Author Archives: Gavin Henrick

Moodle 2.5 – User Interface improvements

The user interface has been an area that Moodle HQ has focused on since the release of Moodle 2. Each release has added some nice features and now it has come in for some nice improvements in the upcoming Moodle … Continue reading

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Managing Add-ons in Moodle 2.5

In Moodle 2.3 a new feature was implemented to enable site admins get alerts when a plugin that they were using in their Moodle site had been updated in the plugin directory.  This would send the admin an email about … Continue reading

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Open Badges and Moodle

The soon to be released Moodle 2.5 comes with a new feature called Badges. So before I go through how it works in Moodle, let me address a few questions What are badges? How are they earned? Who issues badges? … Continue reading

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Mediterranean MoodleMoot 2013

For those intending to head to Tunisia for the Moodle Research Conference on the 4th, 5th October, before you book your flights maybe you should consider arriving a few days early and also attending the Mediterranean MoodleMoot 2013 which takes … Continue reading

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2nd Moodle Research Conference – Call for Papers

I just received notification from the organisers, that the Call for Papers is now live for the 2nd Moodle Research Conference. The Moodle Research Conference is going to be held on the 4th and 5th of October, in Sousse, Tunisia … Continue reading

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Some thoughts on Moodlemoot Dublin 2013

It is nearly three weeks since close to 300 Moodlers were gathered in Ireland for the Moodlemoot Dublin 2013. I would have blogged earlier, but things got in the way. This blog post just looks at some parts of the … Continue reading

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