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- 1. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core How to make your Moodle installation shineHow to make your Moodle installation shine
- 2. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core Who am I? ¡ñ Anthony Borrow, S.J. ¨C Catholic Priest ¡ñ New Orleans Province Jesuit ¡ñ Associate Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Albuquerque, NM ¡ñ Previously taught theology at Cristo Rey Jesuit in Houston, TX and Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory ¨C Counselor ¡ñ NASAP ¡ñ ACA ¨C ASERVIC ¨C CSJ ¡ñ Honduran Teen Gangs ¨C Interests/Hobbies ¡ñ Racquetball ¡ñ Star Trek Fan
- 3. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core Moodle's Plugins Facilitator ¡ñ Joined Moodle.org in 2005 ¨C ¡°Particularly Helpful Moodler¡± ¡ñ Maintained plugin ¨C GBPv2 (1.8) patch ¡ñ ¡°Developed¡± plugins ¨C Birthday block ¨C MRBS block ¡ñ Core development ¨C Forum aggregation types ¨C Feedback anonymity ¨C Various little patches ¡ñ Review Moodle Plugins ¡ñ
- 4. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core ¡ñ Objectives ¨C Recognize the difference between a Moodle Plugin vs. Addon ¨C Identify the various types of Moodle plugins ¨C Discover and assess Moodle plugins shared by others ¨C Integrate Addons into your Moodle installation ¨C Support plugins for your site by actively participating in the Moodle community Seeking Perfection: The Omega Molecule
- 5. Moodle Addons: Moodle Plugin vs. Moodle Addon ¡ñ M is for Modular ¨C Moodle is designed to be expanded ¨C Moodle has a variety of plugin types ¨C Use what you need ¨C Moodle Plugins should function independently of each other and be easily added or removed without impacting other parts of Moodle
- 6. Moodle Addons: Moodle Plugin vs. Moodle Addon ¡ñ Moodle Plugins and Addons increase functionality ¡ñ Moodle Plugins and Addons can be deactivated without destroying your Moodle site ¡ñ Moodle Plugins refers to all functionality that makes up a Moodle site. Moodle Addons refer specifically to non-core plugins that are added to your installation. Moodle Addons are a subset of Moodle Plugins. ¡ñ Moodle Plugins primarily contains Addons.
- 7. Moodle Addons: Moodle Plugin Types Moodle has many types of plugins to enhance the tools you have at hand: Assignment Submission and feedback types (Moodle 2.3+) (/mod/assign/submission/ and /mod/assign/feedback) ¡ñ Course formats (/course/format/) ¡ñ Themes (/theme/) ¡ñ Activity modules (/mod/) ¡ñ Blocks (/blocks/) ¡ñ Repositories and portfolios (/repository/ and /portfolio/) ¡ñ Plagiarism (/plagiarism/) ¡ñ Question ¨C Question types (/question/type/) ¨C Question formats (/question/format/) ¨C Question behaviors (/question/behaviour/) ¡ñ Authentication types (/auth/) ¡ñ Enrollment types (/enrol/) ¡ñ Filters (/filter/) ¡ñ Grade reports (/grade/report/) ¡ñ Local plugins (/local/) ¡ñ Message outputs (/message/output/) ¡ñ Reports (/report/) ¡ñ Administrative tools (/admin/tool/) ¡ñ User profile fields(/user/profile/field)
- 8. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core ¡ñ Advantages of Addons ¨C Expanded functionality ¨C Cutting edge - cool toys to play with (BUT they may cut both ways) ¡ñ Disadvantages of Addons ¨C NOT maintained by Moodle HQ ¨C Security ¨C may NOT be suitable for production sites ¨C Reliability/Stability ¨C may NOT be as well tested or have unit tests ¨C Usability ¨C may NOT be well documented ¨C Upgrading - may NOT be supported in future Moodle versions ? Backup! Backup! Backup! ? Test server ? Patience ¨C maintainers are usually volunteers
- 9. Moodle Addons: Discovering technological distinctiveness ¡ñ Browse Moodle Plugins by type ¡ñ Search Moodle Plugins by name ¡ñ Review download Stats
- 10. Moodle Addons: Assessing technological distinctiveness ¡ñ Description ¨C Functional necessity? ¨C Download tested for my version of Moodle? ¡ñ Popularity (Stats) ¨C Do you recognize the maintainer?
- 11. Moodle Addons: Assessing technological distinctiveness ¡ñ Reviews ¨C Trusted members of the community write reviews for a particular version ¡ñ Awards ¨C Given to Addons that stand out and are worthy of special recognition ¡ñ Developing
- 12. Moodle Addons: Assessing technological distinctiveness ¡ñ Comments ¡ñ Other positive indicators ¨C Screenshot ¨C Documentation ¨C Discussion ¨C Bug Tracker ¨C Source code ¨C
- 13. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core ¡ñ There are many ways to install Moodle Addons ¨C 2.4 and prior ¡ñ Download zip and copy files to server (simple) ¡ñ Using Git (mostly for developers) ¨C 2.5+ ¡ñ Login as Admin then browse Moodle Plugins and click Install ¡ñ Upgrade notifications ¨C
- 14. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core ¡ñ Become part of the Moodle Collective ¨C Participate in the community ¡ñ Moodle Tracker ¡ñ Moodle Docs ¡ñ Moodle Forums Translators Inexperience is irrelevant allow your own experiences to become part of the Moodle collective ¨C
- 15. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core ¡ñ Moodle Plugins continues to evolve ¨C From CVS ¡ú Git ¡ú Moodle Plugins ¨C Your participation is crucial to creating a dynamic community around Moodle plugins ¨C If you have ideas of how Moodle plugins can better serve you and the community please let us know ¨C
- 16. Moodle Addons: Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core ¡ñ Moodle Addons ¡ Resistance is futile