International Conference – EUNIS 2010 23–25 June, Warsaw, Poland EUNIS 2010

Workshop

The EUNIS 2010 Congress will be held on 23–25 June, however we would like to invite you to take part in workshops on 22nd June just a day before the event.

The workshops will focus on:

  • LMS integration to Moodle — morning session

    Duration: 4–4,5h
    Who is the workshop for: programmers, developers, Moodle administrators who want to know more about Moodle’s internals.

    Preliminary agenda

    The Moodle software architecture
    We briefly describe key elements of the Moodle architecture and key points of Moodle’s integration with other information systems.
    Approx duration: 30-45 min.
    Modifying vs. extending: University of Warsaw experiences
    We have been using Moodle continuously for more than five years. Starting with 1.4.3, we upgraded it through 1.6, 1.8, up to 1.9 which we are using currently. During that time, responding to our teachers’ needs we have created many custom features that needed maintaining through all of the upgrades. In this part of the workshops we share our experiences of long-time maintaining of the Moodle platform.
    Approx duration: 15 min.
    Facets of integration
    • User authorization
    • Course enrolment
    • Grade management
    An e-course is no different than normal course — it should be possible to authorize and enroll students the same way it is done with normal classes. Since it is conducted on-line, the grades might also be automatically transferred to a university’s student management system. We look closer at creating Moodle plug-ins: API, plug-in lifecycle..etc.
    Approx duration: 2–3h
    New features of Moodle 2.0
    Stable version of Moodle 2.0 is scheduled to be released in mid–2010. In this part, we take a closer look at integrating it with other information systems.
    Approx duration: 45 min.

  • Video integration to Moodle — afternoon session

    Duration: 2–3h
    Who is the workshop for: programmers, developers, Moodle administrators, IT managers, e-learning centers’ managers.

    Preliminary agenda

    Internet Television at Nicolaus Copernicus University from Torun.
    A short presentation covering key functionalities and elements of Internet Television System we’ve created in Torun, it’s role for higher education and short background of its evolution over the last 3 years.
    Approx duration: 30–45 min.
    System architecture.
    An overview of key elements and technologies every Internet Television system should be based on. Detailed presentation covering the model we’ve decided to use when implementing Internet Television, based on which we’ve also integrated to our Moodle platforms.
    Approx duration: 30–45 min.
    Programming web video applications. Integration possibilities with Moodle platform.
    Key features of Flex/AIR programming technologies, their possibilites for web video handling, media live broadcasting and recording, as well as building social meeting applications and web videoconference systems. We’ll also describe possibilities of integrating Flex applications with Moodle platforms basing on the sample web video module we’ve created as a part of the larger educational IT system in Torun.
    Approx duration: 1–1,5h.

Please, be aware that registration to workshops is additionally charged.