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Interviews with Martin Dougiamas, Moodle Architect

CCLE and Moodle

In my attempts to start “thinking in Moodle” I thought it might be interesting to search for inte...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

In Moodle can we have nested metacourses?

CCLE and Moodle

The question is whether a metacourse can have a metacourse underneath it. And at least with a qu...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

Can I change the format of a Moodle site after it's been created and used awhile?

CCLE and Moodle

According to “Using Moodle” by Jason Cole it is ok to switch a Moodle site’s format after it’s in...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

What happens in Moodle if two people try and edit a wiki page at the same time?

CCLE and Moodle

In Moodle 1.7 if someone is editing a wiki page when you go into edit it, you get an error messag...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

What other universities have knowledge bases and what can we learn from them?

About This Knowledge Base

Arizona State University – https://techbase.asu.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page (wiki based) Easter...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

How do I find what Perl modules are installed on my system?

Programming and Web Development

Assuming you have perldoc installed, simply typing perldoc perllocal will give you a nicely-forma...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

How to hide a site in Moodle

CCLE and Moodle

If you don’t want a Moodle site/course to be visible at all, then the not-too intuitive setting y...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

Moodle auto-login guests

CCLE and Moodle

Normally public Moodle sites are public in the sense that you have to login as GUEST, with no pas...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

MacBook waking while lid is closed

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

“If you have ever had your MacBook or MacBook Pro inexplicably wake while the lid is closed, ther...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

Wiki Software Alternatives

Applications/Software

Looking for the best Wiki software? http://www.wikimatrix.org/ – compare wiki features and requir...

Updated 19 years ago by Le, My

Search across multiple Plone instances

Programming and Web Development Plone

If you have multiple Plone instances and you would like the search feature to search across the i...

Updated 19 years ago by Man, Ka Yiu

Browser Feature Comparison

Internet and Web Browsers

Ever wonder about web browser standards support for particular products? The following links att...

Updated 19 years ago by Postovoit, Philip

Choosing the Name for Your Avatar in Second Life

Useful Links

You’ve heard the buzz about Second Life MMORPG and its instructional potential, but don’t know ho...

Updated 19 years ago by Jovcic, Slobodan

How to verify UC employment?

UCLA Resources

You can do it yourself by going to At Your Service Online website https://atyourserviceonline.uco...

Updated 19 years ago by Duka, Olga

Google Zeitgeist

Useful Links

Ever wonder about what search trends on Google are?Google Zeitgeist has an answer.Previous Year’s...

Updated 19 years ago by Postovoit, Philip

Why doesn't wiki in Sakai let me edit?

Applications/Software

In UCLA’s Sakai Pilot, it’s not enough to install the Wiki tool and assume that those with Mainta...

Updated 19 years ago by Franks, Mike

Shrink PowerPoint Files

Applications/Software Microsoft Office

ProblemPictures added to PowerPoint are added in a non-optimized form. Consequently, large image...

Updated 19 years ago by Postovoit, Philip

PowerPoint Preferences / Options

Applications/Software Microsoft Office

Microsoft PowerPoint sets a large amount of default preferences which may not be in the best long...

Updated 19 years ago by Postovoit, Philip

Recover from a Corrupted Windows Registry

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Windows XP

When a Windows XP sp2 system cannot boot, but system restore had been enabled (as is now by defau...

Updated 19 years ago by Postovoit, Philip

What are some tips for making solid web forms?

Programming and Web Development

Creating a form is arguably the most annoying pure (x)HTML task. This article provides resource...

Updated 19 years ago by Uebelhart, Carl