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The purpose of the Cool Course Competition is to encourage people to donate great [[Moodle demo courses]] for our [http://demo.moodle.org Moodle demo site] and to start building our demo community hub for Moodle 2.0.
The purpose of the Cool Course Competition is to encourage people to donate great [[Moodle demo courses]] for our [http://demo.moodle.org Moodle demo site] and to start building our demo community hub for Moodle 2.0.
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==Dates==
==Dates==


To be decided...
The competition will be open for two months (start and end dates to be confirmed).
 
Note: You are welcome to donate great Moodle demo courses for [http://demo.moodle.org demo.moodle.org] at any time, not just when the competition is open. See [[Moodle demo courses]] for details of what to do.


==Competition categories==
==Competition categories==
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* Best application of Moodle activities
* Best application of Moodle activities
* Best use of graphics
* Best use of graphics
...
* Primary (ages 6-12)
* Secondary (ages 12-18)
* Tertiary (ages 18+)
 
''Please add suggestions for further competition categories here...''


==Competition rules==
==Competition rules==


* The Cool Course Competition is open to all Moodlers, except for Moodle.com employees.
# The Cool Course Competition is open to all Moodlers, except for Moodle.com employees.
* You may enter as many courses in the competition as you wish.
# You may enter as many courses in the competition as you wish.
* You may only enter your course in one competition category.
# You can only enter your course in one competition category.
* Your course must include at least 3 different activities e.g. a forum, a database activity and a wiki.
# Your course may be in any language.
* Your course may not use [[Contributed code|contributed modules or blocks]]. Only modules and blocks included in [http://download.moodle.org/ standard Moodle packages] may be used.
# Your course must include at least 3 different types of activity e.g. a forum, a quiz and a wiki.
* The maximum size for course backup zip files is 10MB.
# Your course may not use [[Contributed code|contributed modules or blocks]]. Only modules and blocks included in [http://download.moodle.org/ standard Moodle packages] may be used.
* All course content must be freely available or available under one of the [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses Creative Commons licenses].
# The maximum size for a course backup zip file is 32MB.
* You guarantee that they have to authority to publish the course under one of the [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses Creative Commons licenses].
# All course content must be open source or available under one of the [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses Creative Commons licenses].
* Real courses currently available on [http://demo.moodle.org demo.moodle.org] may also be entered in the competition.
# You must have the authority to publish the course under one of the [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses Creative Commons licenses] i.e. you have created the course yourself or you have permission from the course creator.
* By entering a course in the competition, you are agreeing for your course to be hosted on [http://demo.moodle.org demo.moodle.org] and available for others to download.
# Real courses currently available on [http://demo.moodle.org demo.moodle.org] may also be entered in the competition.
# By entering a course in the competition, you agree for your course to be hosted on [http://demo.moodle.org demo.moodle.org] and available for others to download.
# Moodle.com reserves the right to amend the competition and the competition rules if necessary.


==How to enter==
==How to enter==
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To enter your course in the competition:
To enter your course in the competition:


# Check carefully that all course content is copyright-free or covered by a [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses Creative Commons license].
# Check carefully that all course content is either open source or covered by a [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses Creative Commons license].
# Optional: If you wish, add a course credit block similar to the course credit block in the [http://demo.moodle.org/course/view.php?id=596 Romeo and Juliet course].
# Optional: If you wish, add a credit block similar to the credit block in the [http://demo.moodle.org/course/view.php?id=596 Romeo and Juliet course].
# Create a [[Course backup|course backup]] without user data and with the following options selected:
# Create a [[Course backup|course backup]] without user data and with the following options selected:
#*Metacourse: No
#*Metacourse: No
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There will be cash prizes for each category. If you wish to contribute towards the prizes, please use http://moodle.org/donations/ or contact [http://moodle.com Moodle.com].
There will be cash prizes for each category. If you wish to contribute towards the prizes, please use http://moodle.org/donations/ or contact [http://moodle.com Moodle.com].
==Issues to consider==
* Backup file size limit
* Competition duration
* Use of donated course for advertising
* Metadata collection (target age range for the course, ...)


==See also==
==See also==


* MDLSITE-744
* MDLSITE-744
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The purpose of the Cool Course Competition is to encourage people to donate great Moodle demo courses for our Moodle demo site and to start building our demo community hub for Moodle 2.0.


Dates

The competition will be open for two months (start and end dates to be confirmed).

Note: You are welcome to donate great Moodle demo courses for demo.moodle.org at any time, not just when the competition is open. See Moodle demo courses for details of what to do.

Competition categories

  • Best application of Moodle activities
  • Best use of graphics
  • Primary (ages 6-12)
  • Secondary (ages 12-18)
  • Tertiary (ages 18+)

Please add suggestions for further competition categories here...

Competition rules

  1. The Cool Course Competition is open to all Moodlers, except for Moodle.com employees.
  2. You may enter as many courses in the competition as you wish.
  3. You can only enter your course in one competition category.
  4. Your course may be in any language.
  5. Your course must include at least 3 different types of activity e.g. a forum, a quiz and a wiki.
  6. Your course may not use contributed modules or blocks. Only modules and blocks included in standard Moodle packages may be used.
  7. The maximum size for a course backup zip file is 32MB.
  8. All course content must be open source or available under one of the Creative Commons licenses.
  9. You must have the authority to publish the course under one of the Creative Commons licenses i.e. you have created the course yourself or you have permission from the course creator.
  10. Real courses currently available on demo.moodle.org may also be entered in the competition.
  11. By entering a course in the competition, you agree for your course to be hosted on demo.moodle.org and available for others to download.
  12. Moodle.com reserves the right to amend the competition and the competition rules if necessary.

How to enter

To enter your course in the competition:

  1. Check carefully that all course content is either open source or covered by a Creative Commons license.
  2. Optional: If you wish, add a credit block similar to the credit block in the Romeo and Juliet course.
  3. Create a course backup without user data and with the following options selected:
    • Metacourse: No
    • Users: None
    • Logs: No
    • User files: No
    • Course files: Yes
  4. Download and save the backup zip file.
  5. Complete the Cool Course Competition entry form (link available soon - see MDLSITE-770) and upload your backup zip file.

Your course backup will be manually checked before being added to demo.moodle.org.

Judging

The Moodle community will be invited to vote for the winner in each category by participating in choice activities. In the event of a tie, prize money will be divided accordingly.

Prizes

There will be cash prizes for each category. If you wish to contribute towards the prizes, please use http://moodle.org/donations/ or contact Moodle.com.

See also