INTRODUCING BIM - for Moodle 2.5
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A Moodle (2.5) Activity module that manages the process of students maintaining an individual learning journal using their choice of blog (or other RSS/ATOM generating service).

*2.5 Specific changes*

Feb 2016: Removed use of add_to_log and migrated to using the new event-based logging

Initial move to using nested tabs for the coordinator/marker interface. Pre-cursor to more work later.

Also modified interface to talk about "prompts", rather than "questions". i.e. students have to respond to prompts for blogging, not questions.

*More information*

Any known issues (including future functionality plans) are recorded on github here
https://github.com/djplaner/moodle-mod_bim/issues
Feel free to add issues that you find. Or even just ask questions.

*What is BIM*

BIM is an activity module for Moodle. It provides support for teaching
staff to manage, mark and comment (in a private way) on individual
student blogs that are hosted on external blog engines.

It has been typically used to manage students maintaining their own reflective/learning journal.

More information about BIM available on the web
http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/research/bam-blog-aggregation-management/

The latest code and issues tracking around BIM is hosted on github
https://github.com/djplaner/moodle-mod_bim/tree/bim2

*Installing BIM*

1. Unpack the archive (.zip file or similar) into the mod directory
of your moodle installation.
2. Re-name the created folder/directory (e.g. "bim 2" or "djplaner-BIM-36784f5")
to bim
3. Login to your Moodle site as administrator
4. Click on Notifications
5. Moodle should install BIM

Some more detailed instructions on installation can be
found on the web
http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/research/bam-blog-aggregation-management/current-version-of-bim/#installing

*Using BIM*

In short, go to a course site and add a BIM activity. Follow online help from there.

Some videos created for BIM 1.0 still provide a useful introduction to using BIM
* Creating and configuring a BIM activity -
* Managing a BIM activity -

There are also two videos for staff marking a BIM activity
* Marking a BIM activity #1 -
* Marking a BIM activity #2 -