mighty.grey.eagle

I found this other search engine - I think it's called YAHOO and it doesn't find any problems.

This should be Postcount++ Anyway, perhaps Geoff will now get some work done......

Whatever tool you use convert it to FLV.

(Linux) Geoff will probably add something tomorrow but.... Linux Geoff does all of the backups, upgrades. If I see an interesting block or module then that is tested on a local test installation. One of our other technicians (Young Dave) plays around with the themes. I'm afraid that I'm the eLearning person and arrange training to individuals/departments. The advantage of local hosting is speed and flexibility but you do throw all of your eggs into one basket. CLEO does a very good job at supporting schools in Cumbria and Lancashire but I'm afraid that I'm very impatient. If I see a new idea I want it immediately.

Try Xerte. It is now open source and it reminds me of the support that first attracted me to Moodle.

Daughter number one works in a Cardiff primary school and they have a Moodle. I presume that it has been set up by the local authority. I will try to find out but it normally it costs me money when I phone up

Supposedly it is Lancashires DNS that is screwed. We expect students to access these sites anytime, anywhere so the support should be 24/7.

Many errors here. Part of the process is to reload some of the information from the last census. There were even errors in this - but this had never been picked up. Does anyone ever look at the data? Capita eventually decided a patch was needed for our problems but they sent the wrong one. At the second attempt "most" of the problems disappeared. I just feel that I have wasted an awful lot of time and this must be multiplied hundreds of times around the country.

Strictly speaking the praise ought to go to Dan Poltawski for developing the software, Lancashire University Network Services (his employers) and then CLEO for putting on the pressure to release the software. But you are right about local government/agencies. Trying to get them to work together is almost as difficult as getting teachers to work together

The South Park solution...

Found this on Tom's Hardware. Shuttle have released (at least in the colonies) a 99$ PC. Would need an upgrade to make it run Windows XP but it would seem to make a very impressive thin/linux client.

As long as you have rights to both courses go to the administration block in course A and import from course B.

There are a number of "free" courses on the CLEO site. You would need to register and I am not sure what they would think about someone outside Cumbria and Lancashire using their courses - but you could try. As far as e-subjects is concerned the owner, Dagza, does wander around these forums. Perhaps a PM to him might help. On a similar theme. Dagza come back to Moodle - you know you want to!

Why not install one of the XAMPP Windows packages? 15 minutes and everything is up and running. I have it running on my laptop to investigate new features without having to compromise a live system.

Much as I hate to disagree with DB (and being a staunch Moodle advocate myself), Moodle isn't authorized in the strictest sense of the word. Becta set out various conditions and, because Moodle is open source, no-one was there to fight it's case. As far as the learning platform specification is concerned Moodle can do all, and more, than those who jumped through the hoops. Becta have privately accepted this. It is also the reason why CLEO and numerous other broadband consortia have moved over to Moodle. If you understand Moodle and are happy with it then stick with it. In the end all of the learning platforms should do the same job. Would you trust some of the organizations that have been authorized>