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Join Connected Learning Summit 2023 from Oct 26-28 2023

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Join Connected Learning Summit 2023 from Oct 26-28 2023
Join Connected Learning Summit 2023 from Oct 26-28 2023

Connected Learning Summit 2023 (CLS 2023) will take place from October 26-28 as a virtual conference. The Edtech event will be a perfect conference with a unique focus on cross-sector connections and progressive and catalytic innovation.

You can join a gathering of innovators harnessing emerging technology to expand access to participatory, playful, and creative learning. The Connected Learning Summit was launched in 2018 as a merger between three community events: the Digital Media and Learning Conference, the Games+Learning+Society Conference, and Sandbox Summit.

Connected Learning Summit 2023 (CLS2023) will be fully online, featuring affinity groups, meetups for Research Paper and Showcase contributors, keynote and plenary sessions, and workshops organized by partners of the Connected Learning Alliance.

The registrations for CLS 2023 are open now with tickets price ranging from $20 to $250. You can register your seats from this link.

For complete details about the Connected Learning Summit 2023, please check out the official website here.

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How to setup automated course backups for your Moodle LMS?

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Jaswinder Singh
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How to setup automated course backups for your Moodle LMS?
How to setup automated course backups for your Moodle LMS?

With Moodle LMS, educators and institutions can effortlessly create, manage, and deliver dynamic and engaging e-learning experiences. From interactive course content, quizzes, and assignments to robust grading and progress tracking tools, Moodle empowers instructors to customize their virtual classrooms to suit diverse learning needs. But having an online learning portal is of no use if you are not having enough backups of your data.

Moodle LMS offers you many ways to create backup of your student’s precious data records. You can setup server side backup which will do a complete site backup which can be your first resort in case of any disaster. Apart from that you can also have individual course backups for your high priority courses.

You can backup every course manually and keep a copy in your local drive but that may be not a good way to manage your courses. You can also setup automated course backups on your Moodle site which will create backups of all courses individually. However this process might be more server intensive and shall be scheduled only when your students are not supposed to be accessing the system.

How to setup Automated Course Backups in Moodle?

To setup automated course backups on your Moodle site, please follow the following steps:

  • Go to Site administration > Courses > Backups > Automated backup setup.
  • Set Active (backup_auto_active) to enabled.
  • Select the days of the week to run the backup.
  • Set the execution time for the backup process.
  • Define the Path to save the backups.
  • Choose the automated backup settings and click Save Changes.

After setting up the automated backups, you can check out the reports of last execution log by going to Site administration > Reports > Backups. The report will show the list of all course backups made, the time taken to create them, their status, and the next scheduled automated backup execution time. The Backup status column can have the following status:

  • OK – The course backup was successfully completed.
  • Skipped – The course was skipped (not backed up) because the course was unavailable to students
  • Unfinished – The backup was not finished.
  • Error – There were errors in the backup process for the course.

We recommend to have a complete site backup as your preferred way but you can also use the Automated Course Backups in case you have less courses on a better server.

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AI-Powered Recruitment Platform RecruitBot Raises $8.2M in Additional Seed Funding

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AI-Powered Recruitment Platform RecruitBot Raises $8.2M in Additional Seed Funding
AI-Powered Recruitment Platform RecruitBot Raises $8.2M in Additional Seed Funding

RecruitBot, a San Francisco-based powerful hiring platform that transforms the entire recruiting experience, has recently raised $8.2 million in additional seed funding led by Slow Ventures. The investment round also saw participation from SNR, OCA, Freestyle and Parade. With the funds, the company plans to expand its operations and business reach.

An end-to-end sourcing solution, RecruitBot replaces three tools with a single product: a database of candidates, an outreach tool, and a recruiting CRM, all bundled in an intuitive interface. With advanced power filters, including those to help support DEI initiatives, combined with machine learning algorithms, the firm serves up candidates best suited for a role within minutes, not weeks. A CRM for personalized, automated email outreach sequences ensures much higher candidate engagement.

Founded by Jeremy Schiff, RecruitBot aims to empower recruiters by improving talent sourcing and expediting the hiring process through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). Its advanced AI algorithms enable the platform to comprehend recruiter preferences and display increasingly relevant candidates from its qualified database of 600 million profiles. In addition, the startup facilitates personalized, automated email campaigns to candidates on behalf of hiring managers.

