MYSQL

OpenOffice and MYSQL Part II

Just a quick followup to my earlier post entitled "Moodle, Open Office and Professional Development."  As of this afternoon I now have a direct connection to the MYSQL database from OpenOffice.  I installed the JDBC driver into OpenOffice and created a new database with Base using the JDBC driver to connect to the Moodle MYSQL database.  In Base I took the queries that I had already created and copied and pasted them into the SQL Query builder and then saved them.  Then I went to OO.o Writer and opened it up and clicked on the "View data sources" option and "BANG!&

Moodle, Open Office and Professional Development

Well today marks the end of the registration deadline for our summer institute.  Summer institute is a two week period in August where we teach a bunch of tech classes, along with a bunch of curriculum related courses.  We currently have a Moodle site setup for teachers and other staff to find out all they need to know about the classes being offered.  They can also use a choice activity to register for each course.  I am sure there are better ways to do this but this works just fine.