tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699523296484272508.post8411368784075318976..comments2024-01-07T07:24:17.492-08:00Comments on Taming Moodle: Is Moodle ugly?Dolfahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18247732035885975810noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699523296484272508.post-10433975669740964932014-02-01T11:27:24.261-08:002014-02-01T11:27:24.261-08:00Taming Moodle? Nice idea. If it ever happens!
Yes...Taming Moodle? Nice idea. If it ever happens!<br /><br />Yes, it is ugly, but most of all I think it is extremely user unfriendly in terms of getting this thing running for the first time - when the end user is not too much of a software geek. I wanted this to run in my Windows 7 machine with Apache and mysql server I already have. Instructions looks way too complicated, sort of a tech tool designed by sw engineers for sw engineers. Unless there is a dedicated IT team, this is not going to fly for small scale users...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699523296484272508.post-6713385353385101262008-04-18T14:28:00.000-07:002008-04-18T14:28:00.000-07:00Thanks eamon. Sometimes simplicity is really the ...Thanks eamon. Sometimes simplicity is really the key - and in my organization it is the difference between success or failure. I work in a rural hospital with lots of non-tech-savvy people. They need simple, intuitive buttons and not a lot of text to read. This layout was quick, easy, and simple. I think the designers at Apple are on to something with the iPhone interface, so I was inspired to follow that pattern. Nuvola iconset is just great! I wish I knew how to design icons like that (and had the time to do it).everdreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180680412805864943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699523296484272508.post-89436356783265169782008-04-18T01:18:00.000-07:002008-04-18T01:18:00.000-07:00@everdreamI like it. nice icons and a good unclutt...@everdream<BR/>I like it. nice icons and a good uncluttered feel.Eamon Costellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178388583209644842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699523296484272508.post-45128834695842228782008-04-04T17:29:00.000-07:002008-04-04T17:29:00.000-07:00Sorry. Try ths screen shot again hereSorry. Try ths screen shot again <A HREF="http://picasaweb.google.com/Richard.Ingalls/ScreenshotsAndStuff/photo#5185550426456467682" REL="nofollow">here</A>everdreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180680412805864943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699523296484272508.post-21621623352344942382008-04-04T17:28:00.000-07:002008-04-04T17:28:00.000-07:00I ended up using the theme "Experience 24/7 4.5" b...I ended up using the theme "Experience 24/7 4.5" because it has a nice clean look. I decided not to display course or categories on the front page and instead just create a table in HTML with icons from the Nuvola set which link to the categories I've created.<BR/><BR/>You can see a screenshot here:<BR/>http://picasaweb.google.com/Richard.Ingalls/ScreenshotsAndStuff/photo#5185550426456467682everdreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180680412805864943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699523296484272508.post-56033124006288747112008-04-04T13:57:00.000-07:002008-04-04T13:57:00.000-07:00I agree @everdream. Moodle has had a lick of the u...I agree @everdream. Moodle has had a lick of the ugly stick. Its hard to organise a lot of stuff in a course without sticking it all in one long page. I've tried social, weekly and the other formats and none of them are quite right.<BR/><BR/>When you link a resource in a frame it adds an ugly frame border. why oh why not supress the border? <BR/>WebCT was a plain old dame but even she 'd put Moodle to shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6699523296484272508.post-68708365566314388552008-03-28T06:49:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:49:00.000-07:00Moodle is ugly and it could learn a few lessons fr...Moodle is ugly and it could learn a few lessons from Joomla or Drupal as far as customizing the positioning of modules/blocks. In Joomla, it is so easy for me to move things around without having to resort to editing the CSS/HTML. In Moodle, this is not so.<BR/><BR/>Also, there are only a few well designed themes for Moodle (I know this is subjective, but compare it with all the available themes for Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress and you'll see what I mean). If I had more time, I'd work on creating some new designs for themes, but I've found that I like some from New School Learning, so I'll be happy with these and just "tweak" them as necessary.<BR/><BR/>Is Moodle ugly? Yes! But I still use it for my corporate LMS because its Open Source and there's large support community. It may be ugly, but it is functional!everdreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18180680412805864943noreply@blogger.com