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How to clear Moodle theme caches

3rd September, 2012

“Why are changes not applied when I update my Moodle theme files, even when I clear my browser cache?” I was puzzled by this question when I started out designing themes for Moodle many years ago. If this is also an issue for you, read on.

How to add a Facebook Comments Box to your Moodle site

31st July, 2012

Adding a Facebook Comments Box enables users to easily make comments, which is a nice way to enhance the social media aspects of your site. In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to add the Comments Box to your Moodle site’s side column

Moodle Themes – “Ace” and “Brizzle”

17th July, 2012

We have launched our first two premium Moodle Themes and they have proved to be very popular. I thought I’d write a quick guide to illustrate options available in their of their theme settings page for our old and future customers alike.

6 User Experience related new features in Moodle v2.3 – A quick visual guide

12th July, 2012

Moodle 2.3 was released on 25th June 2012. Below is a quick visual guide I put together to illustrate the 6 new features in this release which, in my opinion, greatly improve Moodle’s user experience.

How to generate and issue a course certificate to learners using the Moodle certificate module

24th May, 2012

Not long ago I was asked if it is possible for Moodle to generate and email a certificate to learners who have passed a particular exam (Moodle Quiz). After looking into the matter, I’ve found a way to do just that.

How to add Twitter and Facebook buttons to your Moodle site

8th May, 2012

Adding Twitter and Facebook like buttons to a website is always a good idea if you’d like to spread the word about your site through social networking. In this tutorial I will walk you through how to add the commonly seen buttons to your Moodle site.

How to add a promotional banner to your Moodle front page

9th April, 2012

If you have seen our new premium Moodle Theme’s demo site, you will notice that there is a promotional banner placed on the Moodle’s front page. By default, Moodle’s front page is the site landing page, and landing page is …

How to use Dropbox as a Moodle file repository

27th March, 2012

If you have a Dropbox account and also use Moodle, you will be glad to know that in Moodle 2.x you can connect the two together and use Dropbox as a Moodle file repository.

How to set Moodle’s user login page as the site’s landing page

7th February, 2012

It is possible to change Moodle’s default landing page to the user login page so that only site registered users are able to proceed further.

How to check your Moodle site’s version and build

2nd February, 2012

As a Moodle site administrator it’s always handy to know your installation’s version and build to be able to identify version or build related bugs and decide if you need to upgrade to the latest version.

How to enable Moodle’s maintenance mode

26th January, 2012

It’s good practice to put Moodle into maintenance mode if you are going to upgrade the site, make big changes to the existing courses or test different themes for the courses.

How to use Google Docs as a Moodle file repository

25th November, 2011

Google Docs is another wonderful free online service provided by Google. In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to use Google Docs as your Moodle file repository.