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Understanding Open Source

Posted on 05/26/2012 by William Stites

I am a big advocate of open source software.  We’ve used it at our school for a number of years.  Our firewall is an appliance called Untangle. We use open source software in the classroom including tools like Open Office … Continue reading →

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Splitting Moodle Services to Multiple Servers

Posted on 09/09/2011 by William Stites

Early this year we moved our Moodle server from a Linux server to an Apple server (Moving to Moodle 2.0:Pt. 1 – The Decision) and upgraded from 1.9 to 2.1. In doing so we were concerned with a number of … Continue reading →

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Moving to Moodle 2.0: Pt.2 The Tools and Tweaks

Posted on 06/11/2011 by William Stites

Before begining any project you want to make sure you have the tools to do the job.  In the case of a Moodle 2.0 migration you better have a really good set of tools. “Relax, all right? My old man … Continue reading →

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Moving to Moodle 2.0: Pt.1 The Decision

Posted on 06/10/2011 by William Stites

It wasn’t easy and came with a lot of investigation, thought and discussions, but we’ve decided to make the move to Moodle 2.0 this summer (2011). We have had a number of our teachers, students and tech staff playing with … Continue reading →

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