Sunday, December 14, 2008

Moodle

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:

We're an American school in Guangzhou, China. 1,000 students, 100 teachers
Currently using FirstClass course conferences for on-line learning and
slowly migrating to Moodle with no firm requirement at this time.
>
>f you are currently using Moodle at your school would you mind
>sharing the following (our answers are included):
>
>1. What version are you using?

1.9
>
>2. What add-ons do you have installed?

Nanogong, MoodleSpeex, OU Wiki and a few others
>
>3. How are you currently using it within your school?

Voluntary with about 10% of teachers using it for actual online learning.
>
>4. What requirements do you have for it's use?

No requirements, but do not allow non-school users to register [ie.
restrict to our domain]
>
>5. Do you allow outside access (parents/public)?

yes, but as guests with a key
>
>6. What is your Moodle server running on?

Dell Xeos quad-processor server w/ 4 gigs [also runs our Joomla web site
installations]
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>7. Do you host it yourself or do you have it outsourced?

host ourselves, no problems so far
>
>8. Do you handle support?

we support it inhouse

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Robert Bauer
Information Technology Director
American International School of Guangzhou
Tel: (8620) 8735-3392 Fax: (8620) 8735-3339
rbauer@aisgz.edu.cn

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