Sharing about the company, Founder & CEO of RecruitBot, Jeremy Schiff, said:

From the great resignation to significant layoffs, the market has now moved towards finding the best candidates, rather than just filling roles as quickly as possible. RecruitBot’s unique combination of machine learning and big data understands what your ideal candidates look like and then maximizes response rates by sending automated drip campaigns to a candidate’s inbox. In today’s economic climate, sourcing and hiring top-quality talent has never been more critical to give companies the competitive edge necessary to survive the harsh economic environment.

Knowing where to find the right candidates and how to approach them best remains a critical challenge for many companies; RecruitBot incorporates sourcing and outreach at scale with analytics in an all-in-one top-of-the-funnel solution to address these pain points. Machine learning allows companies to customize their candidate search by skills, experience and other criteria. By better understanding hiring preferences, companies can easily engage with the candidates at scale. As a result, companies find the right candidates up to 5 times faster with the platform.

Sam Lessin, General Partner, Slow Ventures, added:

RecruitBot’s technology streamlines and optimizes talent acquisition, enabling companies to make data-driven decisions, enhance efficiency, and ultimately build stronger, more diverse teams. By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, RecruitBot is disrupting the traditional hiring landscape and ushering in a new era of intelligent, inclusive, and impactful workforce development.

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Moodle Users Association’s – July-December Project Cycle is Live

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Users Association's - July-December Project Cycle is Live
Moodle Users Association's - July-December Project Cycle is Live

Moodle Users Association (MUA) the community arm of the Moodle LMS has started another project development cycle. The July-December 2023 Project Development Cycle started from July 1 onwards. So, if you have a specific topic to include in Moodle LMS, this is your best opportunity to get it included.

The Moodle Users Association’s July-December 2023 will be having the following key dates:

Phase 1: Project Proposals

  • Suggest Project: 1 July to 31 August 2023
  • Preliminary Voting: 1 Sept to 15 Sept 2023
  • Finalise Project Requirements: 16 September to 16 November 2023

Phase 2: Committee Review

  • Committee reviews and supports project development throughout.
  • Moodle HQ gives cost estimates by 1 December.

Phase 3: Final Voting Cycle

  • Final Voting: 5 Dec to 19 Dec 2023

In the previous Project Development cycle “Ordering Question type” has won during the final voting cycle. It will be included in the Moodle core in upcoming releases.

So, if you are interested in suggesting a new and exciting feature into Moodle core, please suggest your proposal before August 31.

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UK-Based Enterprise Training Platform Administrate Raises $6.4M to Fuel Growth

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UK-Based Enterprise Training Platform Administrate Raises $6.4M to Fuel Growth
Administrate

Administrate, a UK-based enterprise training operations platform, recently announced that it has raised $6.4 million in funding from Hambro Perks as a new capital partner, which specializes in supporting high-growth scale-up companies focusing on B2B SaaS. Existing investors Archangels, Mercia, and the Scottish Investment Bank, have also participated in the fundraising. According to the company, the fresh capital will support its growth and continue to meet the needs of its growing North American enterprise customer base.

Founded in 2012, Administrate works to develop and deliver an industry-leading platform that equips organizations to plan, organize, deliver, and scale training efforts to one’s business objectives. The firm does that through aggressive innovation and its commitment to building and being the Ultimate Human Organization in how the platform work as a team internally and with its partners. It also provides a scheduling and logistics platform used by some of the biggest brands in the world to manage their complex global training operations.

Commenting on the investment, Chief Executive Officer of Administrate John Peebles said:

Our team has done an incredible job delivering for our customers. Our capital partners understand the unique opportunity ahead of us, and we’re excited to continue building on our success sustainably. I’m proud of some of the key innovations we’re launching within our platform this year, including our AI-powered scheduler and significant improvements to our headless architecture strategy. These tools within our platform can transform training operations and drive significant ROI for our customers in unprecedented ways.

Headquartered in Scotland, Edinburgh and has offices in Bozeman, Montana, the startup claims that customers would experience an 80% reduction in manual activities after implementing its platform, and its new AI-powered scheduler has experienced accelerated customer demand in the last six months. Usman Ali, Partner, Hambro Perks Growth Debt Fund, added:

Backing Administrate was an easy decision. Administrate is an innovative and rapidly expanding business that has continued to deliver double-digit growth within its enterprise customers segment in the last couple of years. Their platform is well suited to the needs of large corporations that operate in multiple geographies. We strongly believe that the business has tremendous growth potential, and we look forward to seeing the business expand in the coming years.

