Dec 30 2007
R.I.P. Netscape Navigator
The first web browser I used is no more.
Archive for December, 2007
Dec 06 2007
Moodle Wishlist (2)
I want course version control, just like you get in wikis. This would be useful when developing a site with a team, particularly when some team members are new to online learning developments. The history can show you what other team members have been working on and you could roll back in case of mishaps (”I went to move something and accidentally deleted all the files, I don’t know how it happened”).
It may give new online teachers confidence to try new things, if they knew that the previous version is always there to fall back on.
Dec 02 2007
Moodle Wishlist
As a Moodle administrator, am quite enjoying the experience of being a Moodle student. And am finding some things I would like…
1. Intuitive forum handling. My fellow students struggle with the e-mail copies and the read/unread messages. The first PD session I did on Moodle had the same results – all my participants bewildered and overwhelmed at the message deluge. And you control that in your profile where the controls have some outlandish names. Read/unread messages is called Forum tracking…
2. Ability to tag a post for future reference, or as “I must come back to this.” The USQ course is very text heavy, with a combination of the wiki, the blogs and the forum posts in Moodle to track. Sometimes I read a post but am not ready to answer yet. Wouldn’t it be good if I could tag it/flag it to return at later stage?
3. Why not a drafts place for your posts, so you can start a message but let it sit in the system until you are ready to post. Most blogs offer this functionality. Does anyone know of an LMS that does? Is there a reason why LMSs wouldn’t?
