BITMAP Vs VECTOR – Why they are Relevant to Online Education Web Content
The videos demonstrates the basic difference between bitmap and vector images and explains why it may be relevant to web based education content. Do you know what vector or SVG is and could it make your web based education content easier to develop New course coming...
2D HTML5 Animation in Moodle
NormalSlowFastHide/Show piston Adding HTML5 animations to your education content is an awesome way to demonstrate how things work. Using Adobe After Effects and some clever JavaScript it is now possible. This may be a customised alternative to H5P. How did we do it? ...
Percentage bar generator for Moodle
Complete the form below. Title Description A description Bars You can reorder the bars using drag and drop. BarDelete BarDelete BarDelete Add a new bar Generate Select the generate button above to test view the result. Click here to refresh the code before copying to...
How to add a custom item in the top right dropdown menu in Moodle
In Moodle there is a dropdown menu on the right that allows you to check your profile, grades, messages and preferences as well as the log out button. As an administrator, it is possible to add extra items to this menu that can link to your own external websites or...
Moodle admin hint #13 Enabling web services for the Mobile App
At some stage you will be asked if you can use the Mobile App for Moodle. The Moodle Mobile App can be downloaded form the Apple Store or from Google Play. The App download on an Android phone looks like this. When you open the App you will see a screen that has this...
How to add a back button to a theme in Moodle
Administrators please note: When you upgrade your Moodle server or Boost theme you will lose these changes. ALSO – please only make these changes on a staging or test server before you move the changes to a production environment. In some cases, you may want to...
Moodle admin bonus hint #12 Setting course defaults
Well this is going to be extremely useful in helping out teachers and course creators. They will think you are amazing. Setting the course defaults allows you to do exactly that, set the default fields for when courses are created and more. As an administrator, go to...
Moodle admin bonus hint #11 Check your PHP Info
You should not need to check the PHP info file very often – if ever. But as an administrator it is useful to know where to find it and what it contains. To view the PHP info file, go to Site administration > Server > PHP info What is the PHP...
How to add a custom top menu item in Moodle
Something that many people do not realise is how extremely simple it is to add a menu to the top Moodle menu. We are talking about this area on the Moodle screen. Note: Some themes may be different how they handle this. The default Boost theme will allow you to do...
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