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Join eLearning Africa 2024 from 29 – 31 May, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda

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Jaswinder Singh
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Join eLearning Africa 2024 from 29 – 31 May, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda
Join eLearning Africa 2024 from 29 – 31 May, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda

The eLearning Africa 2024 will take place from 29-31 May 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda. The edtech conference – eLearning Africa is the annual conference and exhibition, which was established in 2005 & is largest and most comprehensive knowledge sharing event for digital education, training and skills on the African continent.

The 17th Edition of eLearning Africa will be held from 29 – 31 May, 2024 in Kigali, the booming capital city of Rwanda at the Kigali Convention Center.

It is a global forum for everyone with an interest in education, training and skills development in Africa. In the past years it has offered thousands of professionals in education, training and development invaluable insights into the evolving world of technology learning.

The theme for this years eLearning Africa 2024 conference is “Education Fuels Innovation, Investment Amplifies Skills: Africa’s Vibrant Leap Forward”.

The Edtech Conference is a perfect opportunity for all learning specialists, educators, teachers, policy makers etc. to get insights on opportunities and challenges that are changing the world of learning.

The registrations for the eLearning Africa 2024 are open and you can book your seat through this link. The early bird discounted pricing are valid till December 31 2023. The ticket pricing starts from € 350 to € 690.

For more details, check out the official website of eLearning Africa 2024 here.

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Saudi-Based Scalers Raises $1.8M to Strengthen Its Hiring Offerings

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Jaswinder Singh
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Saudi-Based Scalers Raises $1.8M to Strengthen Its Hiring Offerings
Saudi-Based Scalers Raises $1.8M to Strengthen Its Hiring Offerings

Saudi based startup – Scalers, a pioneering HRTech startup, recently announced that it has closed a $1.8 million (SAR 7 million) funding round to rebuild the hiring process for HR managers. The company’s potential to disrupt the recruitment industry piqued the interest of Sadu Capital and Access Bridge Ventures, who led the investment round.

Scalers has established a name in HRTech by providing innovative, end-to-end recruitment solutions. Hiring managers who are overwhelmed by the recruitment process will benefit from the platform’s recruitment solution, which fills roles with high-quality candidates ten times faster. Unlike traditional recruiting methods, the firm provides instant access to pre-qualified candidates, who are presented with rich profiles curated based on hundreds of data points.

Saudi-based startup proactively sources talent from dozens of channels for pre-selected job verticals, qualifies them through engaging yet practical tests, and instantly matches these talents with employers. Scalers goes far beyond by helping with vacancy closing through interview scheduling, job offer guidance, and talent-to-employer communication coordination.

Speaking about the company, Co-founder & CEO of Scalers, Mohammed Alsaeed, said:

Our platform is more than a bridge to high-quality talent; it’s a comprehensive recruitment copilot. Imagine having a super recruiter at your fingertips who’s shortlisted the candidates before you start looking and is equipped with deep insights and an unparalleled understanding of your talent preferences.

Mohammed Ghawanni, Co-founder & CTO of Scalers, stated:

Scalers leverages advanced matching algorithms and a rigorous vetting process to offer a pre-vetted talent pool unmatched in quality. Each candidate profile results from meticulous curation, ensuring hiring managers have instant access to the right talent.

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Join 13th edition of MoodleMoot Japan 2024 from 16-18 Feb, 2024

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Jaswinder Singh
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Join the 13th edition of MoodleMoot Japan 2024 from 16-18 Feb, 2024
Join the 13th edition of MoodleMoot Japan 2024 from 16-18 Feb, 2024

The 13th MoodleMoot Japan will take place from 16-18 February 2024 in Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Japan. MoodleMoot Japan is one of the most popular edtech conference on Moodle LMS in Japan.

The 13th edition of MoodleMoot Japan 2024 will see educators, developers and administrators in Japan, with international visitors from Europe, Asia, and North America. Because of its previous success in promoting Moodle use in Japan and its great contributions to the worldwide Moodle community, it is one of only a few MoodleMoots in the world that is recognized as an “official MoodleMoot” by Moodle headquarters in Australia.

