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<big>'''Hacks, tips and tricks'''</big> - [http://www.usq.edu.au/users/evansp/ Peter Evans], Technology Advocate, USQ

In this session, Peter discussed some common ways of tweaking Moodle courses to achieve particular effects.

;Ideas for dealing with Moodle's infamous scroll of death:
* Teach students how to show one topic vs. all topics
* HTML image icon navigation at top
* Accordion course format (expandable weeks) - contributed module

;Communication
* A separate forum for each person (like a stored ticketing system as part of the unit) - why not use dialogue? (gives notification, message can be moved, thread structure can be changed, local admin needed for dialogue install)

;Getting people in
* Enrol guests in individual courses, then group these into meta-courses

;FAQs
* Establish a forum into which students cannot start new threads. Then start FAQ threads - to "force" them into using existing thread. But note that threads can't be "stickied".

;Locally assigned roles
* Make students a "teacher" (moderator) of a forum
* Can also display each module etc. according to guest, student, teacher roles

;Meeting organisation
* Set up forum to advertise a meeting time
* Set up rating scale to indicate "Will attend", "Might attend", "Won't attend" - these ratings are retained

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