Gradebook software

[Lucy MacDonald]

Thanks for the Moodle info, Marielle. I am now retired from the University, but still teaching as adjunct.  However, I have my own web sever and tech support, since I continue to develop and maintain my student web site called HOWTOSTUDY . Please feel free to check it out at http://www.howtostudy.org

I spend last year making this into a php database for easier management. This has made a world of difference. Now I am "rabblerousing" to get more students to write reviews and talk to other students. I read and edit all reviews before posting. Students can remain anonymous if they wish.  

I have also include how to study by discipline areas as well as how to write for each of the 27 disciplines. 

For fun, I have added Sydney Harris's Academic Cartoons and Tom Lehrer's Math Songs!

Lucy


-----Original Message-----
From: education-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of Marielle Lange
Sent: Sun 03/19/2006 09:43
To: Revolution in Education
Subject: Re: Gradebook software
 
Hi Lucy,

You don't need a separate server for Moodle. You only need access to  
a server. If  you are using university or school facilities, you will  
probably need a technician to agree to install this for you. If by  
your own webserver you mean your computer with web sharing on (or  
whatever the equivalent is on PC), then no, you don't need an extra  
partition. You only need to install Moodle within a directory. Note  
however, that for Moodle to work, you will need to link it to a MySQL  
database where all data will be saved. MySQL is usually already  
installed and the databases required for Moodle to work are quite  
easy to set up. Alternatively, you will find around a few places  
which offer moodle hosting for an annual fee (see for instance http:// 
oslor.elearning.ac.nz/moodle/).

Note that the last year has seen the increasing popularity of two  
newcomers, that complement Moddle nicely are Elgg and Drupal. You  
will find information on the Elgg, Drupal, Moddle synergy at: http:// 
drupaled.org/

Elgg is part of the social software family, it lets you create  
virtual communities of users. Worth exploring. Drupal is a powerful  
content management system written in a highly modular way. One of its  
strength is the fact that its content can be easily navigated using  
an ontology of the domain. Another advantage is the ease with which  
new modules can be added.

Marielle

> I am interested in setting up a course in Moodle, but do I need a  
> separate server for this? Can't I just add Moodle to my own web  
> server or does it need to be partitioned?
>
> Until our WebCT server and interconnect with Banner becomes more  
> stable, the Ed department is doing classes outside of this shell,  
> using web pages and webboard.
>
> I have some time Spring term to play in the Multimedia Sandbox and  
> thought that I might explore Moodle.
>
> Lucy
>
> Lucy MacDonald
> http://www.lucyonline.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: education-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com on behalf of  
> Ronald Zellner
> Sent: Sat 03/18/2006 12:12
> To: education-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: Re: Gradebook software
>
> This isn't really a Revolution issue, but since you asked, I have been
> using Moodle for over a year and really like it.  I recently set up a
> second Moodle server and modified it for large project management
> rather than course management.  For my course server I found a grade
> book block that I have added that has really helped in that  
> respect.  I
> still use Revolution stacks for several student projects that are
> evaluated via Moodle as they can both access the same SQL database.
>  From your comment, I'm curious, do you feel the  campus IT or college
> IT to be a positive or negative factor for your development and
> teaching?  I am often frustrated by the attitude that they set the
> conditions for faculty rather than adapting and trying to give them
> what they really want and need to teach effectively.  It is  
> frustrating
> to try to introduce resources such as Revolution as they only want to
> deal with the most common, popular software.  I have a part-time GA  
> and
> we maintain our Moodle servers, Web servers, video servers, & FTP
> servers  just fine as long as they don't interfere and keep the proper
> ports open.
> Ron
>
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Marielle Lange (PhD),  Psycholinguist

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