The event will see notable speakers including Martin Dougiamas, Prof. Tatsunori Matsui from Waseda University, Marie Achour, Marcus Green etc.

The registrations for MoodleMoot Japan 2024 are open along with annual Membership of Moodle Association of Japan for Yen 10,000.

The MoodleMoot Japan 2024 is organized by Moodle Association of Japan which a community for Moodle users in Japan to learn and teach about using Moodle in their institution.

Check out more details about the MoodleMoot Japan 2024 on the official website here.

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Moodle Administrators – Manage your courses & students easily using the Supporter plugin

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Administrators - Manage your courses & students easily using the Supporter plugin
Moodle Administrators - Manage your courses & students easily using the Supporter plugin

Moodle LMS is world’s most popular open source Learning management System with more than 400 million users around the world. It is being used across the globe for different eLearning requirements which ranges from School level, Universities to Corporates. A vast collection of Free Moodle Plugins allows you to extend the functionality easily. In this post we will see about the Supporter Moodle Plugin and how you can use it.

In Moodle the Course Management & User Management are completely different pages. As a Moodle Administrator, you might have faced the problem of reloading different pages to access the data on your Moodle site.

The Supporter Plugin address this problem and ease out your life as a Moodle Administrator. With this plugin you can easily manage your users and courses within a single window without reloading whole pages. Look up users and courses, enrol students, change settings and much more.

You can download the Supporter Plugin from the official plugins repository here. Once installed, the plugin offers you plenty of flexibility to customize what data you want to manage on single page.

Here are some exciting features of the Supporter plugin:

  • Find Students & Courses
  • Display additional information about your students
    • Enrolled Courses/Students
    • Amount of enrolled Students
  • Enrol users into courses
  • Create a new Course
  • Delete users from courses
  • Hotlinks to additional Features
    • Edit, Settings, Visibility of courses
    • Log in as the selected user

The plugin is developed with asynchronous calls and thus only retrieves the information from the database which are needed, not requiring reloading of the whole page; bringing a whole new user experience to Moodle admins.

So if you are a Moodle Admin struggling with page reloads after every action, this plugin can be extremely helpful for you.

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Create Questions for your Moodle Quiz easily using OpenAI Question Generator

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Jaswinder Singh
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Create Questions for your Moodle Quiz easily using OpenAI Question Generator Plugin
Create Questions for your Moodle Quiz easily using OpenAI Question Generator Plugin

Artificial Intelligence has taken the world by a storm with the endless possibilities to automate a lot of routine tasks. More creatively, you can use the AI content creation tools to create all types of contents from Videos, Lessons, Images, Quizzes, Resume etc. In this post we will see how you can use the OpenAI API to create questions for your Moodle Quiz.

The OpenAI Question Generator Plugin uses the OpenAI GPT API to help you setup the automatic creation of questions. Kindly note that you will need a commercial subscription via a paid OpenAI account.

Once setup ,the OpenAI Question Generator plugin allows the teachers to submit a paragraph of text and automatically generate Moodle questions. It can generate True/False, Short Answer, and Multiple Choice questions.

As a teacher you can follow these steps to create questions using the OpenAI Question generator block:

  • Add the “Open AI Questions” block to the course.
  • Click the link in the block to generate questions.
  • Paste in the source text in the textbox, select the question type, and how many questions you want to generate
  • Once the questions are generated, you can edit the questions and answers before saving, and for multiple choice questions select which answer should be marked as correct.
  • Questions are always added to the default category in the course at the moment

You can download the OpenAI Question Generator plugin from the official Moodle Plugins repository here.

What are the other Artificial intelligence based tools you are using to make your elearning courses better? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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BigBlueButton 2.7 version released with new features – Check them out now!

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Jaswinder Singh
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BigBlueButton 2.7 version released with new features - Check them out now!
BigBlueButton 2.7 version released with new features - Check them out now!

