How to create a Multiple choice question in Moodle

While Moodle offers many different resources for course assessments, one of the most common is the Multiple Choice Question. These questions can be placed in quizzes and tests, making it easy to build out comprehensive course assessments in relatively short order. In this article, we will explore how to create a multiple choice question in Read More >

Setting up a Matching Question in Moodle 2.3

Continuing the course on the Moodle 2.3 Question bank, the next type of question will be the Matching Question. The Matching Question is a nice feature of the Moodle Question bank. While the Essay question from the previous tutorial allowed text to be typed for the answer, the matching question allows the teacher to set Read More >

Tracking Banner Impressions and Clicks in Joomla 3.1

Article Overview: What data about banners is kept How to view this banner data How make sure this data is being logged When using banners in Joomla 3.0, tracking their progress is very important. When you have banner clients paying you money to show their banners, they will want to see detailed statistics about what Read More >

How to create a Banner Client in Joomla 3.1

Welcome to another tutorial in our guide on using banners in Joomla 3.0. In this article we will discuss banner clients. What is a banner client? Most banners are going to be advertisements of some sorts. When you display a banner for a customer of yours, well, you’re showing a banner for a client. Why Read More >

How to create a banner Category in Joomla 3.1

As we continue our tutorial series on working with banners in Joomla 3.0, we will now discuss banner categories. Why should I create banner categories? Organization Creating categories helps to organize your banners. If you’re only going to have 1 or 2 banners, you may not need to create banner categories. Showing Banners Besides helping Read More >

Setting up a Calculated Simple question in Moodle 2.3

Creating calculated questions in Moodle 2.3 can be quicker using the Calculated Simple question type in the Moodle Question Bank. If you have not reviewed the Calculated and Calculated multichoice tutorials, please do so as they will help with this tutorial. The following article will explain the steps for setting up the Calculated Simple question Read More >

How to Create Wildcards and datasets in Moodle

When creating Calculated and Calculated mutichoice questions in the Moodle 2.3 Question Bank, Wildcards and Datasets can be created for randomizing the question answers. For example, If the question is on Addition of integers, the when previewing the question, 2 + 5 will show at one time and 5 + 7 at another time. This Read More >

Controlling which windows banners open into in Joomla 3.1

There are many settings available for banners in Joomla 3.0. One such setting, which we discussed in our last article, is adjusting your banner size. In this tutorial, we will review how you can control the window that banner clicks open up to. This setting in Joomla is referred to as: TargetTarget window when the Read More >

Using HTML to show a swf flash banner in Joomla 3.1

In a previous tutorial, we showed you how to create a Joomla 3.0 banner using an image. Not all banners are images however, some banners may be flash banners (.swf files) for example. To show a flash banner, you will need to enter HTML code when creating the banner (instead of defining an image as Read More >

Viewing statistics reports with Logaholic

In this article we’ll go over viewing your website’s statistical report available from Logaholic in cPanel. Logaholic can provide you with a quick general overview of the website traffic you’ve been receiving including the amount of visitors and their page views. It also has much more powerful reporting tools that lets you drill down and Read More >

Viewing statistics reports with Webalizer

In this article we’ll go over viewing your website’s statistical report available from Webalizer in cPanel. Webalizer can provide you with a quick general overview of the website traffic you’ve been receiving, this includes the amount of hits, file requests, page loads, and visits. Login to your cPanel. Under the METRICS section, click on Webalizer. Read More >

How to change Joomla 3.1 Banner Sizes

In our previous articles, we showed you how to setup your first banner on your Joomla 3.0 website. We created a simple banner, and now we’re going to begin to look at the various options available with banners. In this tutorial, we are going to focus on the size of the banner, specifically the width Read More >

How to show a banner in Joomla 3.1

If you’re following along in our tutorial series on using Joomla 3.0 banners, we now know how to create both image banners and flash banners. Creating a banner doesn’t automatically show it on your website, and so that’s the next topic we will discuss. How to create a banner module In order to show a Read More >

How to create a new image banner in Joomla 3.1

In this Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we are going to show you how to add a new banner. This is the first of several articles in our tutorial series on working with the banners component in Joomla 3.0. Image banners vs. Flash banners When we refer to banners in Joomla, we are referring to advertisements, such Read More >