[SLUG] Moodle experience appreciated
My colleagues at OLPC Australia [1] need some help with Moodle, which we are using for our online course [2] for Australian teachers. Would anyone be able to lend a hand? We have skills on the course creation side, but not in the code. If you are interested in helping out, I can put you in touch with our education team. Thanks, Sridhar [1] http://www.laptop.org.au [2] http://laptop.moodle.com.au -- "Our mission is to enhance learning opportunities for the 300,000 primary school aged children, living in remote Australia, by providing each one with a connected XO laptop as part of a sustainable training and support program, by 2014." http://www.laptop.org.au/ http://www.laptop.org.au/participate http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] advice for new laptop...
On 03/12/11 10:44, simran wrote: wanted to ask you for some advice... i need a new laptop, and here's my needs: must have's: * SSD hard drive (or at least a quick HD) * at least 8 Gig's RAM (12-16 Gig's would be ideal) * two finger scroll on the touchpad (like macbook pro's etc have as a default) * solid robust reliable hardy hardware would really love: * beautiful 15" screen (good hi-res one with a nice looking display) * nice form for the laptop in general (aka, just looks beautiful :) ah... i've been swayed by few things "apple" Is there anything you can recommend? My day to day PC is an Asus U36SD: http://www.asus.com.au/Notebooks/Superior_Mobility/U36SD/ I've got the i5 version with a 128GB SSD, 8GB RAM and am running ubuntu 11.04 currently. Its got one of those weird Nvidia Optimus hybrid Intel/Nvidia GPUs but I've disabled the Nvidia part of it and its all good. Its got 4 cores so running some sort of virtualisation is fine. It has 2 finger scrolling and the hardware has been pretty robust. Plus being thin its pretty light. The only real downside is that the viewing angle for the screen isn't the best but I've learned to live with it. And I wouldn't consider it a deal breaker. I want to stay away from apple because: * I use linux (ubuntu) for all development anyway (in a VM) * Mostly i'm just using the browser for just about everything else (email (gmail), documents (google docs), etc) * Hate the way they are chasing samsung trying to block galaxy tabs...:) My day to day usage is pretty much the same usage as you from the sounds of things and it this laptop is more than up to the task. dave. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] advice for new laptop...
umm... yeah... but doesn't run linux afaik On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM, simran wrote: > haha... indeed... would be good... although i think i'd still prefer my zx > spectrum :) > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:04 AM, David Lyon > wrote: >> >> Simran, >> >> I understand... you are after true beauty.. >> >> maybe you need a fignition system: >> >> - http://hackaday.com/2011/12/04/a-keyboard-for-your-fignition/ >> -- >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] advice for new laptop...
haha... indeed... would be good... although i think i'd still prefer my zx spectrum :) On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:04 AM, David Lyon wrote: > Simran, > > I understand... you are after true beauty.. > > maybe you need a fignition system: > > - http://hackaday.com/2011/12/04/a-keyboard-for-your-fignition/ > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] advice for new laptop...
Simran, I understand... you are after true beauty.. maybe you need a fignition system: - http://hackaday.com/2011/12/04/a-keyboard-for-your-fignition/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
