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Default upload size for assignments and forums

Posted in announcements, assignments, forums, syndicated-posts, upload on Mar. 7, 2012 by

We’ve increased the default maximum file upload size for assignments and forums on Moodle to 10MB. The previous defaults were 1MB and 2MB respectively. A student who attempts to submit a file larger than the maximum will get an error. As before, instructors can increase these limits as needed for any individual activity. We hope […]

Anonymous posts in a Q and A forum

Posted in anonymous, forums, syndicated-posts, Tips, troubleshooting on Sep. 29, 2011 by

Many instructors like the Q and A forum; it allows students to read one another’s contributions only after they have made their own submission. Instructors should be aware, however, that this behavior can interact counterproductively with the option to allow anonymous posting. An anonymous post will not unlock the forum for the poster. Students must […]

Too much email?

Posted in email, forums, syndicated-posts, Tips on Sep. 21, 2011 by

Moodle forums can send email to participants whenever there is a new post. Sometimes you want that; sometimes you don’t. Here are a couple ways that teachers and students can influence whether or not emails will be sent. Teachers can force, encourage, allow, or prevent email subscriptions on a given forum by changing the value […]

Better session handling

Posted in announcement, browser, enhancements, error, forums, post, session, syndicated-posts, troubleshooting on Aug. 12, 2011 by

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 […]

Better session handling

Posted in announcement, browser, enhancements, error, forums, post, session, syndicated-posts, troubleshooting on Aug. 12, 2011 by

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 […]

Simple file upload

Posted in announcement, announcements, enhancements, file, forums, improvement, syndicated-posts, upload on Jan. 26, 2011 by

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/