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Moodle Teachers – Use the Gapfill Question plugin to create Fill in the Blanks question easily

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Teachers - Use the Gapfill Question plugin to create Fill in the Blanks question easily
Moodle Teachers - Use the Gapfill Question plugin to create Fill in the Blanks question easily

As e-learning continues to evolve, educators seek innovative ways to create interactive and engaging assessments that effectively measure students’ understanding and knowledge retention. Moodle, a leading learning management system, offers a wide array of plugins to enhance the online learning experience. Among these valuable additions, the Gapfill Moodle Question Type Plugin stands out as one of the most popular question type plugin.

Cloze questions are a popular type of assessment question that can be used to test students’ knowledge of a particular topic. They are typically created by removing words from a text and then asking students to fill in the blanks. The Gapfill Moodle Question type plugin makes it easy to create cloze questions in Moodle

The Gapfill question type Moodle plugin can be used to create drag drop, dropdowns or gapfill questions. The syntax is pretty simple as you have to add the square braces around the missing words. You can then define how the missing words will be displayed. You can also specify the number of gaps in the question and the length of the answers.

The Gapfill Moodle Question Type Plugin is available for download from the official Moodle plugins directory (https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_gapfill). Before installation, ensure that you are using a compatible version of Moodle.

Gapfill Question type Benefits

The Gapfill plugin offers a number of benefits over traditional cloze questions.

  •  The plugin makes it easy to create cloze questions with multiple gaps. This can help to make the questions more challenging and engaging for students.
  • The plugin allows you to customize the appearance of the cloze questions. This can help to make the questions more visually appealing and easier to read.
  • The plugin is compatible with mobile devices. This means that students can take cloze quizzes on their smartphones and tablets.

The plugin also comes with a lot of example questions which can be downloaded from this link. There is an extensive use case scenarios listed for the Gapfill plugin here.

What are the other question type plugin you are using on Moodle to make learning more inclusive. Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Kahoot Agrees to $1.72B Cash Offer From Goldman Sachs, Other Investors

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Jaswinder Singh
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Kahoot Agrees to $1.72B Cash Offer From Goldman Sachs, Other Investors
Kahoot

Kahoot!, the Norwegian game-based learning platform, has agreed to a voluntary cash offer of $1.72 billion from Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, Kirkbi Invest, Glitrafjord AS (a vehicle controlled by Kahoot!’s CEO Eilert Hanoa), and other undisclosed investors and management shareholders, the company announced in a statement.

Founded in late 2012, Kahoot! aims to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees, to unlock their full learning potential. Its learning platform makes creating, sharing, and hosting learning sessions that drive compelling engagement easy for any individual or corporation. It offers free and paid plans designed for use in the classroom, at work—in-person or virtual— or at home for social use or self-study. The firm is used by approximately 8 million teachers globally, hundreds of millions of students and families, and 97% of Fortune 500 companies.

The deal represents a premium on Kahoot!’s publicly traded shares as of yesterday — specifically 53.1% to the closing price on the Oslo Stock Exchange on 22nd May 2023 (when it was NOK 22.86). The planned transaction was unanimously recommended by Kahoot!’s board, the statement further mentioned.

Speaking about the company, Chief Executive Officer of Kahoot!, Eilert Hanoa, said in a statement:

Kahoot! ‘s mission is to make learning awesome. Our portfolio of solutions drives billions of learning interactions every year, coming together through continuous product innovation and a team with the ambition to put magic learning moments at everyone’s fingertips. As the need for engaging learning across home, school, and work continues to grow, I am excited about the opportunities this partnership represents for our users, our ecosystem of partners, and the talented team across Kahoot! Group to advance education for hundreds of millions of learners everywhere.

Michael Bruun, Global Co-Head of Private Equity, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, added:

Kahoot! unlocks the learning potential for children, students and employees worldwide. The company has a clear mission and value proposition, and our investment will help to grow its impact and accelerate value for all stakeholders. Through this transaction, we are pleased to partner with a fantastic leadership team and group of co-investors to expand a mission-critical learning and engagement platform and contribute to its further growth and innovation.

Since its launch, the startup has hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with 9 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. It currently serves over 1 million paying users with headquarters in Oslo, Norway and offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain and Poland.

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Moodle teachers – Use the Menutopic Course format to enhance your students learning experience

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle teachers - Use the Menutopic Course format to enhance your students learning experience
Moodle teachers - Use the Menutopic Course format to enhance your students learning experience

Moodle LMS is the world’s premier open source Learning Management system with more than 370+ million users around the world. By default, Moodle LMS comes with 4 different course formats which defined how your online courses appear for your students. In this post, we will have a look at one of the contributed Moodle course format known as the Menutopic Course format.

