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Moodle HQ officially launches its Indian subsidiary – ‘Moodle India’

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle HQ officially launches its Indian subsidiary - 'Moodle India'

Moodle HQ has officially launched its Indian subsidiary – Moodle India in a recent event held on March 6 in Hyderabad. The new subsidiary will help the Moodle LMS team to tap into the forecast $30 billion Indian EdTech market and extend its social impact.

According to the press statement, the launch of Moodle India follows the acquisition of eAbyas Info Solutions in December 2022, which has now been fully integrated into the global Moodle ecosystem. This will be the first time that Indian customers will be able to directly access a comprehensive range of services from the local subsidiary of Moodle.

Speaking about the development, Founder & CEO of Moodle, Martin Dougiamas, said:

Moodle supports 41 million courses in 142 languages globally, and our open source software has helped thousands of educational institutions and organizations around the world deliver more than 1.8 billion course enrollments so far. India, with its great history of education, is key to our mission of empowering educators to make quality online education accessible for all. With the launch of Moodle India, we plan to solidify our leadership in online education and help upskill India by partnering with corporates in their employee learning and Development objectives.

Martin further added:

The launch of the Indian subsidiary will help Moodle have improved communication and support for its established client base, faster response time to issues, and help develop stronger relationships with clients. With a physical presence in India, we can offer more personalized services that meet the specific needs of Indian universities and businesses. This is a key customer segment for us as Moodle is already being used by 60% of the higher education institutions here.

In addition to the initiative, being close to its clients can help the platform better understand the Indian market and tailor its services accordingly, leading to higher customer satisfaction and loyalty. Sushil Karampuri, MD of Moodle India, commented:

The launch of Moodle India allows us to grow a more significant domestic business supporting educational institutions and corporates. India is undergoing a digital transformation driving increased demand for online learning. Moodle, the most widely used open-source learning system, can now extend the reach of learning and training across India.

India is now one of the largest global EdTech markets driven by the uptake in digital learning, increasing internet access, mobile penetration, and a large and growing number of children and young adults in education. The country has rapidly adopted learning management platforms across the corporate, higher education, and government sectors. As a leading global learning management solution, India is one of Moodle’s largest growing markets based on the number of Moodle sites registered.

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Moodle Educators – Improve your grading workflow with the ‘Grade Me’ block

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Educators - Improve your grading workflow with the 'Grade Me' block
Moodle Educators - Improve your grading workflow with the 'Grade Me' block

Moodle LMS is a free and open-source learning management system which is used by millions of users around the world. Moodle Educators always thrive to improve their workflow to save time and improve their performance. In this post, we will see ‘Grade Me’ block plugin which can be used to save you a lot of time.

Moodle educators need to grade the students assignments submissions as well as the essay type questions. The essay type questions are not graded automatically in Moodle quiz, and need the teacher intervention to grade manually.

The Grade me block shows all the assignments and manual quiz questions (essays and file responses) that have been submitted, but not yet graded. So, you can easily get all the tasks related to grading in a single place and then grade them.

The Grade Me block provides an easy way for teachers to see what needs to be graded in a course or in all of their courses. You can add the block to a course home page and the teacher will have all ungraded assignments listed in the block for that course.

You can also add the block to the site home page and teachers will have all of their courses with ungraded assignments listed in the block.

Please note that the teachers cant add the block to site homepage.

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Grade Me block in the course

How to use the Grade me Block

The Grade Me block is pretty easy to use.

  • Once the block has been added, click on the arrow next to the course name or on the blue Collapse/Expand All button to see submissions that haven’t been graded.
  • The number next to the activity indicates how many ungraded submissions are waiting for you.
  • Click on the arrow next to the assignment to display the names of students who have submitted.
  • Once you’re viewing the students who have submitted, click on the red check mark to grade the individual student, or click on the assignment name to score all submissions.

You can download the grade me block from the official Moodle plugins directory here. Please follow this guide if you want to learn how to install Moodle plugin.

What are the other time saving tips you are using on your Moodle LMS? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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German Hybrid Learning Platform Edurino Raises €10.5M in Series A Round

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Jaswinder Singh
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German Hybrid Learning Platform Edurino Raises €10.5M in Series A Round
German Hybrid Learning Platform Edurino Raises €10.5M in Series A Round

Edurino, a Munich-based female-founded EdTech startup, recently announced that it has raised €10.5 million in its Series A round led by DN Capital with participation from FJ Labs and Tengelmann Ventures — the early-stage VC formerly aligned to Tengelmann Group. The funding round also witnessed participation from Existing investors btov Partners, Jens Begemann and Emerge Education.

