This is a presentation on Another 10 reasons to move from moodle 1.9 to Moodle 2. This is the third of three 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. Navigation Block
 Expandable/Collapsible
 Contextual Links
 Easy Access to all courses
 Dockable

3. 2. Settings Block
 Standard block on every page
 Edit Items you have permissions for
 across site
 a course
 an activity

4. 3. New HTML Editor
 Based on TinyMCE
 Works on more browsers
 Integrated to repositories
 Resizable Editing Area
 Easier to use

5. 4. New Themes Options
 Support for Mobile Devices
 Browser Detection
 Theme settings

6. 5. Activity Completion
 Specify when activity is complete
 Manual completion
 Participants can track progress
 Overall report available
 Course status

7. 6. Community Hubs
 Share courses with others
 Register on Moodle hub
 Enrol or Download option
 Standard Metadata
 Create a hub
 Build template database

8. 7. ePortfolios
 Publish or save items from Moodle to other places
 Multiple Formats
 Supports exports to
 Downloading
 Box.net
 Flickr
 Google Docs
 Mahara
 Picasa

9. 8. Enrolment Plugins
 Different plugins
 Multiple of same type!
 Set self-enrolment limits
 Create Cohorts
 Across site
 Category
 Auto-Enrols members

10. 9. Feedback
 Customisable survey tool
 Multiple question types
 Easy to configure

11. 10. Roles & Permissions
 Improved interfaces
 Isolation of Administrator role
 New Manager role

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