<div>The online school I'm in uses Moodle.</div><div><br></div><div>From the admin perspective (I set it up at home for kicks), it was pretty easy to get the default install going. (Not unlike Wordpress, Joomla, or other PHP-based goodness out there)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Configuration and organization are another thing.</div><div><br></div><div>Clearly, the team configuring ours at school are theologians first and admins second because many people in my class gripe about the poor layout and difficulty finding things. I may have somewhat an advantage because I know how the software itself is designed, so I always seem to be the one dropping links to particular resources in the forums and via email or even in our Webinars.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So, if you do the Moodle thing, it is definitely capable. Just don't slight the organization/design phase and it should work out fine for you.</div><div><br></div><br clear="all">---<br>Jerald M. Sheets jr.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Jim Philips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:briarpatch.jim@gmail.com">briarpatch.jim@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
What would you say was the level of effort involved in setting it up?<br>
And how far into setup did you go? Was there still a lot of work left<br>
when you left the project?<br>
<br>
Those would all be good things to know.<br>
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On 04/04/2010 09:07 PM, Omar Chanouha wrote:<br>
> I was on a team that implemented a moodle install for the after school<br>
> program operation peace here in atlanta. It was a one semester<br>
> project, and our goal was just to set everything up for them. I am not<br>
> sure how they have progressed since.<br>
><br>
> Anything specific you have a question about?<br>
><br>
> -O<br>
><br>
> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Jim Philips<<a href="mailto:briarpatch.jim@gmail.com">briarpatch.jim@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I know there are people on this list who have experience in working with<br>
>> the school system. This big gorilla in course management is Blackboard, a<br>
>> commercial product. But there are open source alternatives and they look<br>
>> pretty good at first glance. Do any of you have experience working with<br>
>> Moodle or .LRN? Even better: Has anybody tried to implement one of these<br>
>> programs with a school system?<br>
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