I got a tweet from @moodlenews asking why would I want the documents I have in Moodle stored in a SharePoint document library. Well it’s a very good question so I thought the fourth and final post on Integrating SharePoint and Moodle would be why we want to do this. Edit the File Once you … Continue reading Integrating SharePoint and Moodle: But Why….?
This blog post is part 1 of a series of 3 on how to integrate SharePoint and Moodle better. Part 1: How to part 1 Part 2: How to part 2 Part 3: Recommended Changes (this post) Checks You if now navigate to the Document Library we created earlier in Internet Explorer you will … Continue reading Integrating SharePoint and Moodle: Storing Moodle Docs in SharePoint: Part 3
This blog post is part 1 of a series of 3 on how to integrate SharePoint and Moodle better. Part 1: How to part 1 Part 2: How to part 2 (this post) Part 3: Recommended Changes Enable Feature For the Moodle OS to open a WebDAV enabled folder, the Desktop Experience Feature must be … Continue reading Integrating SharePoint and Moodle: Storing Moodle Docs in SharePoint: Part 2
Over the years the last year I have had many conversation on how to make SharePoint and Moodle better together and in recent posts I have how to install Moodle on a 32bit and how to install Moodle on 64bit operating systems. In the current version of Moodle any documents, assignments or images are stored … Continue reading Integrating SharePoint and Moodle: Storing Moodle Docs in SharePoint: Part 1
It’s the start of a new academic year and we are still looking at Microsoft Live Pivot but we are now going to look how we can create our own using Microsoft Excel and creating a tracking sheet that could be used in a class, subject or even the whole school. There are many advantages … Continue reading Creating your own School/Class Tracking sheet and using it in Microsoft Live Pivot
Microsoft have not just release Microsoft Live Pivot as a downloadable application but also the ability view the data in your web browser. Using Microsoft Silverlight, Pivot will open the data stored in an XML format in your browser the same way it would load it in the full version. Here are a few examples … Continue reading Microsoft Live Pivot in the browser
In the last week I have been on the Framework for IT Support (known as FITS) training course to become a FITS Practitioner. What is FITS? FITS is a educational version of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL – more here) with elements taken out or enhanced to help with implementation into a school. FITS … Continue reading Framework for IT Support (FITS)
In the next set of blog posts I’m going to demonstrate what Microsoft Live Pivot is, what it can do and how we can create a great looking Excel tracking sheet that we can use to evaluate how students are doing in a course through out the year. What is Microsoft Live Pivot? I first … Continue reading What is Microsoft Live Pivot?
I was delighted to see that the first UK SharePoint Saturday is in my home town of Birmingham. I can’t wait for the day and look forward to seeing so many people there. I’m actually really looking forward to speaking at the event. I’ll keep quiet about what I’m speaking about for now but I’ve … Continue reading SharePoint Saturday UK, Birmingham. I’m Attending/Sponsoring Badges
In the past few days the new version of SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) has been released for SharePoint 2010. In the past few years I have not been able to decide whether SLK is the right tool for education transformation and giving students the engagement they need for lesson and online learning. Even though I … Continue reading SharePoint Learning Kit: SLK for SharePoint 2010