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Odyssey Raises $10M in Series A Round funding

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Jaswinder Singh
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Odyssey, an educational technology platform, has recently secured a significant boost of $10 million in a Series A round led by Tusk Ventures, a New York-based firm with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Cubit Capital and Miami Beach, Fla.-based Bling Capital. This substantial investment paves the way for a brighter future in education, as Odyssey continues to revolutionize the way families of K-12 students connect with state agencies and educational vendors for school tuition, tutors, software, and curriculum funding.

The Odyssey platform supports numerous state programs, including Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) and microgrant programs. It works with states to help them implement a turnkey solution for these programs and handles all aspects of the program, from marketing and applications to payments and customer support. Its passionate team of developers, e-commerce and finance leaders, customer success experts, and former educators is dedicated to building tech solutions that empower parents to choose the best education for their children.

Founded by Joe Connor, Odyssey streamlines application management and payment processing. The company aims to enable access to high-quality education across the U.S., regardless of income or zip code. By partnering directly with state agencies and educational vendors, the firm helps streamline the process of empowering parents to find the tools necessary for their children to succeed.

The application process is a testament to its commitment to efficiency and user-friendliness. It takes less than five minutes to apply and features the industry’s first and only real-time digital identity verification. Eligibility is determined in less than one second, with support for various verification options, including API integration. This mobile-first technology is easy to use and customizable for any commonly spoken language, ensuring a seamless and inclusive experience for all users.

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Register before July 16 to Save 20% on your MoodleMoot Global 2024 tickets

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Jaswinder Singh
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Register before July 16 to Save 20% on your MoodleMoot Global 2024 tickets
Register before July 16 to Save 20% on your MoodleMoot Global 2024 tickets

MoodleMoot Global 2024 – the Moodle LMS’s global edtech conference will take place in Mexico this year from 22-24 October 2024. The edtech conference will be a perfect opportunity for all Moodle enthusiasts across the globe to gather and share ideas on the biggest platform.

The theme for this year’s MoodleMoot Global 2024 is “Unlocking Human Potential“. The conference will address following topics:

  • Unlocking creativity
    • We aim to empower educators and learners to shape their learning according to their imagination and aspirations, leading to a more inclusive and personalised educational experience.
  • Facilitating collaboration
    • We will focus on enabling supportive and connected learning environments by continuously improving Moodle’s ability to integrate and collaborate effectively with other solutions and leverage common standards.
  • Optimising outcomes
    • Providing our users with tools that optimise their efforts is paramount. We aim to create a toolset that not only reduces the time and cost of managing and creating courses but also helps learners overcome challenges more effectively.

The early bird registration deadline for MoodleMoot Global 2024 is 16 July 2024. So, if you are interested in attending the event, you can register your seat soon to avail a 20% discount on ticket pricing. The ticket pricing details are:

Full conference prices

22-24 October 2024

 Early bird price
20% discount!
(until 16 July 2024)		 Standard price

(from 17 July 2024)
Local attendee price* US$ 520 US$ 650
General attendee price US$ 796 US$ 995

The MoodleMoot Global 2024 will include three different Jam events: Developers Dev Jam, Learning Designers Jam and UX Jam. In addition, it allows you to:

  • Access to all the event spaces, sessions and talks.
  • Lunches and refreshments (including morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and social drinks).
  • Workshops and networking.
  • Optional Jam events (subject to booking).
  • A ticket to the Moodle Party.
  • A MoodleMoot Global 2024 t-shirt.

MoodleMoot Global 2024 will be hosted in the Centro Internacional de Congresos Yucatán, in the centre of Mérida in México.

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Moodle Teachers – Check what your students are doing with Timestat Block plugin

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Teachers - Check what your students are doing with Timestat Block plugin
Moodle Teachers - Check what your students are doing with Timestat Block plugin

Moodle is world’s most popular open source learning management system with more than 415 million users around the world. There are more than 2,200+ free to use Moodle plugins which allows the Administrators to customize the Moodle LMS according to their requirements. In this post we will see how you can measure the real activity done by Moodle users in your course.

The Timestat block plugin allows you to easily measure the time spent by your students in your Moodle course. The block plugin measures time only when the browser tab is active giving you pretty good reports of actual time spent by the users.