Founded in 2021 by Irene Klemm and Franziska Meyer, Edurino is a hybrid learning platform that offers children from 4 to 8+ years a safe introduction to digital learning by combining a digital learning app, haptic play figures and an ergonomic stylus. The company believes that a diversity of perspectives, ideas and cultures leads to the development of better products. It integrates traditional school competencies like reading, writing, and arithmetic with STEM subjects and beyond – such as logical reasoning, coding, natural science, creativity, and media literacy – into the key competencies necessary to succeed in the 21st century.

With this investment round, the German startup plans to work towards its international expansion in the DACH region. Speaking about the platform, Co-founders of Edurino, Irene Klemm & Franziska Meyer, said in a press statement:

In 10 years time, our children will be working in jobs that do not exist in this form today. To meet this skills gap, we have opened a new digital education chapter with Edurino. Through the magic of games, we want to equip children with the skills and experience to understand and harness the positive power of digitalisation. The strong feedback from thousands of families and the collaboration with our partner kindergartens is driving us to expand Edurino globally.

Edurino claims that over 160 educational institutions use the platform for digital preschool lessons, and over 100,000 products have been sold to families in the DACH region. Last year, the firm signed with over ten major retail partners and online stores in the DACH region. These include a book, electrical and toy retailers, such as Media Markt, Saturn, Müller, Thalia and My Toys. It currently employs a remote team of over 45 people.

Commenting on the fundraising, Investor of DN Capital, Nenad Marovac said:

At DN Capital, we uncover entrepreneurs building global businesses that change industries. Irene and Franziska are precisely the sort of pioneers we love to work with, bringing their passion, expertise and drive to developing a hybrid learning platform that is truly fit for the needs of 21st-century pre-schoolers, grounded in educational theory and offering a safe environment for digital learning. We’re thrilled to be the lead investor at Series A and know this startup will go far.

In February 2022, Edurino raised €3.35 million in a funding round led by btov Partners, with backing from Emerge Education and Fabian and Ferry Heilemann through Pirate Impact.

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‘Jobs in Education’ Launches All-Inclusive Platform for Teaching and Non-Teaching Jobs Across India

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Jaswinder Singh
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'Jobs in Education' Launches All-Inclusive Platform for Teaching and Non-Teaching Jobs Across India
'Jobs in Education' Launches All-Inclusive Platform for Teaching and Non-Teaching Jobs Across India

Jobs in Education, a Kolkata-based recruitment firm, has launched a comprehensive education job portal for teaching and non-teaching positions in India. With job seekers in the education sector often needing help in the generic job market, the platform aims to simplify the end-to-end job search process for the education sector in India. It has also launched an app version of the product, available for both Android and iOS users.

Co-founded by Sunil Agarwal and Shivam Agarwal, Jobs in Education provides a plethora of advantages to job seekers, including access to numerous available jobs, automated job alerts, a free resume builder to tailor a personalized resume, a video resume feature, and the capability to track their progress across all job opportunities. It has already started attracting job seekers and employers from various cities nationwide, including Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Dhanbad, Vadodara, Mangaluru, Nanded, Bhopal, Gwalior, Noida, Jaipur, Ajmer, Gorakhpur, and more.

Commenting on the latest development, Co-founder of Jobs in Education, Shivam Agarwal, said:

As digital transformation continues to shape every industry, the pace of change in the world of work has accelerated dramatically in the wake of the events of 2020. The idea of jobs for life and the gig economy has already challenged the traditional job market, and now more than ever, the need for innovative solutions is critical. This is where India’s Most Comprehensive Web & App Based job search platform for the Education Sector comes in, providing a cutting-edge solution to the evolving needs of job seekers and employers.

As a part of the initiative, the company simplifies and accelerates the job search for job seekers and employers alike. Its matchmaking algorithm employs sophisticated search functions such as keyword searches, location-based filtering, salary range, experience, and employment type. It also prioritizes these filters to connect job seekers with suitable job opportunities and help employers locate ideal candidates. The approach ensures that both parties benefit from efficient and effective recruitment. Within 2.5 months, Jobs in Education has onboarded over 10,000 job seekers and 1000+ employers on their platform.  It aims to reach several 1 lakh job seekers within the next three months and 12-13 Lakhs within the next two years.