BigBlueButton – the world’s most popular open source web-conferencing system has released a new version recently. The BigBlueButton 2.7 is an enhanced version with features designed to improve student engagement.

The new version includes the following major features:

  • Visual Grid Layout for Cameras – With the new enhanced camera layout which is showing a grid view of participants. Teachers can now easily see which students are participating in the class whether webcams are on or off. 
  • Emoji Reaction Bar – Encouraging student engagement in BigBlueButton just got easier! The emoji reactions bar aims to make it easier for students to respond with emojis and engage during class.
  • Camera as Content – Especially helpful in hybrid learning environments, the new camera as content feature allows educators to display their camera as a full-sized presentation on the BigBlueButton Whiteboard. Now teachers can draw students’ attention to a specific physical area.
  • Timer and Stopwatch – The long-requested feature to display a count-down timer or a count-up stopwatch is now available! The timer and stopwatch are displayed to all participants and there is an audio notification when the timer elapses. Teachers can use it for engaging activities or tests in classes that require counting up or down, such as math and spelling games.
  • Wake Lock: Keep your screen turned on while using BigBlueButton on Mobile!
  • Disable viewing your own video stream to reduce video fatigue, showing that your video is still enabled, but you will not see your own video on BigBlueButton.
  • Restore the download of an original presentation that you uploaded on BigBlueButton, which means you can download your presentation without annotations from drawing on the whiteboard.

Which open source web-conferencing system you are using for elearning? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Moodle HQ appoints Scott Anderberg as CEO after Martin Dougiamas stepped down

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle HQ appoints Scott Anderberg as CEO after Martin Dougiamas stepped down
Moodle HQ appoints Scott Anderberg as CEO after Martin Dougiamas stepped down

Moodle HQ has appointed Scott Anderberg as the next CEO of Moodle Project after the CEO & Founder – Martin Dougiamas decided to step down from the role. Martin will be moving to a new role of Head of Research to focus on the use of new technologies (especially AI) in education and learning.

In a recent announcement, Moodle Founder – Martin Dougiamas posted about the appointed of his successor – Scott Anderberg as CEO. Martin will remain CEO until the end of January 2024 and also continue as a shareholder and Chairman of Moodle’s board of directors. In September 2023, Martin expressed his wish to move away from the role.

Scott is a highly accomplished global education leader with over 20 years of experience in the eLearning industry.  He began his career at eCollege, an eLearning software and services provider. His expertise is best defined by his 15 years of experience with Pearson, the world-leading learning company with 20,000 employees globally.

In his announcement Martin mentioned:

I am very happy we found Scott Anderberg in our search for a new CEO.  Scott has shown he understands and respects the values-driven mission that defines Moodle while bringing the seasoned commercial leadership that Moodle needs for its sustainability.  I’m confident he’s a great fit for the team, and I’m looking forward to him driving positive improvements in our strategy and team culture.

While the new appointed CEO – Scott said:

I couldn’t be more excited to join the team at Moodle and guide them through this next chapter of development and growth.  My career has been motivated by a keen interest in increasing access to educational opportunities in markets where affordability and personal obligations make that challenging.  No education company has done more to overcome these barriers globally than Moodle. Moodle has an incredible global footprint, and I’m excited by the opportunities to develop its impact in supporting people across their lifelong learning journey, whether in formal education settings like schools and universities or throughout their career.

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Brazil-Based Letrus Raises $7.3M From Crescera Capital, Aims to Reach 1M Users

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Jaswinder Singh
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Brazil-Based Letrus Raises $7.3M From Crescera Capital, Aims to Reach 1M Users
Brazil-Based Letrus Raises $7.3M From Crescera Capital, Aims to Reach 1M Users

Letrus, a Brazilian educational technology startup, has closed a $7.3 million funding round led by Crescera Capital, a Brazilian fund with a track record of investing in prominent educational projects such as Anima and Alura/FIAP, with participation from Owl Ventures, a US-based firm specialising in the educational sector, demonstrating international interest and confidence in Letrus’ business model.

