Moodle Mobile

Moodlemoot Spain 201219, 20, 21 September

Speakers

Martin Dougiamas:

CEO & founder Moodle

Juan Leyva:

Moodle Developer (since 2003) working @ CV&A Consulting

Developer of plugins:● Configurable Reports● jmail● LTI Provider● UMM (Unofficial Moodle Mobile)● Anonymous posting in forums, Collaborative real-time editor,

ConfigTabs, Forum discuss subscription,

Brief history

Moodle 2.1 (1st July, 2011)

● Mobile service● Mobile app for iPhone and iPad● Browser detection

Moodle 2.2 (5th December, 2011)

● MyMobile theme● Content button in the mobile app

Moodle 2.4 (December 2012)

● Mobile and tablet HTML5 app for Android, iPhone, iPad ● And hopefully Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Firefox OS

New features

Mobile and tablet version● Different design ● Same app

Notifications● Push notifications (Android and iPhone, iPad)● Polling notifications plugin for other platforms

Remote configuration● Remote CSS for styling the app● Remote configuration for default settings (language, app name, etc..)

Customizable● Custom themes and plugins

HTML5 apps

Advantages● Open web standards technologies● Write once, deploy everywhere● Usually cheaper to develop and maintain because:● There is a big number of HTML, CSS, Javascript developers● The technologies are very close to Moodle ones

Disadvantages● Performance● Look and feel● Use native mobile functionalities● Browser and mobile fragmentation

Mobile and tablet browsing

Different design (layout, animations and browsing) for mobile and tablets

Mobile

Similar to the current navigation

Tablet

Facebook style navigation

Choosing the right technology

Which HTML5 framework should we use? (jQuery Mobile)

Which Javascript framework should we use? (Backbone)

Key points:● Performance● Learning curve● Documentation● Integration with HTML5 technologies● Community support● Roadmap● Maturity● License

Demo

Online demo at:https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86592724/moodlemobile/21.html

Thanks for coming!

You have more information here:

http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MOBILE-153