Improving the Journal Activity for Moodle 1.9x - great for reflections

David Monllaó's Journal activity for Moodle 1.9 is one of my all-time favourite Moodle activities.

Applications for the Journal (what's hot about it)
I use it a lot in my Intensive English classes where students have to post a write up of their speech. I can see each student's work, but each student only can view his or her write up. In other words, the student has a private view of his workspace. Very nice. The Journal can also be used by the student to reflect on a particular topic, and the student can edit and modify and refine his or her answer over time.

Enhancing David Mudrak's Stamp Collection Module for Moodle 2.2! Multistamps and Pseudoblock Stamp display.

Awarding Stamps in David Mudrak's Stamp Collection Module for Moodle 2.2 just got better!

4/4/2012 - I managed to enable Multi-Stamp awarding in the Stamp Collection Module for Moodle 2.0!!

Read all about it here and on (coming soon) Moodlenews.com.
The code for Moodle 2.2 will be published real soon. Wait for it.

Taking MP3 Quickie Version 2.00 Springbok to a whole new level

This post is to document my latest idea to improve the functionality of MP3 Quickie. My latest idea is to allow the creator of an MP3, to send an E-mail to another person. The E-mail address can either be typed in, or picked from a list of E-mails of course participants (provided each student has not disabled his or her E-mail address for privacy reasons). If the E-mail address is typed in, then the recipient can be anyone whom the sender knows. Here's a prototype image of what the Quickie can look like in the near future:

A pick list is displayed. It that allows the user to select the E-mail address from a list of course participants.

Sending an E-mail notification to a student in David Mudrak's Stamp Collection module for Moodle 2.2!

I've discovered how to send an E-mail notification for David Mudrak's Stamp Collection module for Moodle 2.2. It's really easy. All you need to do is to copy this code: