Has anyone found a better chat or IM feature in Moodle? I'm really not happy with the standard chat feature, but really want to be able to chat with my students right in moodle - we have a weekly chat meeting and the moodle chat just isn't working very well for us.

Any suggestions or plugins that you use and love?

Robin -

This method doesn't support images, but I've found Gcast (http://gcast.com) to be a really easy way to record podcasts and embed them right in moodle. It embeds a player so you can listen without downloading. You can record your podcasts several ways, but my favorite is recording by phone - it's a really neat service!

I posted about it here - http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/31/gcast-easy-podcasts-by-phone/.

I'm not sure if this will help you, since your podcasts have images............let us know what you figure out!


Robin Martin wrote:
> My students create podcasts (1minute) and I want them to be able to listen to their peers projects. I would like them to be able to upload their mp3 files to a block or whatever and allow others to listen to them.
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> At this point I have to post them on a server for the students to go to the server link to listen to them. My understanding is that they would have to download the file in order to listen to the audio file. These podcasts have still images, not motion video. Does anyone know an easier way to do this?

tips for using the moodle html editor

some good moodle handouts for 1.8

"Technology-based forces of "disruptive innovation" are gathering around public education and will overhaul the way K-12 students learn-with potentially dramatic consequences for established public schools, according to an upcoming book that draws parallels to disruptions in other industries." - quote directly from article

"It suggests a route to record and upload simple audio into Moodle, where editing of the audio file is neither required or desired."

First edition of the moodle book by Jason Cole and Helen Foster - available as a free pdf download

from twitter colleague @theother66; learn to use moodle