The startup is not limited to any specific age, background, or qualification. The portal caters to people from all education verticals, including school teachers, college professors, coaching institute faculties, preschool teachers, EdTech professionals, and vocational training experts.

The founders created Jobs in Education to address the challenges faced by job seekers in Education in finding relevant jobs for various teaching and non-teaching roles in the education sector. Taking the journey forward, it envisions expanding upon its current product to cater to the hiring needs of the entire Indian education sector while keeping costs to a minimum for all stakeholders involved.

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Moodle Educators – How to get rid off the Announcements Forum?

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Educators - How to get rid off the Announcements Forum?
Moodle Educators - How to get rid off the Announcements Forum?

Moodle LMS is one of the most popular and widely used open source Learning management System in the world. It comes with all sorts of features to help you create your own personalised learning environment. The course is the area where you can add your own teaching material and activities for your students. In this post, we will see how you can turn off the announcements forum.

The announcements forum in Moodle course is a good way to start the communication with your students. It is a special forum which allows you to release general news and announcements related to your course. Generally, there is an announcement forum created by default in Moodle course.

By default, it is placed in the top of the central section and only teachers and only users with appropriate permissions (by default teachers) can post in it. The forum has forced subscription set by default which means that all users will receive a notification for the forum posts.

How to remove the Announcements forum?

There may be courses where you don’t want to use the Announcements forum e.g. Corporate Training courses. In order to remove the announcements forum from your Moodle course, please follow these steps:

  • In Course settings, Under ‘Appearance’ section – set “Number of announcements” to 0. (By default it is set to 5 with a dropdown menu.)
  • Delete Announcements forum from the course homepage. With editing mode turned on, Expand the Menu with three dots in right side and select Delete.
  • Delete the Latest announcements block from the course, if its there.

As a Moodle Administrator, you can disable the creation of Announcements Forum in Moodle course in Course Default Settings. Navigate to Site Administration > Courses > Course Default Settings. Under Appearance section, change the Number of Announcements to 0.

Here is a brief video screencast showing the same:

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HRTech Startup HR Signal Raises $1.6M in Pre-Seed Round

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Jaswinder Singh
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HRTech Startup HR Signal Raises $1.6M in Pre-Seed Round
HRTech Startup HR Signal Raises $1.6M in Pre-Seed Round

HR Signal Technology Inc, a Cleveland HRTech platform that helps companies proactively retain their employees by leveraging proprietary insights to foster successful career paths, has recently raised $1.6 million in a pre-seed round led by Gammite Ventures and Tzur Daboosh. The funding round was also joined by Aaron Grossman, CEO and founder of TalentLaunch in Independence, Ohio, the company said in a blog post.

Co-founded by Andrew Spott, Daniel Gilon and, Aaron Goodman, Sagy Cohen, HR Signal is a software-as-a-service platform with a hands-on team of professionals. Its products and services are designed to support one’s organization’s employee retention, workforce planning and culture. The platform’s Workforce Insights Engine delivers value for employees and the organization. The company aims to improve employee career paths to keep companies growing. It uncovers proprietary insights to help employers better understand and nurture their people.

According to Andrew Spott, Co-founder and President, the startup plans to utilize the new capital to hire sales, marketing and customer success workers to bring its software-as-a-service platform to market. Speaking about the company, Co-founder & CEO of HR Signal, Sagy Cohen, said:

We also have to buy a lot of data. Our algorithm processes billions of data points every month. So that’s the third category of (capital) spend. The company, which already has benchmarked 50,000 job positions, uses data and algorithms to predict whether a worker is getting ready to jump ship, giving employers time to take steps to retain the employee. Our first product, which is this predictive retention risk score, helps employers know who to have a stay interview with.

The firm envisions a world where more companies focus on delivering the career paths that their employees need to thrive and reach their career potential. It visualizes a world where people don’t have to keep hopping jobs to find a company culture that supports their growth.

HR Signal’s channel partners include HR consulting firm ERC, which is used by 1,500 companies that want to improve their workplace culture and promote it from within. So far, the platform has been in prolonged soft beta mode to refine its algorithm’s output, and it has worked with employers ranging from 30 people up to 3,600.

According to the founders, the company’s ideal client has at least 100 employees because that gives HR Signal more data to use.

