This is a presentation on 10 morereasons to move from moodle 1.9 to Moodle 2. This is the second of 3 presentations covering reasons to move from Moodle 1.9 to Moodle 2. See the blog www.somerandomthoughts.com for more details.

1. 10 reasons to move to Moodle 2
Gavin Henrick
Solutions Consultant
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com

2. 1. Private Files
 “USB key” in the Moodle cloud
 Each user has a private files area
 Upload through web
 Upload media through iPhone app
 Manage folders, zips
 Use in assignments

3. 2. New File Picker
 Easy to add files
 Import or Link from external Repositories
 Meta Data
 Author
 Date
 License

4. 3. Plugin Management
 Improved plugins check/overview page
 Enrolment/Authentication now plugins
 RSS Security improvements

5. 4. Lesson
 Standardised the forms
 Reworked codebase

6. 5. Blogs
 Import/Synchronise with external blogs
 Link entries to activity or resource
 Comment on each entry

7. 6. Repositories
 Create & Manage content outside of Moodle
 Import content into Moodle
 Alfresco
 Amazon S3
 Box.net
 File system on Server
 Flickr
 Google Docs
 MERLOT
 Picasa
 WebDAV servers
 Wikimedia
 Upload
 YouTube

8. 7. Activity Cloning
 Clone activities or resources
 Make changes to clone
 Create multiple similar activities quickly

9. 8. Integration
 Able to restore Moodle 1.9 Backup course content
 Built-in web services
 AMF (Flash)
 REST
 SOAP
 XML-RPC

10. 9. Moodle Mobile App
 Available for iPhone/iPad
 Upload images, videos and audio directly to Moodle
 View your list of courses
 Send messages to participants on the course
 Queue uploads until you want to send them

11. 10. Admin Reports
 Comments report
 Config changes report
 Question instances report

12. Contact Information
Gavin Henrick
ELearning Solutions Consultant
Email gavin@somerandomthoughts.com
Blog http://www.somerandomthoughts.com
Twitter http://twitter.com/ghenrick
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LinkedIn http://ie.linkedin.com/in/gavinhenrick