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Using the Linden Scripting Language – The Linden Scripting Language (LSL) lets you add behaviors and interactivity to objects inside Second Life – article in Doctor Dobb’s Journal Linden Scripting Language Reference_Found on http://Slashdot.org _

As the root user, enter the following at the command line:$ zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007You should see Mar 11 as one of the dates, if not your system needs to be updated. For more info, go here:http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_80_7909.shtm

As stated in plonecustom.css, if you are going to be making heavy modifications to your layout, you should modify each CSS file accordingly (base.css, portlets.css, etc.).plonecustom.css can be used for light modifications or any custom classes and id’s you ...

How to add a syllabus into MoodleIf uploading a file as your syllabus: In the Administration block or in the top right corner, click “Turn editing on” On the Add a resource… drop-down menu in the Syllabus block, choose Link to file or website. In the Name text...

How to add links to outside web sites from within a Moodle class website: First, go to either the public or private site for your class, depending on whether or not you want this: visible to the whole world, or restricted to students enrolled in your class ...

How to add and use a discussion board (aka Forum) in a Moodle class site.How to add a discussion board: Go to the private version of your class site. In the Adminstration block or in the top right corner, click on the Turn editing on link. On the Add a activit...

A short while ago I was overjoyed to rediscover an article that I lost track of long ago. I read a book endorsing the classic ALA Keyword Approach, but figured I’d follow up on the research a bit further, as I had an inkling that using a % in the body and em...

Many popular Content Management Systems (CMS) run in a php/mysql environment. Their dynamic nature makes traditional develop on workstation and upload less useful, and editing live on the server is not always desirable. Luckily there are straightforward ways...

What does the Reset function in the Administration menu do?From Mary Parke, Instructional Designer, De Anza College:“The reset function allows you to remove all user data from a course and reset it’s start date each term – to “refresh it” one might say (conten...

MySQL lets you replace all occurrences of a character or string of characters in a table with some other character or string.UPDATE table SET field1 = REPLACE(field1, 'replace_that', 'with_this'), field2 = REPLACE(field2, 'and_that', 'with_this')As an example,...

This article may be very old. Please reach out to local support staff if you have questions.When logging into the http://ccle.ucla.edu (Moodle) site through the UCLA Login option, if you see one of these error messages, see the explanation and instructions bel...

Forums are divided into two main categories: General forums and Learning forums (forums for specific parts of class, ie: weekly, topic, etc)There are 4 different forum types:1) single simple discussions- single topic on one page, useful for short focused discu...

Click Turning Editing On Click on the “Syllabus” section in the course menu navigation to the left of the site Click “Add syllabus” If possible, we recommend making the syllabus available to the UCLA Community or to the general public. This way, students s...

Symptom:You have an active internet connection (test by opening a webpage) and Outlook is fully functional, except it does not seem to download new mail, and outgoing mail is not sent.Cause:Outlook may be on “Working Offline” mode. This mode assumes you are no...

If you’re programming with Moodle, you probably want to stick with the APIs, but if you’re trying to track things down through the database, knowing what context levels mean can be important. Until my colleague from CLICC found this, all I know was that 50 mea...

There are two ways to do it: Place them in the “site files” area. It looks like only the administrator can do this. Also, the file will be viewable by everyone (i.e. don’t put sensitive data there). Use the myFiles module to share the file. (However, someone i...

Does this happen when trying to open a PDF resource?This issue may occur when a user tries to open a PDF resource due to an incompatibility between Moodle and the Adobe Reader plugin on some of the most recent browsers. Generally speaking, refreshing the wind...

Unfortunately, DBDesigner4 is written in Delphi, which is practically Windows-only, so there is not and probably will not be a Mac OS X version. Also, no other applications are able to show diagrams in this format.DBDesigner is replaced by MySQL workbench. It ...