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'''Mentors''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=153093&course=5 David Horat] and [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=51473&course=5 Anthony Borrow]
'''Mentors''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=153093&course=5 David Horat] and [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=51473&course=5 Anthony Borrow]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Usability issues]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Usability issues|Usability issues]]


==XMLDB/SQLite==
==XMLDB/SQLite==
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'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=17383&course=5 Penny Leach]
'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=17383&course=5 Penny Leach]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/SQLite]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/SQLite|SQLite]]


==Animated grade statistics report==
==Animated grade statistics report==
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'''Mentors''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=521521&course=1 Greg Wilson], [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=51473&course=5 Anthony Borrow] and [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=240338&course=5 Nicolas Connault]
'''Mentors''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=521521&course=1 Greg Wilson], [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=51473&course=5 Anthony Borrow] and [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=240338&course=5 Nicolas Connault]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Animated grade statistics report]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Animated grade statistics report|Animated grade statistics report]]


==Web 2.0 language editing interface==
==Web 2.0 language editing interface==
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'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=104159&course=5 Dan Poltawski]
'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=104159&course=5 Dan Poltawski]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Feed aggregation library]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Feed aggregation library|Feed aggregation library]]


==New customisable theme==
==New customisable theme==
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'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=11995 Shane Elliott]
'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=11995 Shane Elliott]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Customisable theme]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Customisable theme|Customisable theme]]


==Blog improvements and the addition of a blog assignment module==
==Blog improvements and the addition of a blog assignment module==
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'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=423027&course=5 Mathieu Petit-Clair]
'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=423027&course=5 Mathieu Petit-Clair]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Blog improvements]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Blog improvements|Blog improvements]]


==Messaging improvements==
==Messaging improvements==
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'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1 Martin Dougiamas]
'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1 Martin Dougiamas]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Further messaging improvements]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Further messaging improvements|Further messaging improvements]]


==Automatic accessibility checking==
==Automatic accessibility checking==
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'''Mentors''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=153093&course=5 David Horat] and [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1 Martin Dougiamas]
'''Mentors''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=153093&course=5 David Horat] and [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1 Martin Dougiamas]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Automatic accessibility checking]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Automatic accessibility checking|Automatic accessibility checking]]


==Competency tracking==
==Competency tracking==
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'''Mentors''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1 Martin Dougiamas] and [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=152257 Jonathan Newman]
'''Mentors''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1 Martin Dougiamas] and [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=152257 Jonathan Newman]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Competency tracking]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Competency tracking|Competency tracking]]


==Secure RSS feeds==
==Secure RSS feeds==
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'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=240338&course=5 Nicolas Connault]
'''Mentor''': [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=240338&course=5 Nicolas Connault]


'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Secure RSS feeds]]
'''Full specification''': [[Student projects/Secure RSS feeds|Secure RSS feeds]]


==Moodle IDE==
==Moodle IDE==

Revision as of 11:12, 24 April 2008

Overview of the Google Summer of Code 2008 projects for Moodle. Thanks to Google for the opportunity to get these developed!


Detecting and solving specific usability issues

The main objective of this project is to detect and solve specific usability issues.

Student: Laia Subirats Maté

Mentors: David Horat and Anthony Borrow

Full specification: Usability issues

XMLDB/SQLite

This project is about adding SQLite to the Moodle database abstraction layer and adding a mechanism to copy a live Moodle database into a SQLite database to implement a mechanism to switch into 'testing mode' using a SQLite copy of the live database.

Student: Andrei Bautu

Mentor: Penny Leach

Full specification: SQLite

Animated grade statistics report

This project is about using the Flare library to develop some cool and useful visualisation of information in the Moodle gradebook.

Student: Daniel Servos

Mentors: Greg Wilson, Anthony Borrow and Nicolas Connault

Full specification: Animated grade statistics report

Web 2.0 language editing interface

Moodle is designed to be translated into many languages, and currently has over 70 language packs. The existing language editing interface enables translators to check for untranslated words or phrases and also enables Moodle administrators to change words or phrases used in Moodle.

This project will involve creating a Web 2.0 language editing interface which will include features such as syntax error detection, a search and replace function for changing a particular word and a spell checker.

Student: Avi Mehta

Mentors: David Mudrák, Petr Skoda (Skodak) and Koen Roggemans

Full specification: Language editing interface

Feed aggregation library

Student: Chris Zubak-Skees

Mentor: Dan Poltawski

Full specification: Feed aggregation library

New customisable theme

Student: Akshit Sharma

Mentor: Shane Elliott

Full specification: Customisable theme

Blog improvements and the addition of a blog assignment module

Student: Joey Morwick

Mentor: Mathieu Petit-Clair

Full specification: Blog improvements

Messaging improvements

Student: Luis Filipe Romão Rodrigues

Mentor: Martin Dougiamas

Full specification: Further messaging improvements

Automatic accessibility checking

Student: David W. Knight

Mentors: David Horat and Martin Dougiamas

Full specification: Automatic accessibility checking

Competency tracking

Student: Sarves Kengatharaiyer

Mentors: Martin Dougiamas and Jonathan Newman

Full specification: Competency tracking

Secure RSS feeds

Student: Askars Salimbajevs

Mentor: Nicolas Connault

Full specification: Secure RSS feeds

Moodle IDE

This project is about creating a Moodle integrated development environment (IDE), based on Eclipse, so that new developers can begin developing Moodle in less time.

Student: Grady Laksmono

Mentors: Petr Skoda (Skodak) and Anthony Borrow

Full specification: Moodle IDE