--- Forwarded Message from 15.5 --- From: Susan Weier <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:02:50 -0600 Subject: Re: #9576 Anyone using the Gong Moodle Module? To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> Hi there, We've looked at Gong as an alternative for Wimba. Most recently (within the last year) I was able to get it installed on Debian, using old/end-of-life versions of Tomcat and Java (jakarta-tomcat-5.0.28 and j2sdk1-4.2.19). Upgrading either of those packages broke the installation, although I hear that others have had limited success. I had reservations about putting it into production with the older versions. Since it wasn't in production, I can't tell you much about the storage needs. The interface was usable, but not terribly user friendly. I didn't ever get the wave forms to work in the voice board. The application did seem to be reliable otherwise, and I liked the ability to assign different levels of access to different groups of students. We would really have liked to use it, but the security implications were a problem. The Moodle integration was a little problematic. After I installed the Gong module, I was unable to delete any courses in Moodle 1.9.x. I'm not sure what will happen with Moodle 2.0. Moodle authentication was also problematic - I should have been able to authenticate to Moodle, and then automatically authenticate to a Gong voiceboard, but I wasn't able to get that to work. As you pursue this, the Voice Applications forum at moodle.org will be useful: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=1868 . There are lots of posts regarding Gong. We are still working with Nanogong, which is a self-contained recorder. It's available in our Moodle server, and we're experimenting with embedding it into other applications. Sue -- Susan C. Weier L&S Learning Support Services University of Wisconsin-Madison 279 Van Hise Hall [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning Technology (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives at http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A0=LLTI Anthony Helm, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************