The block counts time only on the pages on which it has been added, so you need to add the block on the pages where you want to count the time. The block offers a visual time counter, visible to users with specific permissions (block/timestat:viewtimer) or to all users enrolled in the course, if enabled in the settings. Time is tracked even if the block or counter isn’t visible to a student.

Additionally, the block includes a link to a detailed report on time spent, with filters for course, activity, and user. Initially, only roles such as editing teachers, teachers, course creators, managers, and admins can access this report. The ‘block/timestat:viewreport’ capability allows extending access to other roles.

You can download the Timestat block plugin from the official plugins repository here.

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 Workplace 4.4 released – Check out the New Features

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Workplace 4.4 released - Check out the New Features
Moodle Workplace 4.4 released - Check out the New Features

Moodle HQ has released the Moodle Workplace 4.4 versions recently which is the next major version of the Moodle Workplace LMS. The new Workplace LMS is packed with a lot of exciting new features which will make learning an absolute success.

The Moodle Workplace 4.4 is mainly focused on making self-directed learning more prominent. One of the most prominent features included in Moodle Workplace 4.4 is the Learning Catalogue, aims to empower employees with self-directed learning tools. It provides strong support for Learning and Development (L&D) managers, facilitating the creation of customised development plans for every team member.

Moodle Workplace 4.4 offers features designed to enhance how organisations manage their training programs. The update includes options for more advanced customisation of training pathways, a streamlined process for certification management, and increased administrative control over training courses. With these improvements, organisations are better equipped to facilitate effective learning initiatives, foster innovation, and align their learning strategies closely with their overarching goals.

Moodle Workplace 4.4 New Features

Here are the major features included in Moodle Workplace 4.4 version:

  • Learning Catalogue – Learning catalogue allows admins to configure which fields should be displayed and in which order. It also allows for the configuration of the filters.
  • Report Builder Improvements – The improvements in report builder includes options to add conditions and filter by cohorts. It also includes a new Tenant Administrator custom report audience.
  • Public course offerings – The Learning Catalogue within Moodle Workplace empowers organisations to expand their reach by offering courses publicly. This facilitates innovative recruiting techniques by showcasing learning content to potential employees and also provides an opportunity for dynamic marketing and branding channels to attract potential customers.
  • Multilingual notifications – Moodle Workplace 4.4 introduces the capability to add multilingual appointment descriptions, enhancing communication for users across diverse language backgrounds. With this feature, learners and trainees receive notifications in their preferred language, facilitating better understanding and engagement.
  • Program and Certification improvements
  • Other improvements

Check out the Moodle Workplace New features page for complete details about the new features.

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UK-Based Zen Educate Raises $37M in Series B Funding Round

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Jaswinder Singh
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Zen Educate, the leading online marketplace that connects schools with the best substitute teachers and teaching assistants, has announced a significant milestone. The company has successfully raised $37 million in a Series B funding round, the largest in European educational technology in 2024.

With the successful completion of the Series B funding round, Zen Educate, headquartered in London, is poised for significant expansion. The startup plans to make strategic acquisitions in the UK and the US, bolstering its presence in both markets. Additionally, it will accelerate the development and scaling of the new school workforce management software, a suite of SaaS products designed for credentialing, compliance, and absence management.

Established in 2017 by Slava Kremerman and Oren Cohen, Zen Educate is on a mission to revolutionize the way schools find substitute teachers. The platform offers a modern, algorithm-based solution by directly connecting schools with qualified teachers. Teachers and schools can create profiles and connect based on proximity, skills, and experience. This innovative approach leads to faster, more accurate matches, reducing hiring costs for schools and optimizing resource allocation.

In February last year, Zen Educate acquired Opus Education. More recently, it acquired Aquinas Education, which was co-owned by television presenter and former footballer Jermaine Jenas.

Speaking on the fundraising, Slava Kremerman, Co-founder and CEO of Zen Educate, said:

We’ve been on a mission to solve schools’ workforce challenges. This investment brings us closer to our goal of helping the education system save over $100 million annually through our fairer, more efficient recruitment model. As we enter the next phase of our journey, we aim to reach out to more educational institutions across the UK and US.

Educators working through the Zen Educate platform have delivered over two million hours of education in the past 12 months, saving the education system over $25 million that would have been wasted on agency fees through its cost-effective approach. The firm currently operates in the UK and the US, with plans to broaden its presence across the US in the coming years. Through strategic acquisitions and platform expansion, it aims to consolidate the fragmented educational staffing market and transform the sector globally.

