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Verfassungklage@troet.cafe<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Moodlebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moodlebox</span></a> für <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Exkursionen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exkursionen</span></a> nutzen. </p><p>Ob auf Berggipfeln, in Sümpfen, am Südpol oder in der hintersten Ecke eines <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Schulgeb%C3%A4udes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Schulgebäudes</span></a> - mit der <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Moodlebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moodlebox</span></a> spannst du dein eigenes <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/WLAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WLAN</span></a> und stellst eine <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Lernplattform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lernplattform</span></a> zur Verfügung. Ein gängiger <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> genügt dafür. </p><p>Wäre es nicht prima, wenn man sein eigenes Internet in der Tasche hätte und an jedem Ort dieser Welt zur Verfügung stellen könnte? Zumindest im <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Bildungsbereich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bildungsbereich</span></a> ist dies möglich. </p><p><a href="https://gnulinux.ch/moodlebox-f%C3%BCr-exkursionen-nutzen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gnulinux.ch/moodlebox-f%C3%BCr</span><span class="invisible">-exkursionen-nutzen</span></a></p>
MoodleBox<p>📣 <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> 4.10.0 is out with <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moodle</span></a> 5.0+ and USB tethering! Install it via <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> Imager tool. Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tooting.ch/@nmartignoni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nmartignoni</span></a></span> ❤️ <a href="https://moodlebox.net/en/news/version-4.10.0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moodlebox.net/en/news/version-</span><span class="invisible">4.10.0/</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/openedtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openedtech</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a></p>
MoodleBox<p>MoodleBox plugin was just updated with <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moodle</span></a> 5 compatibility. Check Moodle plugins database: <a href="https://moodle.org/plugins/tool_moodlebox" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moodle.org/plugins/tool_moodle</span><span class="invisible">box</span></a> Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tooting.ch/@nmartignoni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nmartignoni</span></a></span> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a></p>
Marcus Green<p>“MathJax fonts do not load if loaded from local hosted instance, with Moodle 5 only”</p><p>This was an issue that would particularly affect <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> a custom distribution of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> that is aimed at sites without an internet connection..<br />It was reported 4 days ago, it is now fixed.</p><p><a href="https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-85155" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-</span><span class="invisible">85155</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/edtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>edtech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>maths</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mathematics</span></a></p>
Marcus Green<p>If you are a fan of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> on the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> ). Voting for this issue on the Moodle 5 tracker for locally loading MathJax will help with allowing MoodleBox to upgrade to 5.</p><p><a href="https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-85155" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-</span><span class="invisible">85155</span></a></p>
MoodleBox<p>📣 <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> 4.9.0 is out with <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moodle</span></a> 4.5.3+ LTS! Install it via <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> Imager tool. Thanks <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tooting.ch/@nmartignoni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nmartignoni</span></a></span> ❤️ <a href="https://moodlebox.net/en/news/version-4.9.0/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moodlebox.net/en/news/version-</span><span class="invisible">4.9.0/</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/openedtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openedtech</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a></p>
olеg lаvrоvsky<p>Thinking about our friends in Bern, who are behind the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Lernstick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lernstick</span></a> project, decided to try <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> to set up an offline-first learning environment. We can has Raspi shell! <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/datahackdaysuri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datahackdaysuri</span></a></p>
Thom<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@marcusgreen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>marcusgreen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openedtech.social/@moodlebox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moodlebox</span></a></span> nice video, Adam! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moodlebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moodlebox</span></a></p>
Marcus Green<p>Introducing MoonPiLlama</p><p>Adam Jenkins has made a Youtube video showing how to install <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> and Ollama on a Raspberry Pi4. MoodleBox is a custom distribution of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> specifically for the Raspberry Pi. However the Moodle part includes good information on generally how to get Ollama and Moodle to work together. It also includes gratuitous use of a yellow rubber duck<br />(Yes Pi 4 not Pi 5).</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqQfzhJJFPM&amp;t=1253s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=KqQfzhJJFP</span><span class="invisible">M&amp;t=1253s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/edtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>edtech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ollama" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ollama</span></a></p>
