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Transforming Moodle - United for Wildlife Implementation Case Study

The document discusses the development of a visually appealing MOOC site for United for Wildlife using the Moodle platform, highlighting the challenges and successes faced during the process. It showcases various enhancements like improved UI/UX, navigation, and custom features without altering Moodle's core. The first MOOC will launch in May 2015, featuring learning modules, community areas, and rewards such as certificates and badges.

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Transforming Moodle United for Wildlife MOOC case study There is a common misconception that the Moodle platform is inflexible and/or ugly. How far can you push the boundaries of Moodle without core hacks? Can Moodle be beautiful? This presentation looks at the development of a stunning MOOC site for United for Wildlife and discusses some of the hurdles and successes faced. The first MOOC for United for Wildlife will be released in early May 2015 on a dedicated platform and has an array of plugins with improvements to; UI/UX with the theme, consistent incourse navigation, additional and modified My page blocks, custom authentication, custom login, badges block and a visually bold grid course format. This presentation is a case-study showing what is possible with Moodle, using the plugin framework and no core hacks. Thomas W Bell - Lead Learning Technology Architect @ Floream @thomaswbell88 / LinkedIn
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The 1 MOOC comprises of: • 4 learning modules (BETA launch with 1) • Community areas • OpenBadge rewards • Certificate of completion The learning deliverable
Does Moodle have to look like Moodle? What have we done? What can you do?
simplify the UI admin/nav consistency select and focus activities block-regions renderers course format