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Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
How to make your Moodle installation shine
Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
Who am I?Anthony Borrow, S.J.Catholic PriestNew Orleans Province Jesuit
Associate Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Albuquerque, NM
Previously taught theology at Cristo Rey Jesuit in Houston, TX and Dallas Jesuit College Preparatory
CounselorNASAP
ACAASERVIC
CSJ
Honduran Teen Gangs
Interests/HobbiesRacquetball
Star Trek Fan
Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
Moodle's Plugins FacilitatorJoined Moodle.org in 2005Particularly Helpful Moodler
Maintained pluginGBPv2 (1.8) patch
Developed pluginsBirthday block
MRBS block
Core developmentForum aggregation types
Feedback anonymity
Various little patches
Review Moodle Plugins
Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
ObjectivesRecognize the difference between a Moodle Plugin vs. Addon
Identify the various types of Moodle plugins
Discover and assess Moodle plugins shared by others
Integrate Addons into your Moodle installation
Support plugins for your site by actively participating in the Moodle community
Seeking Perfection: The Omega Molecule
Moodle Addons:
Moodle Plugin vs. Moodle Addon
M is for ModularMoodle is designed to be expanded
Moodle has a variety of plugin types
Use what you need Moodle Plugins should function independently of each other and be easily added or removed without impacting other parts of Moodle
Moodle Addons:
Moodle Plugin vs. Moodle Addon
Moodle Plugins and Addons increase functionality
Moodle Plugins and Addons can be deactivated without destroying your Moodle site
Moodle Plugins refers to all functionality that makes up a Moodle site. Moodle Addons refer specifically to non-core plugins that are added to your installation. Moodle Addons are a subset of Moodle Plugins.
Moodle Plugins primarily contains Addons.
Moodle Addons:
Moodle Plugin Types
Moodle has many types of plugins to enhance the tools you have at hand:Assignment Submission and feedback types (Moodle 2.3+) (/mod/assign/submission/ and /mod/assign/feedback)Course formats (/course/format/)
Themes (/theme/)
Activity modules (/mod/)
Blocks (/blocks/)
Repositories and portfolios (/repository/ and /portfolio/)
Plagiarism (/plagiarism/)
QuestionQuestion types (/question/type/)
Question formats (/question/format/)
Question behaviors (/question/behaviour/)
Authentication types (/auth/)
Enrollment types (/enrol/)
Filters (/filter/)
Grade reports (/grade/report/)
Local plugins (/local/)
Message outputs (/message/output/)
Reports (/report/)
Administrative tools (/admin/tool/)
User profile fields(/user/profile/field)
Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
Advantages of AddonsExpanded functionality
Cutting edge - cool toys to play with (BUT they may cut both ways)
Disadvantages of AddonsNOT maintained by Moodle HQ
Security may NOT be suitable for production sites
Reliability/Stability may NOT be as well tested or have unit tests
Usability may NOT be well documented
Upgrading - may NOT be supported in future Moodle versions
Backup! Backup! Backup!
Test server
Patience maintainers are usually volunteers
Moodle Addons:
Discovering technological distinctiveness
Browse Moodle Plugins by type
Search Moodle Plugins by name
Review download Stats
Moodle Addons:
Assessing technological distinctiveness
DescriptionFunctional necessity?
Download tested for my version of Moodle?
Popularity (Stats)Do you recognize the maintainer?
Moodle Addons:
Assessing technological distinctiveness
ReviewsTrusted members of the community write reviews for a particular version
AwardsGiven to Addons that stand out and are worthy of special recognitionDeveloping
Moodle Addons:
Assessing technological distinctiveness
Comments
Other positive indicatorsScreenshot
Documentation
Discussion
Bug Tracker
Source code
Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
There are many ways to install Moodle Addons2.4 and priorDownload zip and copy files to server (simple)
Using Git (mostly for developers)
2.5+Login as Admin then browse Moodle Plugins and click Install
Upgrade notifications
Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
Become part of the Moodle CollectiveParticipate in the communityMoodle Tracker
Moodle Docs
Moodle ForumsTranslatorsInexperience is irrelevant allow your own experiences to become part of the Moodle collective
Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
Moodle Plugins continues to evolveFrom CVS Git Moodle Plugins
Your participation is crucial to creating a dynamic community around Moodle plugins
If you have ideas of how Moodle plugins can better serve you and the community please let us know
Moodle Addons:
Adding technological distinctiveness to Moodle core
Moodle Addons Resistance is futile
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