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Moodle mobile app for iPhone
By Jon Dron 22 September 2011 @ 5:20pm Comments (7)
http://itunes.apple.com/app/my-moodle/id461289000
The official Moodle mobile app for iPhone is now available for download (free!) from the Apple Online Store:http://itunes.apple.com/app/my-moodle/id461289000
Comments
Jon,
How is the app different than just going to my moodle course site through my Firefox app?
One difference is that you can't run Firefox on an iPhone!
This is a dedicated app that is built to make use of iPhone loveliness, without web browser compromises. It also allows things that are trickier on iOS devices like file uploads. However, it needs Moodle 2 and we won't have that till next year, alas.
J
I run Firefox on my iPhone and it sincs with all of my bookmarks.
I won't worry about the moodle App then if my courses won't be on it.
Interesting - I didn't know that anyone had made Firefox work on the iPhone. I know Apple don't allow Firefox in the App Store (though you can get an app to sync the bookmarks) as it allegedly duplicates built-in functionality: is your iPhone jailbroken? being able to run Firefox might be enough to tempt me to jailbreak, unless it uses the same trick of all the otehr browsers, which are all running Safari with a different wrapper around it.
Interesting. I do have an "unlocked" phone. But I found Firefox by searching for frequently downloaded apps and I did download it through iTunes (app store).
Are there any docs or info on how to setup the mob app for AU ?
i got the app but authentica is failing due to username not in database.
I've tried both myAU id and AU Moodle username. No joy.
Help?
I'm afraid I have no idea - I haven't tried it on a production site at AU. My suspicion is that, because of our CAS authentication process which is separate from Moodle, the login might not work. It is also possible that our Moodle site has not been configured to allow it and/or that the version supported by the app is not the same as ours. I will bring this up with our Moodle developers, who certainly do have an active interest in pursuing better mobile options.