Mastodawn

I wrote a static site generator for a course web site (https://comp127.macalester.digital/f25/). I like it, and I’m poking at documenting and open-sourcing it so that other instructors can use it for their own courses if they want to.

It needs a cute name. Suggestion box is now open in the replies.

EDIT: I was a fool to mention Moodle in the original version. It’s wrecked the replies: everyone’s talking about LMSes, and all the name suggestions are about Moodle — when the point is that this is not anti-Moodle, but a tool to solve a different set of problems.

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Claudia Schwemmers

@inthehands Sorry, but this looks extremely boring. I know that Moodle might be difficult to use at the beginning but you can build fantastic courses with individual self-learning paths which are motivating for students. At first glance Moodle looks old-fashioned and boring but it has so much more to offer than just data files’ upload. No other LMS has as much to offer as Moodle. #moodle

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Paul Cantrell 11h ago

@FreakyClaudi I’ve been teaching courses using Moodle since 2008, and have read substantial portions of the Moodle source code. I’m familiar with it, thanks.

I’m sure it serves the needs of many situations and many people quite well. It serves my needs for this particular course extremely poorly — thus my desire to build a different tool that solves a different set of problems.

When the information you have to share is “I don’t have the same problem as you and I prefer a different tool,” you can always just choose not to reply.