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Join MoodleMoot Francophone 2024 from 2-4 July, 2024

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Jaswinder Singh
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Join MoodleMoot Francophone 2024 from 2-4 July, 2024
Join MoodleMoot Francophone 2024 from 2-4 July, 2024

The MoodleMoot Francophone 2024 will take place from 2-4 July 2024 in Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France. This will be the 19th edition of the French community hosting the MoodleMoot Francophone 2024.

The registrations for MoodleMoot Francophone 2024 will open from April 15 to May 1 2024 only with a limit of maximum participants to 500. The ticket pricing varies from € 100 to €  350 per person.

The 3 days edtech conference will includes practical workshops, conferences, round table and discussions across various edtech topics. During the edtech conference, the teachers, trainers, pedagogical engineers, developers, administrators will exchange, share and enrich each other.

The theme for MoodleMoot Francophone 2024 is – Personalization, evaluations, interactions.

Check out the official website for more details about joining, participating and presenting in the MoodleMoot Francophone 2024 here.

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Anthology Raises $250M to Invest in Its Strategic Initiatives

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Jaswinder Singh
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Anthology, a global platform that supports learners and institutions with the largest EdTech ecosystem, has recently announced a significant milestone. It has secured $250 million in funding from its investors to fuel its primary EdTech solutions and strategic initiatives. This transaction, which closed on April 19, is a testament to its shared commitment to leading the industry forward and helping higher education institutions worldwide meet their goals in a rapidly changing landscape.

With a user base of over 150 million across 80 countries, Anthology is on a mission to empower the global education community. Its dynamic, data-driven experiences through Anthology Intelligent Experiences™ are revolutionizing learning. Offering more than 60 SaaS products and services aimed at advancing learning, the platform is a powerful tool for educators, leaders, and learners, helping them reach their goals and shape the future of education.

Commenting on the investment, Bruce Dahlgren, CEO of Anthology, said:

We are excited about the support from our investors and our journey to help customers realize the benefits of the “best of” education and technology coming together. Investment in education technology continues to be critical as institutions strive to evolve in today’s market and meet student needs. Anthology is a champion of progress, with a market-leading offer that will deliver long-term success for our customers and partners.

Higher education institutions find themselves at a critical juncture as they face challenges across enrollment, retention, and budgets, as well as a rapid shift in student needs and expectations. The Anthology is exclusively positioned to guide educational institutions through these times of change. The company remains devoted to helping customers adapt, strengthen their operations, and deliver the modern, dynamic learning experiences that today’s students demand.

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Check out the top exciting features included in Moodle 4.4

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Jaswinder Singh
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Check out the top exciting features included in Moodle 4.4
Check out the top exciting features included in Moodle 4.4

Moodle 4.4 – the next major version of the Moodle LMS has been released today. Along with Moodle 4.4 there are other supported minor versions released. The new major Moodle version released is packed with a lot of exciting new features.

  • Course page improvements and activity icons: A fresher look – Course pages, the heart of Moodle’s learning experience, have received significant improvements in Moodle LMS 4.4. The navigation experience within a course has been improved to help learners focus on the material at hand; by default, clicking on the section heading in the left-hand course index or on the section title will now navigate the student to a section page displaying only the content for that particular section.
  • Streamline communication with enhanced notifications – Moodle LMS 4.4 introduces enhanced notification options to proactively inform and engage users. Students are alerted when manually enrolled in courses, ensuring they can engage with new learning opportunities right away. If students are at risk of being unenrolled due to inactivity, they can be alerted to give them the chance to re-engage and continue their learning journey.
  • Ordering Question type in Moodle core – Funded by Moodle Users Association, the ordering question type enabling educators to create dynamic assessments that require learners to sequence content accurately. This tool develops learners’ problem-solving skills and deepens their understanding of narrative coherence and metacognition. 
  • Forum Upgrades – In Moodle 4.4, there are many significant forum management enhancements such as configurable defaults for announcements to forums, paired with quick access to the “Post to all groups” option.
  • TinyMCE text editor – Now, TinyMCE text editor is the default editor for all newly installed and upgraded LMS sites.
  • Better image handling -Image handling is more streamlined, giving a better user experience.
  • Mult-Factor Authentication via SMS – Multi-factor authentication now includes the option to authenticate via an SMS code. 
  • Last Saved Quiz Attempt & Section based grading
  • Many more…

These are just a glimpse of many new exciting features included in the Moodle 4.4 version. We encourage you to setup a development Moodle portal to test out the new features included in the new version before upgrading your current version to the latest version.

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AI-Powered Job Simulation Platform Take2 AI Raises $3M

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Jaswinder Singh
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Take2 AI, a unique AI-powered job simulation platform for sales recruiting, has announced a significant milestone. The company has successfully raised $3 million in a seed round led by Reach Capital and SemperVirens, with participation from other renowned Silicon Valley-based venture funds, Techstars, and HR leaders from Visa, Disney, HP, and Google. This substantial funding will fuel the company’s expansion and development efforts, further solidifying its position in the market.

