Here we would like to inform you about useful open source tools and interesting links about the learning management system moodle.
Wallwisher
With the free Wallwisher you can create walls where you can put sticky notes by your own or share them with others.
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice is a free office software, with a total of six different programs, which is available on many operating systems and in numerous languages. With "Draw" you can create flowcharts.
Dimdim is a Webmeeting platform where you can run video conferences with up to 20 participants free of charge.
Dropbox
With Dropbox, you can synchronize files across multiple machines. At the same time, you can share single files with others and it is possible to restore earlier versions of a file.
Digital School Bag
The Digital School Bag contains a free and professional software compilation that may be used for free in the education field.
Freemind
Freemind is a convenient programme that allows you to create mind maps. Those can be exported into various formats and may be integrated into a website or learning platform, such as Moodle.
Audacity
The free, operating system independent audio editor.
VLC Media Player
VLC is an open source multimedia player that allows you to play videos of any kind.
Camstudio
Camstudio records PC work processes onto film. Note: Camstudio is freeware.
IrfanView
IrfanView is a simple programme to view pictures in any format. Besides creating slide shows, you can also perform simple picture editing with IrfanView. Note: IrfanView is freeware.
Moodle Glossary
In this glossary you can find a lot moodle items with explanations.
HotPotatoes
HotPotatoes is a free authoring tool, for creating interactive exercises such as crossword puzzles, cloze-tests, multiple-choice tests or mapping exercises. The tests can also be imported in Moodle (if the corresponding module is available).
PDF Split and Merge
Pdfsam - sam stands for "split and merge" - puts multiple PDF documents together to one or detaches individual pages from a PDF file.
PDFCreator / FreePDFXP
The PDFCreator and FreePDFXP create PDF documents from any application.
Zamzar / MediaConverter
With the free conversion tool Zamzar you can easily convert video, audio, image and text files into various formats. The MediaConverter converts directly online audio and video files from your hard disk, from a link/stream or from different websites such as Facebook or YouTube.
eLML eLML is a open source XML framework, that helps content authors to create and manage structered eLearning-lessons in XML.
