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[https://moodle.net/ MoodleNet] is an open, social, media platform for educators, initially focused on sharing and curating collections of open content. It is a central place from where educators can easily detect quality content to meet the needs of their learners and courses. You can either use MoodleNet Central, the global public MoodleNet, or install your own instance of MoodleNet. Read the [https://docs.moodle.org/moodlenet/Main_Page MoodleNet documentation] for more information about MoodleNet.
==MoodleNet inbound settings==
As an administrator you can connect to an instance of MoodleNet so course teachers can browse for and import content.


Short URL for this page: '''https://moodle.com/moodlenet'''
# From ''Site administration > Advanced features,'' make sure Enable MoodleNet integration (inbound) is checked. (It is enabled by default.)
# From ''Site administration > General > MoodleNet settings'', check the settings in the link MoodleNet inbound settings.
# Optionally, from Site administration > Courses > Activity chooser > Activity chooser settings, select MoodleNet from the footer dropdown. This will then display a link in the [[Activity chooser]].


''Note: This page describes a new project started in 2017 to improve the features provided by the moodle.net and moodle.org community portals. For the legacy mechanism of inter-connecting multiple Moodle and Mahara sites into a network, please see the [[MNet]] page.''
==MoodleNet outbound settings==
{{New features}}
As an administrator you can connect to an instance of MoodleNet so that course teachers or others with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/moodlenet:shareactivity| moodlenet:shareactivity]] can send course content to the selected MoodleNet site. (Note that the feature does not currently support sharing whole courses.)


== What is MoodleNet? ==
# From ''Site administration > Development > Experimental settings'', check the box Enable sharing to MoodleNet (outbound)
# You will then have an extra setting (Enable sharing to MoodleNet (outbound)) from ''Site administration > General > MoodleNet settings'', prompting you to set up a MoodleNet OAuth 2 service.
# From ''Site administration > Server > OAuth2 services'', click the MoodleNet button and set up your service. See [[OAuth 2 MoodleNet service]].
# Once the service is created, go to ''Site administration > General > MoodleNet outbound settings'' and set the OAuth 2 service to the service you just created.
# When everything is configured correctly, users with the Capabilities/moodle/moodlenet:shareactivity will see a link "Share to MoodleNet" from the More tab of an item they want to share.


MoodleNet is currently described by Martin Dougiamas, CEO of Moodle as, "a new open social media platform for educators, focussed on professional development and open content". A visual overview of the intended elements of MoodleNet are given in the diagram below;
[[File:ShareMoodleNet.png|More link to share to MoodleNet]]


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MoodleNet will be an integral part of the Moodle ecosystem.
 
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We'll be building out this page as the MoodleNet project develops.
 
== Tracking progress ==
 
* Blog ''(coming soon!)''
* [https://tracker.moodle.org/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=81&projectKey=MDLNET Issue tracker]
* [https://docs.moodle.org/402/en/MoodleNet-meetings Notes from meetings]
 
== Research ==
 
* [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooko's_triangle Zooko's triangle] - interesting less for the theory, more for the technologies / approaches which refute the conjecture. Notably: [https://blockstack.org Blockstack], [https://gnunet.org GNUnet], and [http://openalias.org OpenAlias]
 
== Explaining MoodleNet ==
 
Explaining something new to people is difficult, as we understand the future through the lens of past experience. Therefore, as imperfect as these analogies are, they all get at ''something'' which will help MoodleNet empower educators and further Moodle's mission:
 
* [https://jetpack.com/ Jetpack for WordPress] - a plugin for WordPress created by the developers of WordPress. This allows self-hosted installations to be connected to a wordpress.com account to enable extra features. Good for the user (free additional functionality), and good for Automattic, who make Worpress (track number of installations, potential to upsell products/services) 
 
== Feedback ==
 
At the MoodleMoot in Miami (November 2017) we ran sessions on MoodleNet. The output of those sessions, including feedback from participants, can be found here: https://docs.moodle.org/402/en/MoodleNet-MootUS17
 
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Latest revision as of 06:41, 17 July 2023

MoodleNet is an open, social, media platform for educators, initially focused on sharing and curating collections of open content. It is a central place from where educators can easily detect quality content to meet the needs of their learners and courses. You can either use MoodleNet Central, the global public MoodleNet, or install your own instance of MoodleNet. Read the MoodleNet documentation for more information about MoodleNet.

MoodleNet inbound settings

As an administrator you can connect to an instance of MoodleNet so course teachers can browse for and import content.

  1. From Site administration > Advanced features, make sure Enable MoodleNet integration (inbound) is checked. (It is enabled by default.)
  2. From Site administration > General > MoodleNet settings, check the settings in the link MoodleNet inbound settings.
  3. Optionally, from Site administration > Courses > Activity chooser > Activity chooser settings, select MoodleNet from the footer dropdown. This will then display a link in the Activity chooser.

MoodleNet outbound settings

New feature
in Moodle 4.2!

As an administrator you can connect to an instance of MoodleNet so that course teachers or others with the capability moodlenet:shareactivity can send course content to the selected MoodleNet site. (Note that the feature does not currently support sharing whole courses.)

  1. From Site administration > Development > Experimental settings, check the box Enable sharing to MoodleNet (outbound)
  2. You will then have an extra setting (Enable sharing to MoodleNet (outbound)) from Site administration > General > MoodleNet settings, prompting you to set up a MoodleNet OAuth 2 service.
  3. From Site administration > Server > OAuth2 services, click the MoodleNet button and set up your service. See OAuth 2 MoodleNet service.
  4. Once the service is created, go to Site administration > General > MoodleNet outbound settings and set the OAuth 2 service to the service you just created.
  5. When everything is configured correctly, users with the Capabilities/moodle/moodlenet:shareactivity will see a link "Share to MoodleNet" from the More tab of an item they want to share.

More link to share to MoodleNet

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