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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Moodle 1.6 is out and I downloaded it
last night. Quite a few improvements. One of the most interesting is the </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Chameleon theme. Shift click on a part of the page brings up a CSS
editor and allows you to edit the theme in real time. Go to <a
href="http://chameleon-theme.unodo.de/"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>http://chameleon-theme.unodo.de/</span></font></a> to have
a play with the concept. Don’t be put off by the mess the front page
appears to be in. Everyone’s been playing with the theme. Blogging is
also included as part of a users profile. I think this version will encourage a
lot more schools to seriously consider using it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I also looked up how to embed video on a
web page. This can work in any version. Upload a file like a *.wmf or quicktime
into the files area and (for example) </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><EMBED SRC=<a
href="http://127.0.0.1/moodle/file.php/1/MyMovie.wmv">http://127.0.0.1/moodle/file.php/1/MyMovie.wmv</a>
WIDTH=240 HEIGHT = 196 AUTOPLAY=true CONTROLLER=true <st1:place w:st="on">LOOP</st1:place>=false
PLUGINSPAGE=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/"> into a label etc. (use
the html editing part) .Save the page and view the video.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Cheers!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Phil Brown<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wellington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:State
w:st="on">SC</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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