Take2 AI, co-founded by Kaushik Narasimhan and Yaniv Shimoni, aims to transform how companies find talent for high-volume sales positions, which make up 14% of all jobs in the United States. Companies need help to screen applicants and spend many hours evaluating applications thoroughly. Due to this, there is a relatively high short-term turnover rate: three times more salespeople than in any other occupation, or one in three churn annually.

Yaniv Shimoni, Co-founder of Take2 AI, said:

There has been so much buzz around skills-based hiring in recent years, yet most employers still heavily rely on resumes. In high-volume sales roles, resumes could be more helpful in predicting fit, leading to highly high short-term attrition.

The company’s two founders, Kaushik Narasimhan and Yaniv Shimoni, are highly skilled at creating and growing sales teams. They first connected at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Based on insights from Stanford University research on skills-based hiring, they founded Take2 AI.

Headquartered in New York, the firm helps companies generate tailor-made simulations of real-world sales scenarios that vet job applicants for skills, behavioural attributes, and culture fit. This enables companies to minimize their mis-hires and improve employee retention.

Esteban Sosnik, General Partner of Reach Capital, stated:

We are very bullish on skill-based hiring. Given the advancements in generative AI, Take2 AI brings a novel approach to recruiting that is scalable and timely. Putting candidates in front of real-world sales simulations results in a better assessment of candidates for companies and a more suitable fit for employees, leading to a win-win and clear ROI for both parties.

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Moodle 4.4 & other minor versions released

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle 4.4 & other minor versions released
Moodle 4.4 & other minor versions released

Moodle LMS has released the new major version i.e. Moodle 4.4 along with other minor version releases. The new Moodle 4.4 version is packed with a lot of exciting new features. The other minor versions are maintenance releases only with fixed issues and security fixes only.

You can get the latest Moodle version from the official Moodle downloads page or from the GitHub repository. If you are currently running a non-supported version, you are advised to update to a supported version.

Along with the Moodle 4.4 version, the other Moodle versions released today are:

All those Moodle community members who have contributed in QA testing and completed 3 or more tests have received the Moodle Tester badge. The Moodle 4.4 QA testing is 100% completed before the initial release of the LMS version. All the 476 tests are marked complete by the community members.

The next major version i.e. Moodle 4.5 will be an LTS (long term support) version.

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Moodle Admins – Allow students to create their own courses in Moodle using Sandbox plugin

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Admins - Allow students to create their own courses in Moodle using Sandbox plugin
Moodle Admins - Allow students to create their own courses in Moodle using Sandbox plugin

Moodle is world’s most popular open learning management system in the world with more than 410 million users around the world. It allows the learning management system to be used for all types of learning requirements such as Blended Learning, Face to face learning, Hands On training, classroom training etc. In this post we will see how you can setup a Moodle course where the students can play around with different  types of Moodle activities and after a certain period the course will restore back to its original state.

This can be a wonderful playground for anyone who is learning Moodle LMS to play around with different Moodle activities, their settings and how they can be used. The courses will be cleaned periodically to a predefined state automatically.

The Sandbox Moodle plugin – developed by Moodle an Hochschulen e.V is one of such beautiful plugins which can be used to create your own Moodle playground so that your teachers/students can play around with it and get a hands-on learning with Moodle.

The Sandbox plugin can be used in simplifying live training courses or for letting new Moodle users explore the features of Moodle. Resetting the courses manually is a time consuming and tedious task which can be eliminated by using this plugin.

After installing the plugin, you can configure the plugin and its behaviour through Site administration -> Courses -> Sandbox. You can then configure various settings such as Execution Time, Course Backups, Restore settings and Notification settings.

You can download the Sandbox Moodle plugin from the official Plugins repository here.

What are the other useful Moodle plugins you are using, please let us know in the comments section below.

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Reference-Checking Platform Veremark Raises $3M in Pre-Series B Round

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Jaswinder Singh
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Veremark, a UK global background screening company, has announced that it has raised $3 million in its pre-Series B round led by Samaipata and Stage 2 Capital, with participation from ACF Investors and Vulpes Investment. The startup aims to use this investment to support its screening technology’s growth and ongoing client acquisition.

Established in 2019, Veremark offers a distinctive global background screening service. It equips companies with the ability to conduct comprehensive checks on potential employees, business partners, limited partners, and founders. This unique service mitigates the risk of hiring or collaborating with individuals who may be underqualified or legally unsuitable. The platform not only verifies candidate work histories but also gathers references and checks identities and qualifications. Veremark has expanded its reach in the APAC region through the acquisition of Employrite, a background screening firm based in Australia and New Zealand.

Commenting on the investment, Founder and CEO of Veremark, Daniel Callaghan, said:

We continue our mission to make increasing trust frictionless in the hiring process and across the workplace. This additional funding will enable us to broaden our global reach, enhance our technology, and provide a significant runway to achieve our next growth round when it best suits the business, as we continue to empower businesses worldwide to make informed hiring decisions.

