<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jim,<br><br>I agree wholeheartedly about Moodle.  A friend of mine used it in Boulder and recommended it to me a while back.  For now we're going to use some of the free hosting options like GoogleGroups and Blogger (I know, not a forum, but we may blog too).  If I can convince the district tech department that OS software is not "dangerous", "crappy", or "too good to be true", perhaps we can start hosting Moodle ourselves.  Until then....ah well.<br><br>Thanks to everyone for the recommendations.<br><br>Richard<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Jim Hutchinson <jim@ubuntu-rocks.org><br>To: Ubuntu Colorado Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-co@lists.ubuntu.com><br>Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 9:39:36 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CoLoCo] Forum host recommendations<br><br> Richard,<br><br>I'd suggest checking into MOODLE. It's way more than just a forum -<br>it's an online course management system (like blackboard or webct if<br>you are familiar with those). It's open source and can be installed<br>and run locally. If you are a member of BOCES you can also access<br>MOODLE through them.<br><br>If you just want someone off site to host a forum I'm afraid I don't<br>much about that.<br><br>Jim<br><br><br></div><br></div></div><br>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com </body></html>