Finally, after years of other people's students wandering over here, one of my own couldn't get into her classroom and sent a screen capture of Moodle.org's front page!
In reply to ben reynolds
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by Gordon McLeod -
Heh heh heh ...
Maybe 'This is NOT your school' should be written in
giant letters of fire!
... but I bet few wanderers will read and understand the message even then!
In reply to Gordon McLeod
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by ben reynolds -
Maybe we're using the wrong approach. How about
Students who come in here FAIL!
Students who come in here FAIL!
In reply to ben reynolds
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by Mary Cooch -
No... how about: THIS
IS
YOUR SCHOOL! YOU MUST DEFINITELY MAKE AN ACCOUNT AND JOIN UP NOW! Sign up immediately!
That'll stop them.
IS
YOUR SCHOOL! YOU MUST DEFINITELY MAKE AN ACCOUNT AND JOIN UP NOW! Sign up immediately!
That'll stop them.
In reply to Mary Cooch
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by Dimitris Tzouris -
Right! Add a "Sign up HERE for your SUMMER EXTRA ASSIGNMENTS" message and you've done it.
In reply to Dimitris Tzouris
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by ben reynolds -
My students would be bitterly disappointed in this Lounge.
Some evil teacher has set it so we can't use giant 18 point fonts. I'll bet blink and marquee don't work either.
Some evil teacher has set it so we can't use giant 18 point fonts. I'll bet blink and marquee don't work either.
In reply to ben reynolds
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by Marc Grober -
In reply to Marc Grober
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by ben reynolds -
How did you do that? My 18 point went to heck in a handbasket?
In reply to ben reynolds
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by Marc Grober -
Use the google chart API to create an appropriate URL (see below) and then use the image insertion tool to place the URL in the post.
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chl=\Huge\text{Not 24 point but big nonetheless - lol.}
Like so:
from
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chl=\Huge%20x%20=%20\frac{{%20-%20b%20\pm%20\sqrt%20{b^2%20-%204ac}%20}}{{2a}}\text{%20%20%20when%20%20%20}ax^2%20%2B%20bx%20%2B%20c%20=%200
In reply to Marc Grober
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
Out of all other threads, ideas are pouring in this one :P
Good until a learning happens to everybody.
Good until a learning happens to everybody.
In reply to Ravishankar Somasundaram
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by Gordon McLeod -
Oops - better stop now - last thing we want is for someone to learn something 
In reply to Gordon McLeod
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by ben reynolds -
Too late! Thanks, Marc.
In reply to ben reynolds
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
Another aspect of globalizaton?
In reply to Visvanath Ratnaweera
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by Frances Ives -
Don't you actually think they should get some positive feedback for trying to find their site though an alternative route. Could they have got to their their own site if they had improved use of search terms. At least they were trying to do their homework.
In reply to Frances Ives
Re: Students Wandering in to Moodle.org - It happened to me
by ben reynolds -
Indeed, Ms. Mary usually points them back to their home ground with patience and politeness.
This being the lounge, some teachers were just venting.
But, I'm glad you reminded me of this thread. It is a demonstration of why it is a bad idea to call your site "Moodle." OTOH, we call ours "bluejay," and the child still wandered over here