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Taking advantage of lower usage during the summer we have brought our Moodles (both 1.9 and 2.3) up to the latest. The changes are minor, so we don’t anticipate complications, but please let us know if you find anything unusual.

The problem editing certain Moodle pages with FireFox 11 (described in a previous post) has now been resolved.

We have recently discovered that many Moodle courses created for spring 2012 do not have a Course Documents folder in their Files area. You will see a link to the Course Documents on the main page for the course, but if you go to Administration > Files, the folder will not show up there. Fortunately, […]

Echo360, the system we use to record and play back classroom lectures will be upgraded on Tuesday, January 17th. The service will be unavailable beginning at 10 am, and will be restored by 5 pm. The actual down time may be shorter. During the outage, students will not be able to watch lectures that have […]

A minor upgrade earlier in the week included a small change to the way Q-and-A forums work:
Previously students, like teachers, could add new discussions to any forum. Now only teachers can launch a new discussion in a Q-and-A forum. Student contributi…

When you log into our Moodle (perhaps via your portfolio), you start a browser ‘session.’ During the ‘session’ you can move around in Moodle without having to log in repeatedly. For the most part sessions are invisible to users, something between the browser and the server. And that’s how it should be. We recently made […]

When you log into our Moodle (perhaps via your portfolio), you start a browser ‘session.’ During the ‘session’ you can move around in Moodle without having to log in repeatedly. For the most part sessions are invisible to users, something between the browser and the server. And that’s how it should be. We recently made […]

Faculty who use a Wesleyan Installation of the SAS statistical analysis package will need to have their Desktop Support Specialist update their license before they can run the software. ITS staff are working quickly to make the necessary update on the…

Faculty who use a Wesleyan Installation of the SAS statistical analysis package will need to have their Desktop Support Specialist update their license before they can run the software. ITS staff are working quickly to make the necessary update on the…

We made two improvements to our Moodle installation this morning: Flash cards We added a “Flash card” module. To use the module instructors can turn editing on for a course page and then choose “Flash Card Set” from the add-an-activity drop-down menu. Please get in touch with your Academic Computing Manager for additional assistance. Enhanced […]