Marcus Green<p>I have been trying out the Raspberry Pi 4 hosting from Mythic Beasts<br /><a href="https://www.mythic-beasts.com/order/rpi/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mythic-beasts.com/order/rpi/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br />My configuration is<br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> 4 4x2GHz, 8GB RAM, 4T/month with 8GB Disk space and is £16.92 per month (cheaper per quarter or year).</p><p>I installed <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NginX" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NginX</span></a> and Mariadb and ran the Benchmark tool<br /><a href="https://moodle.org/plugins/report_benchmark" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moodle.org/plugins/report_benc</span><span class="invisible">hmark</span></a></p><p>It returned 474 points and with the disk as a bottleneck. Performance seemed acceptable for the trivial tasks I have done so far.<br /><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GPL</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Edtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Edtech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.mythic-beasts.com/@beasts" class="u-url mention">@<span>beasts</span></a></span></p>
Marcus Green<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> is a custom version of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> aimed at the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> and so suited for low resource situations. A common question is “what about performance”, or “how many students can be on it at once”. The project Maintainer Nicolas Martignoni has given a detailed response to a question about this here.</p><p><a href="https://discuss.moodlebox.net/d/481-best-practices-for-optimizing-moodlebox-performance" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discuss.moodlebox.net/d/481-be</span><span class="invisible">st-practices-for-optimizing-moodlebox-performance</span></a></p><p>I was particularly interested in the response about <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WiFi</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/edtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>edtech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sustainabledevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sustainabledevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Thom<p>B. White presenting a workshop on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MootJP25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MootJP25</span></a> in Kyoto Japan. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openedtech.social/@moodle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>moodle</span></a></span></p>
Dan McGuire<p>We appreciate the people who make MoodleCloud reliable for our work. We couldn't do it without them. <a href="https://moodle.com/news/sabier-moodlecloud-literacy-in-africa/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">moodle.com/news/sabier-moodlec</span><span class="invisible">loud-literacy-in-africa/</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moodle</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/moodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moodleBox</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/MoodleCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoodleCloud</span></a></p>
Dan McGuire<p>Our paper about the Sopala project is now available on the MIT Open Learning site as part of the AI and Open Education Initiative collection. <a href="https://aiopeneducation.pubpub.org/pub/7npwm2su/release/4?readingCollection=06969c6d" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aiopeneducation.pubpub.org/pub</span><span class="invisible">/7npwm2su/release/4?readingCollection=06969c6d</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/OER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OER</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> <a href="https://openedtech.social/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moodle</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tooting.ch/@nmartignoni" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nmartignoni</span></a></span> and others</p>
Marcus Green<p>I have made a video clip running <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ollama" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ollama</span></a> and the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sgemma" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sgemma</span></a>:2b model on my 16GB <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> which also has <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a>, a custom version of the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> Virtual Learning Environment running at the same time.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/moodleai" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>moodleai</span></a></p>
Marcus Green<p>Nicolas Martignoni <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@nmartignoni@tooting.ch" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosstodon.org/@nmartignoni@too</span><span class="invisible">ting.ch</span></a> maintainer of the MoodleBox project (Moodle on a Raspberry Pi) <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@moodlebox@openedtech.social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fosstodon.org/@moodlebox@opene</span><span class="invisible">dtech.social</span></a> project has updated the report in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> repository to recognise the new 16GB model. </p><p>I will continue to explore any performance implications of the additional ram both for MoodleBox and associated <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> related software.</p>
Marcus Green<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodlebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodlebox</span></a> on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> 5 16GB works</p><p>I swapped the 8GB board for the new 16GB board. I re-assembled and restarted with the same microSD card and it worked as expected. That is based on about 5 minutes of testing.</p>
Marcus Green<p>My <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> 5 with 16Gb is due to be delivered to me today. My first job once it is in a case will be to check out <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a></p>
Marcus Green<p>Who would pay $120 for a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> ?</p><p>Jeff Geerling asked this question on this Youtube video (thanks for the link <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@wisecat" class="u-url mention">@<span>wisecat</span></a></span>).<br />I suspect the extra RAM will be useful for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> especially if running the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/STACK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>STACK</span></a> question type along with the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Goemaxima" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Goemaxima</span></a> back end. The <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> quiz engine on its own is quite resource hungry. Apparently the PI5 with 16GB I ordered today is already “in the post”. I consider Mr Geerling to be rather excellent.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWi16EROKc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=apWi16EROKc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Marcus Green<p>Just ordered a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RaspberryPI</span></a> 16GB. The 16GB version was announced today, only 8GB was available previously. I will install <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MoodleBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MoodleBox</span></a> on it. MoodleBox is a customised <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Moodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Moodle</span></a> distribution specifically for the Raspberry PI.</p>