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AI-Driven Mentorship Platform SuperKalam Raises $2M in Seed Round Funding

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Jaswinder Singh
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SuperKalam, a pioneering AI-led personal mentor for students preparing for competitive exams, has concluded a seed round, raising $2 million (INR 16.3 crore). This backing underscores the strength of SuperKalam’s vision and its potential to revolutionize education.

Founded in July 2023 by Vimal Singh Rathore and Aseem Gupta, SuperKalam aims to revolutionize education by leveraging Artificial Intelligence to provide personalized guidance and support for competitive exams. Unlike traditional EdTech platforms that rely on one-size-fits-all content delivery, SuperKalam places students at the centre of a unique learning experience. The platform adapts to each student’s unique needs by utilizing AI-driven analytics, offering tailored learning paths, instant doubt resolution, and progress tracking. This ensures that students receive the right support at the right time, making their preparation more engaging and effective.

Expressing his enthusiasm about the investment, Cofounder & CEO of SuperKalam, Vimal Singh Rathore, said:

We are excited to have iconic investors join us in our mission to rethink learning in an AI-first world. At SuperKalam, we are committed to leading this change by transitioning from unilateral content broadcasts to delivering personalized learning that adapts to each student’s unique needs.

With its headquarters in Bengaluru, Karnataka, the firm acts as a GPS for students’ educational journey, offering detours through subjects they have yet to learn while also emphasizing the suggested route and important stops. Since its inception, SuperKalam has made notable strides in transforming the educational landscape with its cutting-edge technology and student-centric approach. It currently has over 60,000 students and continues to redefine educational paradigms by providing students with tailored mentorship and support through groundbreaking AI technology.

Boris Silver, Founding Partner at Fundersclub, added:

We are always looking for ventures that can create significant value for customers. India’s edtech market is full of opportunity, and in SuperKalam, we see the potential for significant impact. We believe the founding team has strong experience in the market, and their product has tremendous potential.

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Moodle Administrators – Display course sections as menu items using Menutopic course format plugin

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Administrators - Display course sections as menu items using Menutopic course format plugin
Moodle Administrators - Display course sections as menu items using Menutopic course format plugin

Moodle LMS is used by more than 415 million users around the world. A vast collection of more than 2,200 free to use plugins allows the LMS to be customized according to each learning requirements. In this post we will have a look at the Menutopic course format plugin and how you can use it.

The Course format type Moodle plugins allows you to customize the course format. Core Moodle LMS comes with 4 different course formats Topics, Weekly, Social and Single Activity format. There are many more course formats contributed by Moodle community members which allows you to supercharge your Moodle course in different ways.

The Menutopic course format plugin allows you to display the course topics/sections in a menu. You can download the Menutopic course format Moodle plugin from the official plugins repository here.

This format allows displaying the topics of the course by a custom menu. Also, this format allow use the section description as a template to change the appearance of such section. The course format allows different menu structures with option to display section 0 as navigation item or show above the navigation menu.

Overall the plugin allows a new perspective to Moodle course format by making it easier for students to navigate across course sections using menu. What are the other useful Moodle plugins you are using? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Supercharge your Moodle course with quick links using Course Extra UI plugin

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Jaswinder Singh
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Supercharge your Moodle course with quick links using Course Extra UI plugin
Supercharge your Moodle course with quick links using Course Extra UI plugin

Moodle is a powerful learning management system with plethora of customization options. The vast collection of free Moodle plugins allows Moodle LMS to meet the learning requirements for all industries & all learner ages. In this post we will see how you can supercharge your Moodle course with Course Extra UI Moodle plugin.

The Course Extra UI Moodle plugin is a pretty helpful plugin as it allows the teachers to set up additional elements/links at the top of the course view page. The teachers can easily setup links for frequently accessed links within the course through a variety of supported elements.

The Course Extra UI Moodle plugin supports the following elements:

  • Course search: allowing users to quickly find the course activities/resources using the activity name
  • Course progress: displaying the course progress in percentage and optionally linking to the course completion report.
  • Course total grade: displaying the course grade in percentage and linking to the user grade report
  • Course intro: displaying the course intro (or any text) in the form of a modal
  • News: linking to the course news forum and displaying the number of unread news (if reading is tracked)
  • Complete report: linking to the complete activity report.
  • Virtual room: linking to a virtual/video conference room (e.g. Zoom, Teams, Meet, etc). Course creator is to manually create the virtual room and provide the link in the block settings
  • Chat room: linking to a discussion channel or forum (e.g. Telegram, Google Chat, Matrix, etc)
  • Shared folder: linking to a course resource folder (e.g. Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc)

You can download the Course Extra UI Moodle plugin from the official plugins repository here.

