GSOC/2009

Overview of the Google Summer of Code 2009 projects for Moodle.

Record audio repository plugin

Student: Andrei Băutu

Mentor: Jerome Mouneyrac

Specification: Development:Record audio repository plugin

See also:

• Using Moodle Record audio repository plugin and GSOC: Record Audio/Video directly into resources/activities forum discussions
• Tracker issue MDL-18341
• Developer blog Nothing fancy, Just blogging
• Modules and plugins database entries Riffly repository plugin and Nanogong repository plugin
• Audio and video test course - login with username test and password test

Timeline course format

Student: Jose Cedeno

Mentor: Martin Langhoff

Specification: Timeline course format

See also:

• Using Moodle What would you like to see or have in a blog-style course page format? and Timeline Course Format - please help with testing! forum discussions
• Tracker issue CONTRIB-1403
• Developer blog Flop’s Scribbles
• Timeline course format test course - login with username test and password test

Improve Moodle user experience consistency

Student: Olli Savolainen

Mentor: Tim Hunt

Specification: Development:Usability/Improve Moodle User Experience Consistency

See also:

• Developer blog Moodle User Experience consistency
• Tracker issue MDL-19586
• Using Moodle Consistency: UI guidelines (GSoC 2009) forum discussion
• Main outcome: Moodle User Interface Guidelines
• Blog entry: Final report of the project

What you paint is what you get

Student: Mihai Sucan

Mentor: Martin Langhoff

Specification: Paint tool on MoodleDocs

See also:

• Using Moodle gsoc: what you paint is what you get and PaintWeb demo - please test, PaintWeb demo in Moodle 2 is available forum discussions
• Tracker issues CONTRIB-1456 and MDL-20124
• Developer blog: Mihai's blog
• Project home: PaintWeb on Google Code
• Paintweb test course - login with username test and password test

Google Gears integration

Student: Alberto J Varela

Mentors: Dongsheng Cai, Dan Marsden and Martin Langhoff

Specification: Development:Google Gears integration

See also:

• Using Moodle Google Gears integration and OLPC and GG-based offline-moodle forum discussions
• Tracker issue MDL-18444
• Developer blog The Gears of Life
• Modules and plugins database entry Offline Moodle: Google Gears caching
• Offline caching documentation
• Offline test site

XML templates for administrative settings

Student: Chris Waclawik

Mentors: Penny Leach, Dan Poltawski

Specification: XML Administrator Settings

See also:

• Using Moodle GSOC project: XML admin settings presets forum discussion
• Tracker issue MDL-18548
• Developer blog Moodle GSOC 2009

Update: Unfortunately this project failed to get off the ground and sadly had to be abandoned.

Mentors

In addition to the mentors named for each project, the following developers have also offered their help with mentoring:

• Anthony Borrow (Contrib coordinator)
• Martin Dougiamas (Moodle founder and lead developer)
• Eloy Lafuente (stronk7) (Moodle's knight in shining armour)
• David Mudrák (Workshop module developer)
• Petr Škoda (skodak) (Senior Moodle developer and security officer)