Difference between revisions of "Moodle Makeover"

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=== Completed ===
 
=== Completed ===
* Kristen will work on the development of a new Moodle theme for roll-out by J-term.  She is using a [[http://www.miiseapp.org/ non-MIIS dev site]] to work on this.
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* Work on the development of a new Moodle theme for roll-out by J-term using a [[http://www.miiseapp.org/ non-MIIS dev site]] (Kristen)
* Trinidad will work with Kristen on establishing admin / ftp access to the current Moodle server (Kristen follow up 12/19/08)
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* Establishing admin / ftp access to the current Moodle server (Kristen w/Trinidad)
* John and Trinidad will establish a dev server space for TLC and Help Desk to experiment with newer versions of Moodle platform
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* Establish a dev server space for TLC and Help Desk to experiment with newer versions of Moodle platform (John & Trinidad)
 
* Develop Help Desk strategy for Moodle questions & course requests
 
* Develop Help Desk strategy for Moodle questions & course requests
*Basic Course Template Development (ideally, load basic course templates into the course request form; if not, make them accessible in Course Settings as options)
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* Create basic Course Template Development: ideally, load basic course templates into the course request form; if not, make them accessible in Course Settings as options (Sarah & Anna)
**Two basic templates complete, needs a little dress up (Bob)
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**Two basic templates complete, need a little dress up (Bob)
**Upload some generic files for general use (headers for each program, etc.) (Sarah / Anna)
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**Upload some generic files for general use (headers for each program, etc.) (Sarah & Anna)
* Course request process - revise the form and info for Help Desk routing
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* Course request process - revise the form and info for Help Desk routing (Kristen)
* Bob will work with IT to determine the source of the course back-up / restore problem we continue to encounter [solved by Trinidad]
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* Work with IT to determine the source of the course back-up / restore problem we continue to encounter [solved by Trinidad]
* Revise the course request form for ease of use and routing through the Help Desk; specifically "Reasons for requesting course" change to: Notes to HELP DESK (Eg. ROLLOVER: Course Number, Title, Semester; NEW COURSE TEMPLATE REQUEST: BASIC #1, BASIC#2"(Kristen)
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* Revise the course request form for ease of use and routing through the Help Desk (Kristen)
* Sarah and TLC Team (Edie and Anna) will coordinate a [training time] (early Dec) with Greg to get him up to speed on Moodle Basics (including user mgmt, course request process, FAQs)
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* Coordinate a [training time] (early Dec) with Greg to get him up to speed on Moodle Basics including user mgmt, course request process, FAQs (Sarah, Edie, & Anna)
* Edie and Anna will develop basic 'out-of-the-box' course templates that can be adapted for new courses
 
  
 
===Tabled for now===
 
===Tabled for now===

Revision as of 19:02, 19 December 2008

Timeline

  • Deadline: January 5 (J-term classes begin)

Completed

  • Work on the development of a new Moodle theme for roll-out by J-term using a [non-MIIS dev site] (Kristen)
  • Establishing admin / ftp access to the current Moodle server (Kristen w/Trinidad)
  • Establish a dev server space for TLC and Help Desk to experiment with newer versions of Moodle platform (John & Trinidad)
  • Develop Help Desk strategy for Moodle questions & course requests
  • Create basic Course Template Development: ideally, load basic course templates into the course request form; if not, make them accessible in Course Settings as options (Sarah & Anna)
    • Two basic templates complete, need a little dress up (Bob)
    • Upload some generic files for general use (headers for each program, etc.) (Sarah & Anna)
  • Course request process - revise the form and info for Help Desk routing (Kristen)
  • Work with IT to determine the source of the course back-up / restore problem we continue to encounter [solved by Trinidad]
  • Revise the course request form for ease of use and routing through the Help Desk (Kristen)
  • Coordinate a [training time] (early Dec) with Greg to get him up to speed on Moodle Basics including user mgmt, course request process, FAQs (Sarah, Edie, & Anna)

Tabled for now

  • Default course settings updated for ease of use
  • Personal profile settings override course settings when it comes to tracking/flagging new items - change default profile settings to track new items
  • Consider using Google forms to upload a batch course request as a .csv file
  • Revise default course and user settings, specifically:
    • user default tracking posts setting should be turned on by default (Sarah's suggestion)
    • tie-in possible course templates to course settings selection
  • Researching off-site hosting costs with Moodlerooms (Bob, John G)

Moodle 1.9 Upgrade

  • Upgrade to newer version of Moodle 1.9x - hold off until Summer 09
    • delaying the upgrade will allow us to discover problems before faculty do

Still left to do

  • Coordinate with TLC team on Dec and Jan Moodle training schedule for Dean Assts and faculty (Bob)
  • Revise the Moodle 5 Easy Steps info page with Sprin 09 dates (Sarah)
    • Add Moodle Zoo (MIIS course examples to the 5 easy steps) (Sarah w/Bob)
    • Get the word out about Spring Training (Bob)
  • Tweak background color/gradient image leading into background color (Kristen)
  • Adjust font sizes to look better on PCs (Kristen)
  • Fix iTunes U quick link (Kristen)