

There are three 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 new releases are for versions 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3. The next stable releases are scheduled for mid-August. Moodle 4.4… Read more

Charles Fulton

New Moodle LAE Releases for April 2024

April 24, 2024

There are three 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 new releases are for versions 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3. The next stable releases are scheduled for mid-June. Moodle 4.4… Read more

Charles Fulton

Registration open for Summer 2024 Hack/Doc Fest

March 25, 2024

Registration is now open for the Summer 2024 Hack/Doc Fest, which will be held at Bryn Mawr College from June 25 through June 27, 2024. CLAMP’s Hack/Doc Fests are twice-yearly unconference-style events dedicated to improving the Moodle experience for liberal arts colleges. For CLAMP schools, CLAMP will reimburse your first… Read more

Charles Fulton

New Moodle LAE Releases for February 2024

February 20, 2024

There are three 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 new releases are for versions 4.1, 4.2, and 4.3; we do not expect additional updates for 3.9, 3.11, and… Read more

Charles Fulton

Winter 2024 Hack/Doc at Connecticut

January 22, 2024

CLAMP held its Winter 2024 Hack/Doc Fest at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut. The primary focus of the event was evaluating Moodle 4.3. We’re happy to report that we encountered no major issues and no blockers to upgrading to Moodle 4.3 over the summer. Please read on below for… Read more

Charles Fulton

New Moodle LAE Releases for January 2023

January 4, 2024

There are two new Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. These are not the regular stable releases; Moodle HQ released new versions of 4.1 and 4.2 on December 22, 2023. You can download the updates from the CLAMP code release archive.… Read more

Charles Fulton

New Moodle LAE Releases for December 2023

December 12, 2023

There are five new Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. The 4.1 and 4.2 releases include updates to the CLAMPMail and Filtered Course List blocks. You can download the updates from the CLAMP code release archive. The next stable releases are… Read more

Charles Fulton