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Cuemath Launches ‘Mathfit’ to Help Students Overcome ‘Math Phobia’ During Board Exams

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Jaswinder Singh
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Cuemath Launches ‘Mathfit’ to Help Students Overcome ‘Math Phobia’ During Board Exams
Cuemath Launches ‘Mathfit’ to Help Students Overcome ‘Math Phobia’ During Board Exams

Cuemath, a global math learning platform, has recently launched ‘Mathfit’, a digital handbook that aims to empower students to ace math exams by overcoming their ‘Math Phobia. According to an official statement, the guide has been launched to help students practice math as a life skill and not merely for academic excellence.

In addition, ‘MathFit’ also aims to share simple and effective learning strategies to help students manage math exam priorities efficiently. This handbook comprises topics like relaxation methods, stress management and concentration techniques. Since parents play an essential role in their child’s learning journey, it also informs them how to help children feel more confident while preparing for the examination. The handbook will be populated through EdTech’s social media handles and website and distributed among the parents’ and teachers’ communities for greater accessibility.

Speaking about the development, Chief Executive Officer of Cuemath, Vivek Sunder, said:

A survey conducted by us in 2021 found that the pressure and fear of mathematics among Class 10th students grows significantly during the board exams. The study also highlighted that several students in classes 9th and 10th lack self-belief in their mathematical abilities and how their confidence levels undergo a significant drop during the board exams. Many children’s struggles concerning maths learning inspired us to introduce ‘MathFit.’

Cuemath is backed by Lightrock, Alpha Wave Incubation, Sequoia Capital India, CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), and Manta Ray. In June 2022, the company raised $57 million (around Rs 438 crore) in a funding round led by Alpha Wave, which doubled its valuation to $407 million. The firm, currently in over 80 countries, is certified by Grant Thornton. Its curriculum is also STEM and Google for Education-accredited.

Cuemath, founded in 2013, provides technology-driven after-school math learning programs for KG to 12th-grade students. Experts have designed its course content from premier institutions worldwide to build students’ strong math and coding foundation by sharpening their knowledge of concepts, aptitude and reasoning skills. The startup aims to make the world’s children great at math and create invincible problem-solvers who will go on to solve humanity’s biggest problems.

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Moodle Educators – Now create face to face type debate activity in Moodle course

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Educators - Now create face to face type debate activity in Moodle course
Moodle Educators - Now create face to face type debate activity in Moodle course

Using debates in the classroom provide students the opportunity to work in a collaborative and cooperative group setting. By having students discuss and organize their points of view for one side of an argument they are able to discover new information and put knowledge into action. Classroom debates help students learn through friendly competition, examine controversial topics and “strengthen skills in the areas of leadership, interpersonal influence, teambuilding, group problem solving, and oral presentation”

Now, you can easily create debates in Moodle course using the new Debate Activity Moodle plugin. Debate is a Moodle activity which allows students to debate in a given topic inside Moodle.

It is a usual activity in any face-to-face class that moderators or teacher or even employees are divided into group and they are asked to give their opinion or debate on a given topic. This plugin is the approach to take that whole scenario inside Moodle.

You can download the latest version of the Debate activity plugin from the official plugins repository here. You can follow this guide to learn how to install a Moodle plugin. Once installed, you can easily start using the Debate activity in your Moodle course as a regular activity.

Debate activity allows you to create multiple teams for positive and negative side for a group of users. You will need to use the groups feature inside the course, create groups and use those groups as a part of each team.

As an educator you can control the type of responses from the users like:

  • Unlimited response – users can add as many positive and negative response as they want.
  • Allow one response on one side – only one response is allowed on any one side, either positive or negative.
  • Allow one response on each side – allow anyone to respond either on the positive or negative side.
  • Use debate teams – use teams feature instead which will control these for individual teams.

In addition, the following options are available for activity completion settings:

  • User viewing the debate activity
  • User submitting the required number of debate responses.

What are the other interesting Moodle activity plugins you are using? Please share with us in the comments section below.

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Kenyan HR-payroll provider Workpay secures $2.6m in pre-Series A funding round

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Jaswinder Singh
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Kenyan HR-payroll provider Workpay secures $2.6m in pre-Series A funding round
Kenyan HR-payroll provider Workpay secures $2.6m in pre-Series A funding round

Workpay, a Kenyan HR payroll start-up co-founded by chief executive Paul Kimani and COO Jackson Kungu, has secured Ksh 342 million (about $2.6 million) funding in a pre-Series A round. The funding round saw the participation of Launch Africa Ventures, Saviu Ventures, Acadian Ventures, PROPARCO, Fondation Botnar, Kara Ventures, and Axian Group Norrsken.

