Included below the menu is a simple form to generate the URLs needed to force your mobile browser (or desktop *) to show a specific VLE module or workspace in the Mobile VLE view.
* Please note that in order for a desktop browser to give you a feel for how this looks, you normally need to resize the window so it is sufficiently narrow. This does not work well in MSIE - but is successful on Firefox, Safari or Chrome. The popup window used below uses typical mobile resolution.
Also note that the mobile render is only for Moodle websites that use the OU Study Planner view.
For further information on the evolution of the current Mobile VLE for the majority of students, and its future direction in VLE2, please view blog entries via: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/mLearn/?cat=19
If you are viewing this page on-screen and want to quickly access using a phone that understands barcodes, you may like to snap this QR code which should launch the mobile version of this page.
For information, if students come through StudentHome mobile or directly to the VLE on a device, then there is device detection in place, and a cookie set that should automatically show the mobile optimised views. This is likely to be the method increasingly used to enable other OU websites to become mobile-friendly.
As explained in a related IET Tech talk, now that more sites are in VLE2 then an additional button has now been added.
The screenshots below show a typical comparison between what is shown as an approximation through the popup and what would actually be seen on a mobile device. It might be useful to note that the desktop Safari browser and iOS are the closest match in terms of fonts and sizing, but other browsers (incl. on mobile devices) allow for more customisation over these options to suit the user.
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