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Newsletter May 2011

Thursday, 05 May 2011 15:20 

My 2011

Enovation News

2011 has gotten off to a flying start at Enovation Solutions with lots happening! Our blog has been proving quite the hit, we've been out and about with more conferences coming up and our latest MoodleBites course starts at the end of the month. We've given you a taster of our news in this mail, along with details to register for our upcoming webinar and courses.

Just one of our new contracts this year has been the International Trade Centre (ITC) based in Geneva. Full details here.

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Due to popular demand, MoodleBites is back. MoodleBites is an 8 week course delivered online and resulting in the award of a Moodle Course Creator Certificate (MCCC) on completion of the following modules:

  • Free Module: Understanding Moodle
  • Module 1: Setting up your first Moodle course
  • Module 2: Adding resources and using blocks
  • Module 3: Using Moodle activities I
  • Module 4: Using Moodle activities II
  • Module 5: Using Moodle activities III
  • Module 6: Student & course management
  • Module 7: Using Multimedia in your courses
  • Module 8: Extending Moodle

Course cost: €150

Our next course begins on 30th May.

To book** please follow the directions below:

  1. Fill in the registration form here
  2. Click here to pay online.

**Early booking recommended due to demand

Advanced Moodle Webinar - "The Quiz"  

Mark Melia, our regular blogger and programme analyst, will be presenting our latest Webinar on 24th May. This month's webinar is going to delve into the Quiz activity on Moodle. So if you fancy the idea of using Quiz to it's full potential join us for this FREE lunchtime webinar. To register click here.

Enovation Out & About

On the 23rd March we took part in NDLRfest. This events gave an opportunity to highlight and celebrate the learning resources and associated activities and initiatives that have been taking place in specific institutions over the past 12 months supported by the NDLR service. Enovation's Paul Bachy, Gary Mahon & Mark Melia spent the day watching presentations and talking to people on our stand

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On 1st & 2nd June we're heading to Waterford IT for this year's Edtech. As a sponsor we are looking forward to our involvement in the event. Enovation's Liam Ryan will be presentating during the "Technology in Action" section of the event alongside Terry from Enovation client's, Institute of Technology, Tallaght. You can register for the event here: http://tinyurl.com/edtechconf11. Follow us on Twitter and keep an eye out for the #edtech11 hashtag.

 

Our Blog - now on Planet Moodle!

Since launching our blog back in December we have received excellent feedback from different sources and are now included in the Planet Moodle blog! Our team of technical experts keep the blog up to date with articles on various parts of Moodle and other open source technology, and always include their own "personal take" on things!

Generate random test date in Moodle 2.0

Creating SCORM content for Moodle

Game in Moodle

Drupal - We love it at Enovation

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Testimonials

“Enovation proved to be an expert and helpful partner on this project.  At all times they worked closely with our team and were able to overcome any issues we encountered.  We are delighted to have been able to meet our deadlines and that the project has been so successful.”

- David Ross, Director CAPD, UWS
"We expect DSpace to be instrumental with helping us to make huge advancements as we move from pilot to full national service and advance to the next level. It has improved infrastructure, search, storage and bulk upload facility."
- Catherine Bruen, NDLR
"We have a diverse student community, with flexible learning and study requirements on our various full time, part time, and flexible programmes."
- Rosemary Cooper, ITT Dublin
"It is about efficiency for the library. Each time we got a request it took a long time to collate the information because it was in so many different places and so many different formats."
- Sile Coleman, South Dublin County Council
"Open access repositories are challenging and transforming the established publishing industry in much the same way as the open source movement has fundamentally changed the software industry."
- Niamh Brennan, Trinity College Dublin
"We selected Enovation following a tendering process involving Moodle Partners based in the UK and Ireland.  Our choice of partner was based on Enovation’s strong track record of successfully providing similar solutions. We are very pleased with the success of the initial project which went extremely well overall."
- Brian Casey, Associate Director, Motherwell College
"Enovation provided invaluable advice and detailed product knowledge and support during the Drupal deployment at the University. We now have multiple departments across the University maintaining their own content. This has not only empowered users but means information on the DCU web is provide in a more timely and accurate manner."
- Ian Bell, DCU MIS Manager

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