rwwd Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Anyone have any experience with something called Moodle at all? I have just been handed it to 'check out', I told them to 'get out'. Rw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortnox007 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Nope sorry never heared of it before. But from the looks of the homepage I would not use it lol. but that's just my taste. Here at Uni we use Blackboard. Which isn't great either really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwwd Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Well seemingly the powers that be want me to use that to use as a start point for our 'new' system, though I shall hide it in the filing cabinet for a while until they forget they asked; meanwhile I shall have written my own, crafted together from lots of coffee and head scratching! Never herd of blackboard either... Rw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortnox007 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 hehe good one Blackboard is a commercial licensed piece of software used by quite some universities here in the Netherlands. It allows teachers to communicate with the students leave posts, grades, video's etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 I have heard of Moodle and others, installed it even I think to get a good grasp in e-Learning before writing my own. The project is in my drawer with some other ideas of mine... for 2 or more years now. Probably to see daylight when I have some time off In all fairness though I really think you should do some research see what else their's on the market both commercial and open-source always ask yourself: buy, download and extend or build? A few months back the company I work for decided to use a ticketing system as support started to get out of control. I submitted a few inquiries and browsed some open-source project our final choice landed on osTicket which did almost everything we wanted, 2 weeks worth of development time converted it to the product we needed. If I had built it myself that would have been 2 months of development time or the same amount of money to buy what we needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwwd Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 >>If I had built it myself that would have been 2 months of development time or the same amount of money to buy what we needed. Point taken, and yes, before I even tackle anything like this, I research it before starting it in earnest, the thing is that every time (the department) think of a new way of streamlining tasks, it seems to double my work load; at present I have 2 or 3 VB6/.NET projects that potentially could make life easier, but the killer is: I am an Electronics Development Technician first and foremost, so that comes first; therefore the s/w that they want developing will mostly be done over a few weeks at home (good learning curve, downside is that the better half keeps nagging about me spending too much time involved in work..) Sorry for going on a bit, but it feels like a Monday for me today! Hopefully they will heed my request for an Electronics junior sometime soon, then that will help me out - once I have trained them!! Thanks for all the advice/pointers anyway. I have downloaded moogle and it seems to be a nice little webserver/forum thing in a self contained xampp light sort of environment.. Potentially looks ok, jurys out for now, It's Friday, and I want more alcohol. Rw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 present I have 2 or 3 VB6/.NET *HORROR* the thing is that every time (the department) think of a new way of streamlining tasks, it seems to double my work load Did you tell them? If you have ways to make your work/the company more efficient you shouldn't hold back. I've never seen a manger that would back away from a proposal that would save the company a lot of money plus it shows your concerns for the company leading maybe towards a promotion therefore the s/w that they want developing will mostly be done over a few weeks at home Don't spend your valuable time on work. When I head home on Friday I leave it all behind even bright ideas that may pop-up in my mind while on the road home (my mind will keep the better ones and they'll get implemented Monday). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwwd Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 >>When I head home on Friday I leave it all behind even bright ideas that may pop-up in my mind while on the road home Persistent good thoughts will always fight through the mists of a hangover, post-it-notes however seldom make sense on a Monday morning! I often give the ISO/Quality guy things to think about for making us more efficient, I was then given a whiteboard to "Document Progess" on it, I send him a weekly email instead. I digress, I shall worry about this particular saga on Monday when I get back to my desk, other than that, have a great weekend all... Rw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plznty Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Moodle seems a bit crappy in my opinion. College uses it as the student area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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