This was presented at the Moodle moot New Zealand 2011 in Unitec in Auckland. The presentation covers Moodle and Repositories.

1. Repositories
The road less travelled
MoodleMoot New Zealand 2011
Gavin Henrick

3. Anyone remember the Clash?

4. Anyone remember the song
Should I stay or should I go?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZk_HnE-cdU

5. Moodle you gonna make me think
Should I copy , should I link
Cos my files here will be fine
And will be there until the end of time
So you want make me think
Should I copy it or link?

6. Always tell me to delete
You’re happy when I face defeat
One day I’ll figure all this out
Until I do I will just shout
When I bring backups to the brink
Should I copy it or link

7. Should I copy it or link now?
Should I copy it or link now?
If link there could be trouble
And if I copy it will double
So come on and be distinct
Should I copy , should I link

8. Few questions before I start…
 How many used a repository with Moodle 1.9?
 How many use a repository with Moodle 2.x?

9. Features

10. In repository
 Web upload/download
 WebDav / FTP
 Checkin/Checkout
 Version control
 Workflow
 Metadata
 Categories
 Taxonomies
 Organisational structures
 Audit controls

11. In Moodle
 Browse repository
 Search repository
 Copy file into Moodle
 Public link to file in repository
 Dynamic link to file in repository
 Upload into repository
 Replace file in repository
 Delete file in repository

12. Use cases
 Linking to file in repository
 Linked to from many courses
 Update once, updates all
 Copying file from repository
 Always latest approved version available
 Not forced to use the same version in every course

13. Challenges
 Linking
 Backup integrity
 Course integrity
 Audit integrity
 Copying
 Duplicates of file
 Many versions in use
 Cant easily update all instances of file

14. The road less travelled
Moodle 1.9

15. Platforms
 Alfresco - www.remote-learner.net/elis
 Hive – www.harvestroad.com
 Equella - www.equella.com
 Sharepoint - www.microsoft.com
 Kaltura – www.kaltura.net

16. Plugins
 Server Side
 IMS Repository
 Mr Cute
 DOOR
 Service
 Skillsoft Asset Activity
 EURIDICE
 Scorm.com
 NLN

17. The road less travelled
Moodle 2.0

18. Repository API
 Access to files on systems outside Moodle
 Copy or Link depending on integration
 Leverage 3rd party functionality and features

19. Moodle 2 Repositories
Content Storage
 Flickr / public  Alfresco
 Youtube  Amazon S3
 Mediawiki  Box.net
 Merlot.org  Dropbox
 Picasa web album  Google Docs
 Mahara
 Server files

20. Moodle 2 Repositories
Solutions Services
 Equella  Riffly
 Hive  Nanogong
 Sharepoint  Scorm.com

21. Over to you….
Your assignments
 Explore the Moodle 2 repository options and collate
which allow linking and which allow copying only.
 Think about when you would want to link to a file and
when you would want to copy it into the course
 Document your learning resource workflow – from
thought to delivery

22. Some examples

23. ELIS

25. ELIS (1.9)

28. ELIS - info
 Remote-learner.net
 Moodle Partner
 Available now for 1.9, later in year for Moodle 2.x
 Based in USA/Canada/UK
 Contact info - mike@remote-learner.net

29. Equella

30. Equella

34. Equella - info
 Available now
 www.equella.com
 Based in Australia
 Contact info
 simon@equella.com
 @equellafella

35. Sharepoint

36. Upload Document into SharePoint

37. Add file to course

38. Add new file
The user selects
Add from the
Content options

39. Select SharePoint File Picker
Select
SharePoint from
the left hand
side. This can
be changed to
match the
intuitions name
of their
SharePoint
environment.

40. Select the file
they want.
predefined
SharePoint
document
libraries can be
set by the The User selects
Moodle admin the file they
or a new require.
navigation
feature will be
available

41. Document is
now available in
the Moodle
repository.

42. When user
select the file
the document is
loaded from
SharePoint

43. Sharepoint - info
 Available September 2011
 www.bfcnetworks.com
 Twitter: @bfc_networks
 Email: apearce@bfcnetworks.com

44. Final thoughts

45. Some final thoughts
 Need to address workflow issues
 File creation outside Moodle
 File management outside Moodle
 File Consumption in Moodle
 Understanding Licensing

46. Image Credits
 All ELIS images from rlcommunity.remote-learner.net
 All SharePoint integration images from bfcnetworks.com
 All Equella images from equella.com
 Roads - http://www.flickr.com/photos/29071316@N06/

47. Questions?

48. Remember Another brick in the wall..?

49. We all want more external linking
We want files spread across the net
images from Flickr and videos from YouTube
Teachers need to take control!
Hey! Teachers, you need to take control!
All in all its just a better way to store files
All in all its just a better way to store files

50. We do need more repositories....
We all need good version control
More crazy workflows in course creation
Developers leave them backups alone
Hey! Developers, Leave them files alone!
All in all its just another file to backup.
All in all its just another file to restore.

51. Gavin Henrick
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog
http://twitter.com/ghenrick
http://ie.linkedin.com/in/gavinhenrick
http://www.youtube.com/user/mdle2preview
http://feeds.feedburner.com/blog/somerandomthoughts
http://www.delicious.com/gavin.henrick