1. Moodle Media and More IETC Springfield Nov 18-19, 2010 Terence Sullivan Technology Director Shiloh CUSD#!

2. Moodle Resources/Activities ResourcesActivities Label Compose Text Page Compose Web Page Link to File or Webpage Display a Directory Assignment Choice Database Forum Glossary Journal Quiz Wiki

3. Basics Links to media Upload media to the class file library ◦ Use by creating a Display a Directory option Store media in the included Database

4. Power of the Label A “label” resource has ◦ Access to pure HTML code ◦ Displays directly in the main view To access the HTML code view, click on the “<>” symbol on the Web Editor

5. Enhancing Moodle Add-ons Basic process for installing an add-on to Moodle ◦ 1. find the add-on (usually a zip or tgz file) ◦ 2. download the file ◦ 3. unzip the file ◦ 4. copy the folder of the unzipped code into either MOD or BLOCKS folder inside moodle  …/www/mod or …/www/blocks ◦ 5. open the notification page to install and activate the add-on (http://moodlesite/admin)http://moodlesite/admin ◦ 6. Configure any needed options

6. Moodle Plugins Review http://www.markdrechsler.com/?p=29

7. Module to Consider Lightbox Gallery Gallery4Kids PodCaster mmDatabaseField mPage Presenter SlideCast Kaltura Big Blue Button Sharing Cart

8. LightBox Photo Gallery Download “lightbox_gallery.zip” unzip lightbox_gallery.zip mv lightbox_gallery /var/www/mod http://yourmoodleserver/admin --------------------------------------------------- Upload photos to a folder in the course files directory Point Lightbox Gallery to that folder

9. PodCaster Download “podcaster_20090312.zip” unzip podcaster_20090312.zip mv podcaster_20090312 /var/www/mod http://yourmoodleserver/admin ---------------------------------------------------------- Drop MP3 files into a folder in the course files Can schedule when they are available Can connect to RSS

10. Presenter Download “presenter.zip” unzip presenter.zip mv presenter /var/www/mod http://yourmoodleserver/admin ---------------------------------------------------- Create Presentations which include video, images, notes Can use YouTube links or Flash files

11. mmDatabaseField Download “multimedia.zip” unzip multimedia.zip mv multimedia /var/www/mod/data/field/ http://yourmoodleserver/admin --------------------------------------------------------- Adds a new Database Field type “multimedia” Use to store and collect multimedia files

12. MultiMedia Filters Administration ◦ Modules  Filters  MultiMedia Plugins Allow direct playing of some media content inside Moodle activities instead of opening in a separate application Will play in browser window, but does require browser plugin to be present.

13. Streaming Media Any Web Server can be used to display/play media ◦ Drop media into a web folder, and create a link to it. Streaming – optimized for sharing ◦ Can begin playing before downloading all ◦ Can serve up multiple “versions” of the same media ◦ http – standard port 80 web streaming ◦ rtmp – adaptive and can adjust in real time

14. Kaltura Streaming Server Community Edition Host on your own server Other Streaming Servers ◦ Wowza Developer Edition ◦ Microsoft Media Encoder ◦ Macintosh – yeah, they do media

15. Integrating Kaltura ◦ Host and stream media content Moodle ◦ Use the content available

16. Kaltura Download “alpha_0.95.tgz” tar –xvfz alpha_0.95.tgz  three folders mv kaltura /var/www/mod mv “assignment” /var/www/mod/assignment/type mv “resource” /var/www/mod/resource/type/ http://yourmoodleserver/admin ------------------------------------------------------------ Creates connection between Moodle and Kaltura media sharing server.

17. Collaborative Meeting Space WizIQ DimDim Big Blue Button

18. Server App – Stand Alone Server (Ubuntu 2G) ◦ http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/InstallationUbuntu -------------------------------------------------------------- Moodle connector Module Create connection to BigBlueButton Server Collaboration and online conference room ◦ Download “bigbluebutton.zip” ◦ unzip bigbluebutton.zip ◦ mv bigbluebutton /var/www/mod ◦ mv bigbluebutton.php /var/www/lang/en_utf8 ◦ mv bigbluebutton var/www/lang/en_utf8/help ◦ http://yourmoodleserver/admin http://yourmoodleserver/admin

19. Google Apps Ed/Pro - Moodle Google has release a set of modules to integrate Moodle User Database and Google Apps User Databases. Requires SSO and commitment to Moodle User Database as the primary login Download moodle-gapps-rc3.zip Follow Directions to modify config files and drop the set of mods into the correct folders Info Here: ◦ http://learningischange.com/2009/02/25/the-killer-app-google-apps-and-moodle-integration/ http://learningischange.com/2009/02/25/the-killer-app-google-apps-and-moodle-integration/ ◦ http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=1129 http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=1129 ◦ http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=117354 http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=117354

20. Questions? ResourcesActivities Label Compose Text Page Compose Web Page Link to File or Webpage Display a Directory Assignment Choice Database Forum Glossary Journal Quiz Wiki