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Just a follow-up to the previous post. We have been able to resolve this on the server so that you should not encounter it. If you do run into this problem, please report it to us.

We just reorganized the course category listing on the main Moodle landing page. We made a little readjustment to keep current and upcoming semesters at the top.

We upgraded Moodle this past Saturday morning. For the most part the changes are minor, but there are at least two differences you may want to take note of. The procedure for uploading files to a course has gotten easier. You will now see an “upload” dialog directly on every screen in your course file […]

This is just a reminder that Moodle will be unavailable for a brief period on Saturday morning, March 12, 2011. The ITS maintenance window for changes to a number of services is between 8:00 AM and noon. We expect the changes specific to Moodle to take much less time than that. All the same, please […]

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 […]

Adding files to our Moodle courses has gotten much easier. See a demo of the more efficient procedure at:
http://moodle.blogs.wesleyan.edu/moodle-in-fifteen/minute-2-add-a-syllabus/

You may already have noticed a change that we have made to our Moodle dashboard: The list of your courses in the upper left is now organized so that your current courses are displayed separately from the others and prominently at the top of the list. We hope this change will help you more easily […]

By default our Moodle courses are initially unavailable to students. (If you prefer them to be immediately available, you can indicate that preference when you place the request in your portfolio.) Courses that are unavailable to students are grayed out in your course listing. With spring classes starting tomorrow, you might find the following instructions […]

Testing new versions of Moodle, patching current installations, and keeping modules up to date can be a lot of work, but we are fortunate to be collaborating with a number of institutions whose interests and priorities are similar to our own. The Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP for short) includes about 25 other schools. […]

The LAE grader and user reports have been deactivated as scheduled.