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Moodle Teachers – Create Post-It Board in your class for Student Collaboration

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Teachers - Create Post-It Board in your class for Student Collaboration
Moodle Teachers - Create Post-It Board in your class for Student Collaboration

Moodle LMS offers a variety of collaborative tools for online teaching including Workshop, Database, Assignments, Forums etc. There are many more tools available in the Moodle plugins repository such as Checklist, Game, Attendance etc which can be used to enhance the users learning experience. In this post we will see one more such plugin named as Board and how you can use it.

The Board Moodle plugin allows you to add a Post-it Board in your Moodle course where all the students can collaborate. As a teacher, you can define the columns/headings under which students have to create content. They can’t see what other students are posting.

The students can add new posts on the Board with media, links etc. They also have the capability to edit or delete their posts. The teachers can download a copy of the board contents & a spreadsheet of submissions of the students.

You can download the Board Moodle plugin from the official repository here. The plugin can be used in many creative ways such as creating their own Project Management plan, Kanban Board, creating a database of entries on different topics etc.

The Board Moodle plugin is developed by Brickfield Education Labs and was initially funded by National Institute for Digital Learning at Dublin City University.

What are the other useful plugins you are using on your Moodle site? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Moodle Admins – Manage your Database easily using Moodle Adminer plugin

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Admins - Manage your Moodle Database easily using Moodle Adminer plugin
Moodle Admins - Manage your Moodle Database easily using Moodle Adminer plugin

Adminer is one of the useful database administration tool which allows the web administrators to manage their databases easily. Managing MySQL databases is one of the fundamental requirements of being a professional WordPress developer. Adminer simplifies that task immensely. In this post we will see how you can utilize the power of Adminer in Moodle LMS.

The Moodle Adminer plugin allows you to manage your Moodle database easily through the web interface. You can access your Moodle database right within Moodle web interface. With the Moodle Adminer plugin you will not need to use the PHPMyAdmin which is the generally used web interface tool to manage the databases.

Moodle Adminer plugin can work with different types of database like MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle and MSSQL. Here are some of the key features:

  • you can define trigger
  • you can change the order of fields
  • you can easy create or alter views
  • you can create stored procedures
  • if you rename a database so the database is altered and not copied like phpMyAdmin it does
  • you can define foreign key with referential integrity.

You can download the Moodle Adminer plugin from the official plugins repository here. Once installed, you can access and update your database table through Site Admin > Server > Moodle Adminer.

The plugin is one of the most actively maintained Moodle plugin over the years and has received the Moodle 4.3 Early Bird badge recently.

What are the other useful Admin plugins you are using on your Moodle site? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Moodle Teachers – How to create Social Media type learning course in Moodle?

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Teachers - How to create Social Media type learning course in Moodle?
Moodle Teachers - How to create Social Media type learning course in Moodle?

In the world of online education, Moodle LMS has long been a trusted platform for educators and learners alike since last 2+ decades. Its versatility and user-friendly interface make it a top choice for creating and managing online courses. The vast plethora of free contributed plugins have made it easier for educators to create a customized learning portal for their users.

Modern learners are easily hooked up with social media portals because of various reasons. In Moodle, you can also create a social media type elearning course easily using the Format Timeline plugin.

The Timeline course format plugin allows you to simple timeline to simulate a real social network course in Moodle. You can download the Format Timeline Moodle plugin from the official plugins repository here.

The plugin allows you to have a Moodle course with a real timeline like social networks. The course activities and posts are visible in a chronological sequence. It is also possible to filter the contents and order them by date.

One of the most innovative features in the plugin is the ability to mention any user by using the @ symbol. With this new functionality users can mark each other in the posts, also linked with the Moodle’s notification system. For teachers, the creation of the course is also pretty easy & straightforward.

  • A straightforward way to add activities and resources
  • Direct access to activities’ edit options menu
  • Easy to create new posts
  • Order timeline by date
  • Filter timeline items

In case you are looking to create more engaging courses in Moodle, I will definitely recommend this plugin to all my readers.

What are the other useful Moodle course formats you are using to create more engaging courses? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Berlin-Based HRTech Startup Empion Raises $6.35M in Seed Round Funding

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Jaswinder Singh
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Berlin-Based HRTech Startup Empion Raises $6.35M in Seed Round Funding
Berlin-Based HRTech Startup Empion Raises $6.35M in Seed Round Funding

Empion, a Berlin-based provider of HR management software solutions, recently announced a seed round of $6.35 million (€6 million) led by Cavalry Ventures, with participation from existing investors Redstone VC and VR Ventures. Empion was founded in December 2021 by Dr. Annika von Mutius and Dr. Larissa Leitner to promote attractive employers in the job market.

The platform uses AI technology and cultural matching to match talent and companies based on skills and cultural fit. The AI-powered robo advisor quantifies essential aspects to match talent with appropriate organizations. The company currently works with various clients, including Personio, Volksbanken, and Mazars.

