We've used Remote Learner for about a year and been very pleased with them. Did not like Moodle Rooms customer service. RL has been excellent.
Jim Lerman
Kean University
-----Original Message-----
>From: Fred Bartels <fred_bartels@rcds.rye.ny.us>
>Sent: Apr 20, 2009 9:27 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Moodle Hosting Services?
>
>Jen and Norman,
>
>Thanks for your thoughtful replies. If I can find a really good Moodle
>hosting service I think that would be my preferred route -at least
>initially- as there would be one less thing to manage/worry about.
>Installing and managing Moodle myself with a hosting service is a great
>second option which I had not considered. Of course, is some Moodle expert
>would like to volunteer to be the Moodle master for iScoop....
>
>Thanks,
>
>Fred
>
>A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>>Hi Fred -
>>
>>At Riverdale, we've used both Remote Learner (our prsent provider) and
>>Moodle Rooms. While I haven't been the one administering the hosted
>>moodle at Riverdale, I have self-hosted Moodles at other schools, and from
>>what I've seen thus far, it may end up being easier to host it yourself.
>>Moodle Rooms gave us ridiculous amounts of downtime, and not-so-great
>>ticket resolution. Remote Learner seems to be moderately better, but
>>personally, I'm not impressed - we've had an ongoing (2 weeks +) error
>>that randomly generates during assignment uploads, and they've been little
>>help in resolving the issue.
>>
>>Like many mature LAMP applications (mediawiki, joomla, etc.), Moodle is
>>fairly simple to install and self-host, and it's worth looking into that
>>option - when I've hosted it previously (and had *much* better uptime), I
>>simply purchased some relatively cheap hosting and had the moodle up and
>>running in an hour or so. I had control on the backend, and while I
>>didn't have folks testing plugins for me (a service the Moodle Hosts
>>provide...tested plugins), I've found most of the popular plugins are
>>fairly stable and work well together. And there is an active community
>>around Moodle, so you won't be totally in the dark on issues.
>>
>>I suppose it really depends what type of human resources you have to throw
>>at it, of course - bringing students in, managing classes, etc., was all
>>my problem and not someone else's. And having it hosted for you brings
>>tons of benefits - approved plugins, ticketing, etc.
>>
>>~j
>>
>>A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>>>I'm considering using a Moodle hosting service for at least some of the
>>>iScoop (http://iscoop.ning.com/) online courses we hope to offer during
>>>the 2009-2010 school year. If you've had good experiences with a Moodle
>>>hosting service I hope you will be willing to share the name of the
>>>service. I'll compile whatever recommendations come in and put them on
>>the
>>>School Computing Wiki (http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com).
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Fred
>>
>>
>>
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