Monday Moodle Recap- April 18, 2011

Happy Monday! Check out the latest Moodle and e-Learning headlines with our weekly recap below. Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments below or by emailing feedback@moodlerooms.com.

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From the Web:

• Professors use Moodle to create "BioBook" an etext to help college students tackle Bio 101 and other science courses

• Schools in Franklin, MA, praised for Moodle use in the classroom

• Autism expert uses Moodle to provide social skills training for more students with autism spectrum disorders.
  

• University of MD tests LMS alternatives
  

• Mooting Moodle – A panacea for blended learning or a problematic proposal? « Moodlemoot 2011
  

• Marlborough Girls College in NZ to increase use of online resources and Moodle in the classroom
  

• Exchanging Learning Objects between Moodle and another LMS

• What's Synergy Learning up to at Moodle Moot UK?
  

• ULCC examines migration to Moodle from a proprietary VLE
  

• A new Moodle module supporting automatic verification of VHDL-based assignments.
  

• Moodle 2.0 Enrollment Discussion- moodle.org forums

• Science Teaching with Moodle 2.0

• Video: And then came Moodle
  

From Moodle News

• A few tips on Moodle security (ReCaptcha, Passwords and more)

• Quizzes: there’s an App for that (The Moodle Quiz Mobile for 1.9 and 2.0)

• A Good Looking Moodle and 5 Basic Steps

• Moodle 2.0 Video Playlist by @ghenrick

• iMoot Speaker Spotlight: Chad Outten #iMoot

• Forum Block (how to show recent news from any discussion)

• A must watch Moodle Design Presentation by Stephan Schmidt @ozesteph1992 (+ 13 helpful videos)
  

• Free Course: Embedding Multimedia by @evmaiden

• The Worlds Largest Moodle Backup File (and how to avoid it)

• Ask Mr. Moodle: How does Moodle Manage Copyright?

• This might be my new Favorite Moodle: TAFE SA Moodle and an update from @ozesteph1992′s

• Video How-To: Importing course materials in 1.9 by @BBCS_eLearning

• Gone Moodle: Michigan State, Keuka College and University of Maryland

From Moodlerooms

• Clackamas and Southeast Community Colleges Adopt Intelligent Learning Platform

• Moodlerooms a finalist for the 2011 CODiE Awards!