Dr. Annika von Mutius and Dr. Larissa Leitner established the Empion Method after years of research and doctoral studies in mathematics and business administration. They validated the process by working with job seekers and businesses to analyze and identify current labor market trends.

With the Empion methodology, all aspects of corporate culture can be measured and quantified. To assign a company to a specific culture type, a culture test was created using eight short questions. The questionnaire refers to hard facts, such as the employer’s performance (e.g., social benefits), and soft facts, such as the corporate culture (e.g., communication within the company). The Empion method is continuously developed and refined in cooperation with the Institute for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Family Enterprises at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.

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Moodle Admins – How to let teachers search & use YouTube videos within Moodle easily

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Admins - How to let teachers search & use YouTube videos within Moodle easily
Moodle Admins - How to let teachers search & use YouTube videos within Moodle easily

Moodle LMS is world’s most popular open source learning management system with around 400 million users across the globe. The popularity behind the Moodle LMS is because of the flexibility and adaptation to all types of online learning requirements. In this post, we will discuss what is YouTube repository and how you can enable the YouTube repository in Moodle.

YouTube is world’s second most powerful search engine with a lot of videos on teaching, education, edtech, learning and tutorials. In the case of modern classrooms, it is apparent to use various YouTube videos in your online learning curriculum.

Moodle provides an inbuilt way to search and use YouTube videos without leaving the LMS – known as YouTube Repository. However, on all new Moodle installations, it comes as disabled by default.

You can enable & activate the YouTube Repository to let the teachers on your Moodle site easily search for videos on different topics and use it in their course. All you need to do as a Moodle Administrator is to get a YouTube Data API and enter the API key in Moodle.

You can enable the YouTube Repository as a Site Administrator by following these steps:

  • Go to Administration > Plugins > Repositories > Manage Repositories
  • Select from the drop down next to YouTube “Enabled and visible”.
  • Click on “Settings”
  • Enter the name for the repository (if required)
  • Create a YouTube Data API from – https://console.developers.google.com/
  • Click the plus sign ‘Enable API’ at the top of the page.
  • Click ‘YouTube data API’
  • Click the Enable link (if not already enabled)
  • You will be given an API code which you can copy
  • Paste this into the API key box in your Moodle site (Repositories>Youtube) and save.

Now whenever any teacher looking to use YouTube videos, they can simply go to any area with a text editor and click the Multimedia icon to search any video on YouTube. The teacher will see the search box like this:

Moodle Admins - How to let teachers search & use YouTube videos within Moodle easily
Moodle Admins – How to let teachers search & use YouTube videos within Moodle easily

This can make the life of teachers easy especially when they have to use a lot of videos on YouTube.

What are the other creative ways to use YouTube videos in Moodle? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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

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

The 17th edition of eLearning Africa will be held from 29-31 May 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda. The edtech conference is the largest and most comprehensive knowledge sharing event for digital education, training and skills on the African continent.

The eLearning Africa 2024 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 the eLearning Africa 2024 is “Education Fuels Innovation, Investment Amplifies Skills: Africa’s Vibrant Leap Forward“.

The Call for Papers to submit your presentation ideas for eLearning Africa 2024 is November 15. So, if you are planning to showcase your elearning skills, please submit your presentation proposal.

If you are willing to participate in the eLearning Africa 2024, the Early bird discounted pricing is available till December 31. You can register your seat for € 350 while the standard pricing is € 590. Check out this page for more details and to register your seat.

For more details about the Edtech conference in Africa, check out the official website of eLearning Africa 2024 here.

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Moodle 4.3 – Total 191 Moodle plugins received Early Bird Badge

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle 4.3 - Total 191 Moodle plugins received Early Bird Badge
Moodle 4.3 - Total 191 Moodle plugins received Early Bird Badge

Moodle 4.3 – the latest major version of the Moodle LMS was released few weeks ago with a lot of exciting new features. To promote plugins compatibility with the latest Moodle version, the Moodle HQ offers the Early Bird badges to the plugins. For Moodle 4.3 total 191 plugins received the Early Bird badge.

The Early Bird badge is given to the Moodle plugins who have a tested working compatible version available with the latest Moodle version. The Badge gives a boost to the plugin usage as it shows the active maintenance of the plugin by the developer.

Moodle 4.3 - Total 191 Moodle plugins received Early Bird Badge
Moodle 4.3 – Total 191 Moodle plugins received Early Bird Badge

The Moodle 4.3 version was released with several exciting new features and improvements like improved activity card design, Default site-level settings for activity completion, Enhanced grading experience etc.

Recently, Moodle HQ team announced the award of Early Bird 4.3 badge to the Moodle plugins. There are total 191 plugins which have a compatible 4.3 version before the deadline.

What are the Moodle plugins which you are using on your Moodle site? Please share with us in comments section below.

