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The Moodle community meeting involving representatives from MoodleBox, Moodle Japan, and Moodle France. The discussion focuses on project updates, technical challenges, and the role of national associations in research and development (R&D).
Key Discussion Points
1. MoodleBox Synchronization (Bill/Nicholas)
- Functionality: Bill discussed the synchronization capabilities of MoodleBox, which can sync student data between a university server and a MoodleBox instance.
- Security & API: Currently, it uses REST APIs and tokens built into Moodle. The team is exploring OAuth but acknowledges current security isn’t 100% perfect yet.
- Use Cases: Beyond the “MoodleBox” itself, this tool is useful for:
- Multiple campuses syncing general education courses.
- Creating a “giant sharing cart” where teachers pick and choose activities from a central repository.
- Textbook workbook scenarios where users get free Moodles but need to sync specific content.
2. Video Assessment Module (VAM) (Suguru)
- Purpose: A plugin allowing for rubric-based assessment of video performances (speeches, nursing skills, etc.).
- Tutorials: Suguru created three tutorials to lower the entry barrier for teachers: setting up activities, building rubrics from templates, and reviewing submissions.
- Technical Limitation: There are issues with YouTube’s “old dubbing” feature. Languages must be selected before publishing; missing dubs cannot be added later, and copyright flags on background music can prevent dubbing generation.
- Future Plan: The team aims to contact approximately 800 Japanese universities to identify needs and share documentation/resources by the end of the year.
3. Role of National Associations (Dan/Harold)
- Grassroots R&D: Dan emphasized that long-term commitment from educators at the grassroots level (like Moodle Japan and France) is more effective than top-down assignments from HQ.
- Examples: The Video Assessment module has gone through 12-14 iterations yearly, while MoodleBox has improved over 10 years of iteration.
- Funding: National associations contribute funding (e.g., 1 million yen to the Quiz Question Bank project) and government ministry funding is utilized for open-source projects.
Next Meeting & Closing
- Date: Tuesday, October 27th (approximately four weeks from the current meeting).
- Topics: AI and Security. Specifically:
- MDL Shield: A tool by Marina Glancy to help make plugin developments more secure using AI.
- Google Platform Security: Philip Kropp will discuss securing Google platforms for Moodle admins.
- Invitation: The team invites attendees to visit the Moodle Mood Japan conference in Kitakyushu next March (during cherry blossom season).
The meeting concluded with a thank you to all participants and a reminder that slide links were shared in the chat.
Useful links
Slideshow
MoodleMoot Japan
https://moodlejapan.org/course/view.php?id=123&lang=en
Moodle Box
Course Sync
https://github.com/billsensei/moodle-block_coursesync
Video Assessment Module