Moodle Mobile (MoodleMoot Spain 2012)
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The document summarizes information about Moodle Mobile, including upcoming speakers at Moodlemoot Spain 2012, a brief history of Moodle Mobile releases, new features being developed for mobile and tablet apps, considerations around using HTML5 for the apps, differences in mobile and tablet browsing designs, and factors to consider when choosing HTML5 and JavaScript frameworks. It concludes with a demo link and thanks for attending.
Moodle Mobile (MoodleMoot Spain 2012)
- 1. Moodle Mobile Moodlemoot Spain 2012 19, 20, 21 September
- 2. Speakers Martin Dougiamas: CEO & founder Moodle Juan Leyva: Moodle Developer (since 2003) working @ CV&A Consulting Developer of plugins: Configurable Reports jmail LTI Provider UMM (Unofficial Moodle Mobile) Anonymous posting in forums, Collaborative real-time editor, ConfigTabs, Forum discuss subscription,
- 3. Brief history Moodle 2.1 (1st July, 2011) Mobile service Mobile app for iPhone and iPad Browser detection Moodle 2.2 (5th December, 2011) MyMobile theme Content button in the mobile app Moodle 2.4 (December 2012) Mobile and tablet HTML5 app for Android, iPhone, iPad And hopefully Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Firefox OS
- 4. New features Mobile and tablet version Different design Same app Notifications Push notifications (Android and iPhone, iPad) Polling notifications plugin for other platforms Remote configuration Remote CSS for styling the app Remote configuration for default settings (language, app name, etc..) Customizable Custom themes and plugins
- 5. HTML5 apps Advantages Open web standards technologies Write once, deploy everywhere Usually cheaper to develop and maintain because: There is a big number of HTML, CSS, Javascript developers The technologies are very close to Moodle ones Disadvantages Performance Look and feel Use native mobile functionalities Browser and mobile fragmentation
- 6. Mobile and tablet browsing Different design (layout, animations and browsing) for mobile and tablets Mobile Similar to the current navigation Tablet Facebook style navigation
- 7. Choosing the right technology Which HTML5 framework should we use? (jQuery Mobile) Which Javascript framework should we use? (Backbone) Key points: Performance Learning curve Documentation Integration with HTML5 technologies Community support Roadmap Maturity License
- 9. Thanks for coming! You have more information here: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MOBILE-153