Moodle Makeover
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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)
