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Moodle is the fastest growing system for providing e-Learning resources online. Please read on to learn how Moodle can benefit you and your organisation in teaching effectively in the wired world.

This site features New Zealand news and items of interest. This site is hosted by 123 Internet Ltd, ( website, hosting and software development specialists ) for the New Zealand Moodle community. It is your site, so please use it.

To visit the International Moodle website please click here.
For consultancy on how to implement Moodle then please click here.
To learn about how to use Moodle for e-Learning then please click here.

Free Moodle Sandpits

If you wish to trial a fully functional Moodle site online, we can arrange to set up a Moodle Sandpit for you. To request this service, please email us with your full contact details, and name for the site.

First Time Visitors

If this is your first encounter with Moodle, then we'd recommend you visit our Moodle School This will provide you with an Introduction to Moodle. Please note that what you are looking at right now is produced by Moodle, and with it's variety and user configurability, can be used for almost anything educational.

Learn how to use Moodle at the New Zealand Moodle School

If you wish to learn how to use Moodle, then please visit our very own Moodle School. This site is also a good example of some of the ways you can use Moodle for yourself and your organisation.

The site provides courses for Teachers and Students, as well as providing an Orientation for First Timers.

We have recently added a section on using Games and Puzzles in Moodle, so go there and have a play with Snakes and Ladders, and a Crossword or two.

Articles and Links

	MoodleMoot NZ 2008 by Gary Benner - Thursday, 12 June 2008, 09:24 AM
	This year New Zealand Moodle Moot will be hosted at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawkes Bay. 8th-10th October 2008 For more details please visit click here.

Moodle 1.9.1 has been released, the first maintenance update since the 1.9 launch in March. The new version includes a number of minor fixes, as well as performance improvements and some new functionality.

The new release addresses nearly 400 issues, improves performance in the areas of forums and backup/restore, adds captcha support for e-mail self registration,as well as improvements in:

Gradebook issues, including performance;
PostgreSQL compatibility fixes;
Language pack issues;
Improvements to participants list;
Forum tracking and group modes; and
Issues with PDF files in Internet Explorer.

The new release also includes Uzbek and Welsh language packs.

Version 1.9.1 can be downloaded from the Moodle download page here.

PageOne, the UKs leading messaging technology company, today announces it has launched an open source Moodle module to allow Moodle Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) users access to its JANET txt messaging service.

PageOne have developed the new plug-in called MoodleMobile, in conjunction with Kidderminster College. It allows users to send and receive text messages directly within Moodle, using PageOnes JANET txt messaging service. JANET txt is a low cost suite of secure SMS-based messaging services provided by PageOne on behalf of JANET (UK), one of the worlds leading network infrastructures dedicated to the needs of the education and research communities in the UK.

Those working within the education sector can download the new MoodleMobile plug-in on PageOnes website, and give their feedback on the service. (http://www.pageonejanettxt.com).

Click here to read more.

	Moodle tackles e-learning muddle by Gary Benner - Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 09:44 PM
	From ZDNet.co.uk Last year saw the meteoric rise of an open-source e-learning environment called Moodle. A rise so swift in fact that, despite being almost unheard of five years ago, it is now the system of choice for 56 percent of all further-education institutions in the UK, according to a survey released last year by the Open Source Software Advisory Service. read more ...

HI all,

There are a number of options for Online Chat Rooms, with more options than the text chat that comes with Moodle. Here are some that are of interest that we have found:

Discovere has a unique feature called "Follow-Me" browsing, where the student's browser is linked to the teacher's, and follows in sync wherever the teacher navigates to ... including Moodle pages. Discovere requires the download of a small piece of software called Chatterbox to handle the audio. No hassle with that. You are required to hold the Ctrl key down when you wish to speak, and while you are speaking. Good for arbitration purposes. Only one person can speak at any one time, and the teacher always wins! You can upload files, including Powerpoint files, images etc, and display these. Includes a whiteboard too. There is a charge rated on the number of users allowed into the classroom at any one time.

WizIq use a Flash client, with built in audio. it is very slick however does not support the Follow-Me browsing that Discovere does. Bit of a downer having used Discovere. WizIq has a direct Activity and Block module to integrate with Moodle. Very smart. You can set up a free account at WizIq and start using it right away. Appears to be a free service.

Interwise is now owned by AT&T, and is geared towards Enterprise learning. Check it out on their website.

If anyone knows of other options, lease let us know.

kind regards

Gary

Moodle v1.9 Beta 2 is now out and is a reasonably stable package with the very latest Moodle features.

This daily package is currently stabilising very rapidly and is near a full release.

Please help out by testing the Beta so that the development team can polish it up for a final 1.9 release sometime in a few days.

Please click here to download.

IMPORTANT: Beta releases should not be used on live production sites. Make a copy of your site and use it with that copy.

	Moodle Moot NZ 2007 Talk by Gary Benner - Sunday, 7 October 2007, 10:58 AM
	You can listen to some of the talks from the New Zealand Moodle Moot online. Check out Stanley Frielick's talk "Can MOODLE become More SUPPLE" at http://www.slideshare.net/flexilearn/stanley-frielick-moodle-moot-nz07

	New Zealand Moodle Moot - 2007 by Gary Benner - Monday, 11 June 2007, 11:50 AM
	The dates for the MoodleMoot NZ07 have now been announced. The event will be held Wednesday 26th (workshops), Thursday 27th - Friday 28th (conference) September 2007. Hosted by Wintec in Hamilton. For more information please visit: http://www.elearning.org.nz

	More about Moodle and Second Life and the Virtual Classroom by Gary Benner - Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 06:52 PM
	HI all, Here's an article about using "Second Life", which can be integrated with Moodle, presented at a conference "Edunation" in the UK. Click here for the article. You can check out more at www.sloodle.com Kind regards Gary

As part of its nearly-£5m investment in Moodle, the UK's Open University is currently adding its in-house computer-assisted assessment software OpenMark to Moodles assessment capabilities.

It will also incorporate some of the authoring strengths of OpenMark into the Moodle Quiz. The full integration may take some time to complete but will mean that OpenMark becomes open source too.

OpenMarks strengths include the ability to display complicated mathematical and symbolic expressions and to provide graduated targeted feedback in response to multiple attempts at variations of the same question. Given the OUs high production standards and long term funding, this development can only bode well for the future of online assessment, in particular, the assessment of mathematics-based subjects.

Click here for more information on OpenMark.

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Moodle is user friendly and easy to use.

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