The company provides employers with a platform to process employee salaries, benefits, file taxes, and keep track of their attendance and leave days. Workpay, which was launched in 2019, also enables employees to have their own app where they receive and view their pay slips, make expense requests, and apply for leave days.

The Kenyan HR payroll startup will soon roll out its services in 40 countries in Africa, nearly double its current reach, following $2.7 million pre-Series A funding raised from Launch Africa, Saviu Ventures, Acadian Ventures, Proparco, Fondation Botnar, Kara Ventures, Axian, P1 Ventures and Norrsken. The YC-backed startup (W20) previously raised $2.1 million seed funding in 2020.

Workpay’s co-founder and CEO, Paul Kimani, said:

On the tech side, we have integrated with nearly everyone who is processing payments to allow us to send money to as many countries in Africa as possible. Non-tech means we have established a presence in these countries, and have partners that allow us to be compliant, which is very important

He further added:

We are a full-stack HR Payroll company, and we help employees to manage their people and pay them. And ours is a very neat platform that processes payrolls, and helps employers to be compliant. As an employer you are able to pay employees wherever they are, and in their preferred accounts — they don’t have to be forced to open accounts with specific banks just because the employer banks there — and file taxes too.

Thomas Otter, general partner at Acadian Ventures, said in a statement:

Workpay is building a top-notch product, meeting the specific needs for HR and payroll in Sub-Saharan Africa. The addressable market in the region is growing rapidly and HR and payroll systems provide the foundation for fair and accurate pay. When combined with advances in mobile payments, solutions like Workpay can have a positive impact on businesses and society.

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NSDCI and Pearson Partner to Aid Workforce Skills Enhancement in India

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Jaswinder Singh
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NSDCI and Pearson Partner to Aid Workforce Skills Enhancement in India
NSDCI and Pearson Partner to Aid Workforce Skills Enhancement in India

National Skill Development Corporation International (NSDCI) and the world’s leading learning company, Pearson have entered a partnership to promote Pearson’s globally successful programs called Business Technology and Education Council (BTEC) among its education partners and affiliates in India.

The collaboration has been initiated to catalyze the adoption of academic and vocational qualifications that are recognized by education ministries and employers globally.

NSDC International will support Pearson to generate awareness about their BTEC programs within its ecosystem, further helping in increasing outreach through its Skilling Audience across 11,000+ Training Centers, 750 PMKK (Centers of Excellence) and 13,000+ Schools /Universities/academic institutes, across 700+ districts of India.

Lauding the partnership, Dr. Maneesh Mishra, Executive Vice President-Strategy, NSDC, said,

In today’s dynamic business environment, the growth of our economy is dependent on students; therefore, skill-based training is essential. Our partnership with Pearson is more exciting given the success rate of the Business Technology and Education Council globally. Together, we will strengthen the learning provided in vocational courses. These courses will prepare them to apply the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that employers and universities will seek in the next generation. We are hopeful that the fusion of the university curriculum and vocational courses will offer the finest learning infrastructure for our leaders.

Speaking about the association, Jane Baker, Vice President, Workforce Skills at Pearson, said,

We are proud of the partnership between Pearson and NSDC International, which will support young learners to access globally recognized career-focused TVET qualifications from Pearson. Together, we shall support thousands of learners to grow in their future.

She further added,

India has a vast working demographic that is rapidly making its mark on the global stage. Pearson India works towards bridging the gap between industry demand and skilled talent supply by enabling this demographic to access opportunities to enhance workforce skills, to reskill and to upskill. Our BTEC courses are helping provide digital solutions for employee training and vocational skilling, particularly for in-demand careers. Alongside this, Pearson provides a digital platform for businesses to test candidates on their verified skills and facilitate better decision-making. Our partnership with NSDC International will help to further bridge these gaps while enhancing the caliber of India’s vibrant workforce.

Pearson BTEC offers high-quality, career-focused programs that are co-created with industry and academia and are acknowledged by 100+ professional bodies globally. The Pearson BTEC qualifications are robust and highly relevant as they ensure seamless progression to a student’s undergraduate degree journey and into skill development. BTEC qualifications are developed in cooperation with the relevant Sector Skills Council of UK (SSC), ensuring they meet the needs of employers. BTEC courses, which started in the UK, are now taken in more than 50 countries by 1 million learners ranging from senior secondary education to Degree equivalent. They are vocational and work-related courses, designed to accommodate the needs of employers, further enhancing a student’s skills and knowledge to progress in their careers.

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