<font face="tahoma,sans-serif">Thanks to everyone for their feedback! I'll see what I can make of it all.<br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Reggie Euser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:reggie@busicast.com">reggie@busicast.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I'm a little late to this thread, but second Omar & Jerald's comments.<br>
<br>
You might want to visit <a href="http://www.mugatlanta.org" target="_blank">http://www.mugatlanta.org</a> (local Moodle user group -<br>
not a lot of activity, but responsive to inquiries.) If you happen to have a<br>
web environment running, with Apache or Lighttpd, with a MySQL or PostgreSQL<br>
database server already up and running, you can set up Moodle in no time -<br>
follow the cvs install procedure here:<br>
<a href="http://docs.moodle.org/en/CVS_for_Administrators" target="_blank">http://docs.moodle.org/en/CVS_for_Administrators</a> and you should have a<br>
working Moodle installation in an hour or less.<br>
<br>
Good luck!<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5">----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "Omar Chanouha" <<a href="mailto:ofosho@gatech.edu">ofosho@gatech.edu</a>><br>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>><br>
Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 10:24 AM<br>
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: open source teaching software<br>
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I was pretty easy to set up, and definitely easy to add new features.<br>
The issue, as Jerald pointed out, is creating content. That part we<br>
left in the hands of the program. So we basically gave them a fully<br>
functional moodle install, but it was left up to them to actually use<br>
it. There are alot of pre-made content modules, but I am not sure if<br>
they used any. They are pretty nice people. If you send them an email<br>
they will probably let you know how things are going. I would assume<br>
it is not in full use just yet, but I dont know.<br>
<br>
-O<br>
<br>
On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Jim Philips <<a href="mailto:briarpatch.jim@gmail.com">briarpatch.jim@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
> 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>
><br>
> 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>><br>
>> 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,<br>
>>> 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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