Letrus, founded in Sao Paulo, has developed a revolutionary artificial intelligence-powered platform to enhance students’ reading and writing skills in both public and private schools. As students complete exercises, this programme, integrated into classrooms and linked to pedagogical activities, offers instant feedback, recommendations, and suggestions. At the same time, teachers clearly understand their student’s progress and the overall evolution of the classes.

The UNESCO-awarded Letrus platform uses artificial intelligence to assess, correct, and suggest improvements to students’ texts, signalling a significant shift in how teaching and learning are approached in classrooms. The startup now serves 680 schools, with private networks accounting for 80% of revenue and public networks accounting for 20%. This latter percentage is highlighted by its collaboration with the government of Espirito Santo, with whom it signed a contract last year.

With this funding, the firm intends to invest in marketing and product development, with the aim of extending the platform to 1 million students in the next two years.

This investment process attracted not only high-profile investors but also entities such as Altitude Ventures from Pennsula, Abilio Diniz’s family office; education-focused foundations such as Lemann and VélezReyez+; BID Labs, the Inter-American Development Bank’s innovation arm; and angel investors.

Letrus hopes to consolidate its current presence and expand significantly in 2024. It is currently negotiating with several private educational groups and at least three state governments, forecasting exponential growth and an even more substantial impact in Brazil’s educational sector and potentially across Latin America.

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Safe Exam Browser 3.6.0 for Windows released

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Jaswinder Singh
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Safe Exam Browser 3.6.0 for Windows released
Safe Exam Browser 3.6.0 for Windows released

Safe Exam Browser is the open source browser to take your e-assessments safely. The software turns any computer temporarily into a secure workstation. It controls access to resources like system functions, other websites and applications and prevents unauthorized resources being used during an exam.

The Safe Exam Browser for Windows has been updated to a new version with new features. This feature update adds signature verification for third-party applications, provides version restriction by configuration file and adds an isolated clipboard implementation as well as important bug fixes and improvements.

The new Safe Exam Browser (SEB) 3.6.0 for Windows include following new features:

  • Implemented signature verification for application monitoring.
  • Implemented version restriction functionality.
  • Improved virtual machine detection.
  • Implemented isolated clipboard functionality.
  • Implemented support for configuration data URIs.
  • Added Dutch / Flemish, Estonian, Russian and Spanish translation.
  • Updated browser engine to version 118.6.80 (Chromium version 118.0.5993.117)

Safe Exam Browser (SEB) integrates with the wide spread learning management systems (LMS) Moodle, ILIAS, Sakai and OpenOlat and several commercial and non-commercial exam systems, as for example Inspera Assessment.

For more details about Safe Exam Browser, please check out the official website here.

Are you using SEB for conducting Quiz in your Moodle LMS? If you need to understand how to use SEB with Moodle please let us know in the comments section below.

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CLAMP Project – New LAE releases for December 2023 are available now

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Jaswinder Singh
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CLAMP Project - New LAE releases for December 2023 are available now
CLAMP Project - New LAE releases for December 2023 are available now

CLAMP Project has released five new version of the Moodle – Liberal Arts Edition. All five versions are maintenance releases only with no new feature addition.

The new Moodle LAE versions released by CLAMP project are:

The 4.1 and 4.2 releases include updates to the CLAMPMail and Filtered Course List blocks.

The next stable releases are scheduled for February 2024. In January the CLAMP Project team will evaluate the Moodle 4.3 version at the Winter Hack/Doc Fest at Connecticut College.

The Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP) is a group of colleges and universities who collaborate to develop and support Moodle, with an eye toward the issues unique to a liberal arts environment.

The major work of CLAMP focuses on fostering collaboration and support around Moodle by hosting events, sharing knowledge, evaluating features, creating documentation, fixing bugs, and developing code.

For more details about the CLAMP Project, please see the official website here.

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