The Menutopic course format plugin can be a valuable tool for instructors who want to create a more structured learning experience for their students. By organizing their courses into a menu, instructors can make it easier for students to find the information they need. Additionally, the Menutopic plugin can help to improve the navigation of courses, making it easier for students to move from one topic to another.

How to use the Menutopic Course format plugin

After installing the menutopic course format plugin, you can start creating menus for your courses. To create a menu, you will need to go to the “Course administration” page for the course you want to create a menu for. Then, click on the “Menutopic” tab. In the “Menutopic” tab, you will see a box where you can enter the name of the menu. You can also choose to hide the menu from students.

Once you have entered the name of the menu, you can start adding topics to it. To add a topic, click on the “Add topic” button. In the “Add topic” dialog box, you will need to enter the name of the topic and the URL of the activity or resource you want to link to the topic.

You can also customize the appearance of the menu. To do this, click on the “Settings” tab. In the “Settings” tab, you can change the font, font size, and color of the menu. You can also choose to show or hide the menu title.

You can download the Menutopic course format plugin from the official plugins repository here.

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

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Join Docebo Inspire 2023 on September 18 – 20, 2023 in Nashville

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Jaswinder Singh
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Join Docebo Inspire 2023 on September 18 - 20, 2023 in Nashville
Join Docebo Inspire 2023 on September 18 - 20, 2023 in Nashville

Docebo Inspire – the annual edtech conference hosted by the Docebo LMS will held in Nashville, TN from September 18-20 2023. The Edtech conference will be a perfect opportunity for the Docebo users to network with like minded persons as well as learn about insights, tools, and knowledge to grow your business.

The Docebo Inspire 2023 will make its presence as the in-person event after being held virtually for the past four years. The edtech event will be attended by more than 450+ participants, partners, analysts &thought leaders.

During the Edtech conference there will be DU@Inspire on September 18 followed by the Inspire Conference on September 19 & 20. During the DU@Inspire you will get a hands on experience to get the most out of your Docebo products.

For the next two days, there will be exciting sessions from analyst insights, executive keynotes, interactive breakout sessions, roundtable discussions, and customer panels.

The Docebo Inspire 2023 will be held in the Grand Hyatt Nashville, in Nashville Tennessee. The theme for this year’s edtech event is “Inspire the future of learning”.

The early bird discounted pricing is available till July 31, so in case you are interested in participating in Docebo Inspire 2023, please register your seats here.

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Indonesian Career Development Platform KarirLab Raises Pre-Seed Funding

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Indonesian Career Development Platform KarirLab Raises Pre-Seed Funding
Indonesian Career Development Platform KarirLab Raises Pre-Seed Funding

KarirLab, an Indonesian online platform connecting students and campuses with hiring employers, has announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-seed funding from Alpha JWC and M Venture Partners, with participation from angel investors.

According to the press statement, the fresh capital will accelerate its product development, expand its team, and establish strategic partnerships with leading universities and employers. The funding will also fuel KarirLab’s platform enhancement, ensuring seamless student and employer experience to cater to the evolving needs of the job market.

Headquartered in Jakarta, the firm has a reach across the country, an emerging economy with 8 million active university students. It aims to give aspiring first jobbers of every background access and resources to help them build a solid foundation in navigating the job market.

Co-founded by Tessa Saraswati, Stephanus Wicardo, and William Surya Wijaya, KarirLab bridges the gap between the ecosystem of students, universities, and employers by providing a comprehensive and streamlined career development and management platform. It offers products for individual profile evaluation, an ATS-friendly resume builder, a curated job vacancy portal, and career and talent management.

Sharing about the platform, Co-founder & CEO of KarirLab, Tessa Saraswati, said:

The hardship of early career recruiting is a pain point shared by many. With this pre-seed round, KarirLab is positioned to fulfil our potential in partnering with universities and employers at scale. We are excited to empower the next generation of young professionals and revolutionize career services and management in Indonesia to propel more quality graduates and career opportunities.

Jefrey Joe, General Partner of Alpha JWC, commented:

As Indonesia enters the period of demographic bonus, KarirLab is strategically positioned to be a driving force in shaping the future of the modern Indonesian talent ecosystem. We take great pride in our investment in KarirLab’s pre-seed round, empowering them to accelerate product development, expand their team, and forge strategic partnerships. Through these efforts, KarirLab will pave the way for Indonesia’s more seamless and efficient talent ecosystem.

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