<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Would anyone be interested in creating a moodle-based module to do this? I'm interesting in providing moodle-based Blender training for our Community Media Center, perhaps an online training consortium that could generate income for the Blender Foundation.<div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if such a thing exists, I'm still wrapping my mind around all the ways to learn Blender.</div><div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>- Richard Vaudrin</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Sep 20, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Dale Rogers (gmail) wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I'm the Program Coordinator and main instructor for the multimedia program at Nashville State. I would love to see your course description and syllabus. I've been toying with the idea of pulling Blender into my curriculum once the other primary courses are developed and delivered.<div><br></div><div>Dale<br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br></div><div><div>Dale R. Rogers, M.Ed.</div><div>Program Coordinator & Instructor, Multimedia Design</div><div>Nashville State Community College</div><div>615.353.3504 ofc.</div><div>W: <a href="mailto:dale.rogers@nscc.edu">dale.rogers@nscc.edu</a></div><div>H: <a href="mailto:dalerrogers@gmail.com">dalerrogers@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.nscc.edu/depart/viscom/multimedia">http://www.nscc.edu/depart/viscom/multimedia</a></div><div><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/dalerrogers">http://www.linkedin.com/in/dalerrogers</a></div><div><a href="http://www.dalerrogers.com/">http://www.dalerrogers.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.digitalZEN.tv/">http://www.digitalZEN.tv</a></div><div><br></div></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br><div><div>On Sep 20, 2009, at 5:00 AM, <a href="mailto:bf-education-request@blender.org">bf-education-request@blender.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Send Bf-education mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span><a href="mailto:bf-education@blender.org">bf-education@blender.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education">http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education</a><br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>bf-education-request@blender.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bf-education-owner@blender.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Bf-education digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br>   1. Re: college level curriculum (Jorge Otero)<br>   2. Re: college level curriculum (Hiisi)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:08:15 -0500<br>From: Jorge Otero <jorgeotero@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Bf-education] college level curriculum<br>To: Blender Educators and Trainers <bf-education@blender.org><br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span><2f8e86430909190908x522440e9y5df1e60ea902033a@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<br><br>I used to teach a course for graphic students and we focused on modeling,<br>materials and render of products<br>for printed ads.<br><br>Jorge<br><br>On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 10:51 AM, John Nyquist <john.nyquist@gmail.com>wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Either format (or both) would be good. Focusing on illustration sounds<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">like a good idea, there is soooo much in Blender before you even get<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to animation.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Regards,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">John<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Nicholas Jainschigg <njainsch@risd.edu><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hi--<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I'm teaching a class called 3D for Illustration at The Rhode Island<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">School<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">of Design. I've been teaching the class for about eight years. I started<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">with Cinema 4D, but for the last three years, I've been using Blender and<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">ZBrush. I got tired of students asking me about cracked software, and I<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">was<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">finding that I was using Blender more and more in my personal artistic<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">exploration and in some professional jobs. As far as I know, it was the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">first class revolving around FOSS at RISD, although there are now classes<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">involving Processing, as well.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">The class doesn't explicitly go into animation, though, just modeling,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">texturing, and rendering. Special emphasis is placed on Blender as a<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">creative tool, rather than as a means to reproduce stuff that's already<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">out<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">there, whether the real world or the latest high-rez game.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I'm happy to post the relatively rough course description I've written up<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">for my students--it's week-by-week for a twelve week semester, but it's<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">fairly bare-bones, and I constantly tweak stuff based on whether the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">students are "getting it" or not, so it's really more of a road map than<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">detailed travelogue.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">If there's interest, should I just send it out as plaintext or post it as<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">PDF?<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Best,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Nick J.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:52 PM, John R. Nyquist <john@nyquist.net><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I've been toying with the idea of proposing a Blender class for one of<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the local colleges. Do any of you have curriculum for college that<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">you'd share (or know of them). I've never taught a college class, I've<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">always done instructor-led or video training (which I think has<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">different needs than college courses). It'd be nice If I could do it<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">in the Spring.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Regards,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">John<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">=======================<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> John R. Nyquist<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> Nyquist Art + Logic<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> http://nyquist.net/<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"> http://bitsofblender.com/<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">=======================<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Bf-education mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Bf-education@blender.org<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Bf-education mailing list<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Bf-education@blender.org<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">=======================<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> John R. Nyquist<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Nyquist Art + Logic<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> http://nyquist.net/<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> http://bitsofblender.com/<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">=======================<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Bf-education mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Bf-education@blender.org<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: http://lists.blender.org/pipermail/bf-education/attachments/20090919/8301f8d0/attachment.html <br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:28:32 +0400<br>From: Hiisi <very-cool@rambler.ru><br>Subject: Re: [Bf-education] college level curriculum<br>To: Blender Educators and Trainers <bf-education@blender.org><br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span><fc81b69f0909200228j4205336cob238f75fd138d460@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1<br><br>2009/9/19, Nicholas Jainschigg <njainsch@risd.edu>:<br><blockquote type="cite">Hi--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I'm teaching a class called 3D for Illustration at The Rhode Island School<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">of Design. I've been teaching the class for about eight years. I started<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with Cinema 4D, but for the last three years, I've been using Blender and<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">ZBrush. I got tired of students asking me about cracked software, and I was<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">finding that I was using Blender more and more in my personal artistic<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">exploration and in some professional jobs. As far as I know, it was the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">first class revolving around FOSS at RISD, although there are now classes<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">involving Processing, as well.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The class doesn't explicitly go into animation, though, just modeling,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">texturing, and rendering. Special emphasis is placed on Blender as a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">creative tool, rather than as a means to reproduce stuff that's already out<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">there, whether the real world or the latest high-rez game.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I'm happy to post the relatively rough course description I've written up<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">for my students--it's week-by-week for a twelve week semester, but it's<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">fairly bare-bones, and I constantly tweak stuff based on whether the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">students are "getting it" or not, so it's really more of a road map than a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">detailed travelogue.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If there's interest, should I just send it out as plaintext or post it as a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">PDF?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Best,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Nick J.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br>I'm working at basic school in Moscow, Russia. I used to teach 3D<br>Studio Max, but recently I managed to persuade the school director to<br>switch to use Blender. My mine educational program for beginners<br>composed of materials from 'The essential Blender' book. Then I have<br>some tutorials from the WEB and by my own for more advanced<br>blender-heads. And the second part of the course is designed for<br>programming-oriented peoples, who would like to know how to make games<br>with Blender. For that part I'm using mainly 'The Blender gamekit'<br>book.<br>Dear Nick, I also would like to see your course description!<br>-- <br>Hiisi.<br>Registered Linux User #487982. Be counted at: http://counter.li.org/<br>--<br>Spandex is a privilege, not a right.<br>--<br>SIP: hiisi@ekiga.net<br>------------------------------<br>pub   1024D/085B139A 2009-09-11<br>uid                  Hiisi (Hiisi Troll) <saippua5@gmail.com><br>sub   2048g/F9138A60 2009-09-11<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bf-education mailing list<br>Bf-education@blender.org<br>http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education<br><br><br>End of Bf-education Digest, Vol 49, Issue 4<br>*******************************************<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Bf-education mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bf-education@blender.org">Bf-education@blender.org</a><br>http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-education<br></blockquote></div><br><div>
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