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This information is for teachers, using the DLB Moodle (available to schools in South Australia) and would like to import and use new themes.

Moodle comes preinstalled with a number of themes. Additional themes are available at http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id=6552 . Download and unzip the theme that you like. Next, you will have to upload the folder containing the theme to the dlb moodle site. Do do this, you would need an FTP program. A good one to use is FileZilla and it is free. Download and install the program.

Run the FileZilla program Then select File, followed by Site Manager (or click the Site Manager icon, which is the first icon on the Toolbar).

Fill up the details for y0ur site, using the above example. The user will be the schoolmoodle name that was given to you (same for password). Click OK .

To connect to the site, all you have to do is to Select QuickConnect and then your SiteName. See Below.

To upload Files or Folder, select it from the Left Window and drag it to the Right Window or simply double click it.

Now, the newly installed Theme should be available within Moodle.

I received the following email from the Edublogs:

We’ve got some pretty big news this week, something we’ve been working on for quite a while and something we think you will love.

It’s now simple to create blogs for all your students (or colleagues) without having to leave the comfort of your own blog!

http://edublogs.org/2008/03/11/simply-create-blogs-and-usernames-for-your-students/

All you have to do is visit the ‘Users’ tab in your admin area, pop in a username, email address and blog title and the system will automatically create a blog (you can create up to 15 at once) and email the login details to the new user.

If your students don’t have email addresses, no dramas, we link to a simple gmail hack that allows you to set up hundreds of different blogs with one email address.

And to top it all, you can decide to be a ‘co-administrator’ of every blog you create… so you can administer the site and even set the student as a ‘contributor’ or ‘author’ so that you can check their work before it’s published.

If you are not using Edublogs, why not give it a go. It’s FREE.

If you are looking for a easy-to-use website  creation program, then you have your answer at www.weebly.com. This WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) website building tool for non-techies offers a one-step process for adding content that’s already somewhere else on the Web, such as Flickr photos, YouTube videos and Google maps.

When you click-and-drag a YouTube video onto your page, a flash player appears with it, and you can adjust the viewing screen size. It allow easy creation of blogs.

You can change design on the fly and there is a very large number of templates to choose from. The drop and drop interface makes it a breeze to add images, Google maps etc. You can easily use this program with kids in the primary school and it is not ‘blocked’in schools as many other web 2.0 programs are.

What is special about TipCam?

One-click record, Easy and intuitive control, Record up to 20 minutes of video.

Other features: Voice-over; If you make a narration mistake, you can redo just the audio.

Flash Video (FLV) Optimized for web delivery. Viewable by anyone anywhere with nothing to download. Full motion video with audio; Smart panning; Zooming window can be fixed or follow your mouse cursor; Adjustable zooming window during recording; Free style hand drawing markup during recording.

What can you use it for?

Record and show how to use a particular feature of any program; You can even record an online video from other video site or TV feed.