Embedding presentations from Google Drive into Mahara ePortfolio

I’ve recently discovered that Mahara ePortfolio v 1.6.3 didn’t display by default Google Drive Presentations embedded in pages. I had tested the Mahara external content plugin for Google Apps, and it worked flawlessly when I embedded Google Maps and Docs. The exception came out when we tried to do the same ritual for embedding Google …

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Taller Moodle2 Avanzado

Durante los días 4, 9, 11, 16 y 18 de abril 2013 impartí el Centro Social de NovaCaixaGalicia de Vigo un Taller de Moodle2 Avanzado con una duración de 10 horas. A este taller, que se impartió con el Servidor Moodle del Proyecto ESCOLAS,  asistieron la mayoría de los asistentes a Taller de Moodle Básico …

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Upgrading from Mahara 1.5.2 to 1.6.3

Today we upgrade our Mahara e-portfolio from v1..5.2 to 1.6.3. We have also changed the theme to ‘Primary School Theme‘ because some students told us it was more attractive and cool to them. Our students at Colegio Apostol Santiago are logging to Mahara from Moodle through Mnet. Currently we are running three Moodle instances: one …

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Asistencias a MoodleMoots Spain

Moodle Moot Spain 2010 (La Rioja – Logroño): Impartí un Taller sobre Competencias (outcomes) con Moodle. Estructura del taller: a.- Resultados (competencias) en Moodle: Cómo se activan. Como se gestionan. Como se usan en las actividades de un curso. b.- Ejemplos de uso del módulo en materias de ESO y BACH. c.- Analizar las propuestas …

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Installing WIRIS in Moodle 1.9.x for our Math Teachers

Math teachers in Colegio Apóstol are eager to use Wiris integrated into our current Moodle 1.9.x platform. They say Wiris is the 2nd most powerful E-tool they’ve tested so far to improve the quality of their teaching. The first one is of course our beloved Moodle VLE 😉 I was quite reluctant to install commercial …

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Plan Moodle para mi centro

En mi centro educativo utilizamos Moodle en Secundaria (ESO y Bachillerato) desde el año 2009. Al principio sólo la usaba yo pero poco a poco, otros compañeros fueron interesándose e incorporando Moodle a sus materias. En este borrador recojo algunas ideas iniciales que rondan en este instante por mi cabeza. Cuando el Colegio me propuso …

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Exchanging ‘Database Activities’ among Moodle courses

This is a howto about exchanging databases among Moodle 1.9.x courses. If you made a database activity in one course and them you want to export it to another course in the same or different server you should proceed in this way: a.- Go to a tab menu called ‘Presets’ in database activity b.- You …

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