[ale] OT: open source teaching software

[Jim Philips]

Thanks to everyone for their feedback! I'll see what I can make of it all.

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Reggie Euser <reggie at busicast.com> wrote:

> I'm a little late to this thread, but second Omar & Jerald's comments.
>
> You might want to visit http://www.mugatlanta.org (local Moodle user group
> -
> not a lot of activity, but responsive to inquiries.) If you happen to have
> a
> web environment running, with Apache or Lighttpd, with a MySQL or
> PostgreSQL
> database server already up and running, you can set up Moodle in no time -
> follow the cvs install procedure here:
> http://docs.moodle.org/en/CVS_for_Administrators and you should have a
> working Moodle installation in an hour or less.
>
> Good luck!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Omar Chanouha" <ofosho at gatech.edu>
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 10:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: open source teaching software
>
>
> I was pretty easy to set up, and definitely easy to add new features.
> The issue, as Jerald pointed out, is creating content. That part we
> left in the hands of the program. So we basically gave them a fully
> functional moodle install, but it was left up to them to actually use
> it. There are alot of pre-made content modules, but I am not sure if
> they used any. They are pretty nice people. If you send them an email
> they will probably let you know how things are going. I would assume
> it is not in full use just yet, but I dont know.
>
> -O
>
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > What would you say was the level of effort involved in setting it up?
> > And how far into setup did you go? Was there still a lot of work left
> > when you left the project?
> >
> > Those would all be good things to know.
> >
> > On 04/04/2010 09:07 PM, Omar Chanouha wrote:
> >> I was on a team that implemented a moodle install for the after school
> >> program operation peace here in atlanta. It was a one semester
> >> project, and our goal was just to set everything up for them. I am not
> >> sure how they have progressed since.
> >>
> >> Anything specific you have a question about?
> >>
> >> -O
> >>
> >> On Sat, Apr 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Jim Philips<briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I know there are people on this list who have experience in working
> with
> >>> the school system. This big gorilla in course management is Blackboard,
> >>> a
> >>> commercial product. But there are open source alternatives and they
> look
> >>> pretty good at first glance. Do any of you have experience working with
> >>> Moodle or .LRN? Even better: Has anybody tried to implement one of
> these
> >>> programs with a school system?
> >>>
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