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Mexico based HRTech Worky Raises $6M in Series A Round Funding

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Jaswinder Singh
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Worky, an all-in-one HR and payroll software solution for Mexican companies, has secured a significant boost with a successful $6 million Series A round led by Atlántico, a Brazil-based fund, and with participation from ADP Ventures. This substantial capital injection will power the company’s mission to streamline HR and payroll processes for Mexican businesses, accelerating product development, expanding sales and marketing efforts, and bolstering the team. This strategic move is set to revolutionize the HR and payroll sector, bridging the gap between payroll management, data, and employee benefits.

Founded in 2018 by Maya Dadoo and Carlos Marina, Worky is on a mission to modernize how companies recruit, manage, and pay their employees, with a particular focus on the operative workforce sector. The platform is committed to serving Latin America, starting with Mexico, where approximately 60 per cent of the 20 million SME employees change jobs annually, significantly impacting the country’s labour and economic productivity.

In 2022, Worky released Worky Payroll, Mexico’s first cloud-native payroll solution and a robust shift management module. These innovations seamlessly integrate workforce operations and revenue variability processes like commissions and bonuses, enhancing compliance and efficiency through Worky’s real-time payroll system and providing clients with a reliable and efficient payroll experience.

Speaking about the company, Co-founder & CEO of Worky, Maya Dadoo, said:

Our market needs the solutions employers and employees need to operate HR and Payroll simultaneously and efficiently. Worky has built the infrastructure to create a reliable payroll experience while having a permanent relationship with the employee. We currently serve customers across the board experiencing the pain of managing large workforces. We are ready to scale to this market where megatrends like the future of work and increased labour and payroll regulations are hitting hard.

Since launching its payroll service, Worky has seen improved customer acquisition as businesses seek reliable payroll solutions amidst fears of hefty fines prevalent in the sector. The platform is now the most comprehensive HR and payroll administration platform for Mexican firms, integrating previously disparate systems. It reduces a company’s employee rotation by 30% in three months. Moreover, job permanence has increased by an average of 80%, leading to improved financial performance for companies.

Worky is not just a promising startup, but a rapidly growing force in the HR and payroll sector. With over 40,000 users in Mexico, the firm is actively expanding its services to address the broader needs of the blue-collar industry, where the bulk of the Mexican workforce lies. This expansion is a testament to Worky’s success and its potential to revolutionize the HR and payroll sector.

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Propelld’s NBFC Edgro Raises $25M Debt funding to Expand Its Offerings

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Jaswinder Singh
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Propelld, a financial technology startup that empowers student education loans, has successfully secured a substantial $25 million in debt funding for its wholly-owned NBFC subsidiary, Edgro. This significant financial boost, obtained from nine reputable lenders including Credit Saison India Private Limited, AU Small Finance Bank, InCred Financial Services Limited, and Northern Arc Capital Limited, is set to propel Edgro’s expansion plans into action, promising a brighter future for the company and its stakeholders.

Co-founded in 2019 by Bibhu Prasad Das, Victor Senapaty and Brijesh Samantaray, Propelld offers education loan financing solutions through Study Now and Pay Later products as well as Income Sharing Agreements (ISA) via the NBFC arm. The platform also introduced collateral-free education financing. It targets tier II and III cities where students need help securing finances from accredited lenders. Propelld works with more than 2,000 educational Institutes across EdTech, K12, universities, schools and upskilling, with an annual disbursal run rate of Rs 1,200 crore and NPAs below 1%.

Speaking about this significant milestone, Nikunj Agarwal, Head of Debt and Lending Alliance at Propelld, expressed his gratitude to the financial partners and said:

We are leveraging these funds to ensure that more and more students can access flexible loan options. As Edgro continues to expand its reach and enhance its offerings, we are deeply grateful for the unwavering support from our financial partners, which enables us to further the mission of democratising education and empowering more students.

While Edgro started operations in July 2023, Propelld has already raised nearly $40 million from WestBridge Capital, Stellaris Venture Partners, and India Quotient. Its last fundraising effort, worth $35 million, occurred in February 2022.

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