Moodle Makeover

Timeline

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

Completed

• Revised CSS theme w/new logo (Install on MIIS server before Holiday break: Kristen)
• Basic Course Template Development (ideally, load basic course templates into the course request form; if not, make them accessible in Course Settings as options)
  • Two basic templates complete, needs a little dress up (Bob)
  • Upload some generic files for general use (headers for each program, etc.) (Sarah / 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

Research & Development

• Develop Help Desk strategy for Moodle questions & course requests
• Trinidad will work with Kristen on establishing admin / ftp access to the current Moodle server (Kristen follow up 12/19/08)
• John and Trinidad will establish a dev server space for TLC and Help Desk to experiment with newer versions of Moodle platform

Tabled for Now

• 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)

Completed

• Kristen will work on the development of a new Moodle theme for roll-out by J-term. She is using a [non-MIIS dev site] to work on this.
• Course request process - revise the form and info for Help Desk routing
• Bob will 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)

Faculty/Training

• Bob coordinate with TLC team on Dec and Jan Moodle training schedule for Dean Assts and faculty
• 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, with Bob)
  • Get the word out about Spring Training (Bob)

Completed

• 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)
• Edie and Anna will develop basic 'out-of-the-box' course templates that can be adapted for new courses

Tabled for Now

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