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by Helen Foster.  Thanks to all the students who applied to work with Moodle for Google Summer of Code 2012. As in previous years, it was very difficult deciding which project proposals to accept.
Congratulations and welcome to the four students w…

by Michael de Raadt.  Please pass this on to people who may be interested.
1st Moodle Research Conference
September 14-15, 2012
Heraklion, Crete-Greece
http://research.moodle.net/
Call for Papers
Prospective authors are invited to submit:

Researc…

by Helen Foster.  I’m pleased to announce a new feature on moodle.org – Developer credits – listing all of our wonderful developers who have contributed code to Moodle since the project began in 2001. A huge thank you to everyone!
In addition to …

by Helen Foster.  As a continuation of its long-term stewardship of the Moodle Quiz, the Open University in the UK is pleased to announce the release of a set of ten new question types for Moodle 2.1 onwards. All are available for download from th…

di Michael de Raadt.  Moodle 2.2.1, Moodle 2.1.4, Moodle 2.0.7 and Moodle 1.9.16 have been released.
In addition to a number of bug fixes and small improvements, security vulnerabilities have been discovered and fixed. Thanks to the reporters and …

by Helen Foster.  Happy New Year to everyone in our Moodle community!
If you’d like to meet up with other Moodlers in person in 2012, there are plenty of Moodle conferences coming up:

MoodleMoot Japan 2012 – Mie, Japan, 22-23 February
MoodleMoot …

by Martin Dougiamas.  Hi!
We’re looking for more feedback from Moodle users about the features that our core developers should be working on during 2012.
If you have a spare couple of minutes could you please take part?  There’s only four require…

di Helen Foster.  Moodle is one of the top 10 tools for learning in 2011!
Over 500 learning professionals from around the world shared their top 10 tools for learning recently in the 5th Annual Survey of Learning Tools organised by Jane Hart of th…

di Helen Foster.  In addition to the Moodle 2.2 release announced earlier today, Moodle 2.1.3, Moodle 2.0.6 and Moodle 1.9.15 have also been released.
In addition to a number of bug fixes and small improvements, 13 security vulnerabilities have be…

by Martin Dougiamas.  Hi!
I’m very pleased to announce the release of Moodle 2.2 (just a few days later than our strictly planned schedule because of a particularly tricky last-minute bug with blocks that took us into the weekend). 
You can get n…

di Helen Foster.  The Neil Squire Society (NSS) is a Canadian not-for-profit organization that supports and empowers people with physical disabilities.
Online learning programs provided through Moodle are helping train people to reach their employ…

di Helen Foster.  I’m pleased to announce that Moodle 2.2, due for release on 1st December 2011, will include the new feature rubrics for grading assignments.A rubric consists of a set of criteria, each with several levels. A grade is calculated b…