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Canva unveils a suite of K-12 education products as part of Canva for Education platform

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Jaswinder Singh
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Canva unveils a suite of K-12 education products as part of Canva for Education platform
Canva unveils a suite of K-12 education products as part of Canva for Education platform

Canva, the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, has announced its unveiling of a suite of K-12 education products as part of its Canva for Education platform, making the company the first to deliver AI-powered educational solutions on a large scale.

Canva’s new suite of offerings, which includes various AI tools, interactive lessons, and curriculum-supporting content, elevates the company from a classroom design tool to an end-to-end education platform capable of developing and teaching whole courses. The announcement comes as the organization approaches 50 million education users worldwide, an estimate that has more than doubled in the last year.

Commenting on the latest development, Co-founder & Chief Product Officer of Canva, Cameron Adams, said:

Today marks the most significant leap forward in our journey with Education to date. These new products evolve Canva from a classroom design tool to a comprehensive learning platform for students and educators. We’re incredibly excited to see how these tools help millions of teachers supercharge their creativity, save time, and engage their students by embracing the best of what this new technology offers.

These new tools empower teachers to effortlessly manage lesson planning, content editing, document reformatting, image and text editing, multilingual support, and accessibility. For students, the tools unlock new ways of starting first drafts, testing ideas, reformatting content, editing images, and bringing creativity to life in a visual world. Teachers now have free access to the full suite of Canva’s Magic Studio products, with a subset available for students at the discretion of their school district. The new products include:

Jason Wilmot, Canva’s Head of Education, added:

As the technological revolution unfolds, classrooms worldwide must meet the moment. With this launch, we’re both giving teachers the easy-to-use, all-in-one platform they want and preparing students for a world that is increasingly visual and powered by AI. We know that Canva’s tools will likely be the first exposure to AI technology for many teachers and students–and that’s a responsibility we take seriously. We’re committed to being a safe partner to schools, teachers, and students, now and in the future.

The new products include:

  • Magic Write: Save time drafting content by starting with a simple prompt. Generate lesson plans, summarize complex concepts, brainstorm ideas or rewrite content in seconds.
  • Magic Animate: Bring videos and presentations to life with seamless animations. Captivate the classroom by updating pages with eye-catching transitions, made possible with one click.
  • Magic Switch: Transform whiteboard brainstorms into documents or presentations with just a click, or turn a display into a website or video to suit different styles.
  • Magic Grab Images: Seamlessly create picture-perfect content with effortless editing. Select the subject of an image to edit, reposition, or resize it.
  • Magic Grab Text: Gone are the days of manually rewriting a photo of the whiteboard. Instantly grab text out of photos of documents or screenshots to edit or use across other designs. 
  • Translate: Make teaching and learning easy in every language. Instantly convert designs into different languages with more than 100 options.

Canva’s community of students and teachers has grown exponentially, soaring to 50 million, a figure that has more than doubled in the past year. The surge underscores the platform’s increasing influence and adoption, reinforcing the proliferation of design and visual communication in classrooms worldwide. These new products, now empowering over 600,000 schools, are ushering in a new era and making Education more accessible and engaging than ever before.

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Moodle Teachers – How to send personalized email invitations to your Moodle courses?

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Teachers - How to send personalized email invitations to your Moodle courses?
Moodle Teachers - How to send personalized email invitations to your Moodle courses?

Moodle LMS is one of the most popular open source learning management system in the world. With more than 2150 Moodle plugins it allows the educators to extend the already rich feature set to any extent. In this post we will see how you can send personalized email invitations for your Moodle courses to probable students.

By default, Moodle allows you to first create an account for a user (called as Authentication) and then enroll them in different courses (enrollment). However there may be cases when you as a Moodle teacher would like to give the students a temporary access to your Moodle course via an email invite. It might be when you are still working on the course and would like to have their feedback.

You can use the Invitation Moodle plugin which will simplifies the enrollment process for your Moodle courses. You can simply click on Invite users and send personalized email invitations for your courses.

You can do the same thing by sharing the enrollment key with the students however the invitation plugin offers more benefits like:

  • You can control who can use the invitation.
  • You can include a personalized message in the invitation.
  • You can see a history of past invitations and their status.
  • You can also see who used an invitation or which ones are expired.
  • You can resend expired invitations or send reminder invitations.
  • You can revoke the invitation if has not yet been accepted.
  • You can invite users who do not yet have an account. However, they will need to create an account before they can accept the invitation.
  • You can limit invitations to users with existing accounts.
  • You can limit the lifespan of the invitation (e.g. 2 weeks)

The Invitation plugin offers control over who can use the invitation, tracks past invitations, and allows for resending or revoking invitations. It also supports inviting users even if they are not yet registered on your Moodle LMS site and limiting the lifespan of the invitation.

You can download the Invitation Moodle plugin from the official plugins repository here.

What are the other Moodle plugins you are using on your Moodle site? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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