Veremark has recently unveiled its latest innovation, Verepass. This career passport revolutionizes the way candidates manage their verified credentials. By securely storing this information on the blockchain, Verepass eliminates the need for repetitive verification checks, thereby saving businesses valuable time and costs. Veremark’s expansion is evident with the establishment of offices in Singapore, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

Jose Del Barrio, Founder and Managing Partner at Samaipata, added:

The growth trends around workplace compliance and regulations are enduring and global. Veremark has consistently proven its ability to add and retain clients across geographies and sectors regardless of market conditions. We are excited by the long-term vision to improve workplace trust and to partner with the company as it scales further.

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Moodle LMS – Check students progress easily with the Module Completion Tracker plugin

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle LMS - Check students progress easily with the Module Completion Tracker plugin
Moodle LMS - Check students progress easily with the Module Completion Tracker plugin

Moodle LMS is used by more than 410 million users around the world. With more than 2200+ plugins it allows the users to extend the functionality easily to cater to all learning requirements. In this post we will discuss about Module Completion Tracker Moodle plugin.

The Module Completion Tracker plugin is a report type Moodle plugin which can be used to monitor the progress of their students. This plugin is designed to track the progression of students in all of their courses for a given period. The plugin is particularly useful for teachers and other educators who need to keep track of student progress and identify areas where students may be struggling.

You can download the Module Completion Tracker plugin from the official plugins repository here. Once installed, you will have to choose which modules/activities you would like to track on your platform.

Then you can create the reports which you would like to filter out to track. You might want to follow specific students or a whole cohort or even track progression for a specific course. You can save, and duplicate your filters. You also can make a quick filter that you can save afterwards, or not.

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 4.4 QA Updates – 90% tests marked as passed

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle 4.4 QA Updates - 90% tests marked as passed
Moodle 4.4 QA Updates - 90% tests marked as passed

Moodle 4.4 – the next major version of the Moodle LMS is scheduled to be released next week. As of now the QA testing for Moodle 4.4 is marked as 90% complete with another 10% tests to be carried out before the initial release.

The Moodle 4.4 version will be packed with a lot of exciting new features such as Course Page improvements, Refined look, Ordering Question type, report enhancements, Forum enhancements, section grading etc.

Moodle 4.4 version will be released in next week along with other minor version updates for all the currently supported branches of Moodle LMS. If you are looking to upgrade your Moodle site to latest Moodle version then I would like to suggest you to wait until the next Major Moodle version i.e. Moodle 4.5 which will be an LTS release.

The Moodle 4.4 QA testing is currently marked as 90% tests as completed with another 42 tests still needs to be carried out. The QA testing is a vital step before the release of any major Moodle version. Actual Moodle community members test out various features with different combinations to ensure that all features are working perfectly fine.

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Abre Raises $24M in Series A Investment to Fuel Growth

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Jaswinder Singh
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Abre, the most prominent modern data solution for K–12 that supports the values that have made it a reliable partner for educational institutions across the country, recently announced a significant milestone with the closing of a Series A investment round led by PeakSpan Capital, with follow-on participation from JumpStart Ventures, JobsOhio Growth Capital Fund, and Golden Angels Investors. This latest funding will support the company’s mission to open learning communities by connecting what matters.

Abre serves as a one-stop shop that integrates data from hundreds of EdTech platforms across a school district. These data points are integrated to paint a 360-degree view of a student across key areas of social-emotional well-being, enrollment, attendance, intervention, academic performance, and more without requiring a huge amount of effort from administrators or building staff. The company’s commitment to streamlining processes, enhancing collaboration, and improving student outcomes has garnered widespread recognition and adoption among school districts nationwide.

Speaking on the fundraising, CEO of Abre, James Stoffer, said:

We are thrilled to have the confidence of such a distinguished group of investors at PeakSpan Capital and the ongoing support from many of our early investors. This investment validates our vision and strategy and provides us with the resources needed to accelerate our growth and deliver impactful solutions to our school and district clients as well as their administrators and staff, community partners, families, and students.

With this financing, the company will continue to innovate Abre’s data solution, a unique blend of personalized services tailored to each district partner’s specific needs and cutting-edge technology designed to enhance data intelligence for all stakeholders supporting students both inside and outside the classroom. It will also utilize the funds to broaden its market reach, fortify its team across crucial departments, and seize emerging opportunities in the EdTech sector.

Sanket Merchant, Partner at PeakSpan Capital and Head of the firm’s EdTech practice, led the investment and will join the Abre Board of Directors. He stated:

Abre sits squarely in a thesis we’ve been developing for years and highlights the importance (and opportunity) behind data intelligence. Districts nationwide need help operationalizing student data and effectively providing students with academic, emotional, and community support. The data is alarming, and we must do much more to transform student outcomes fundamentally. We could not be more thrilled to partner with the Abre team to capitalize on the forward opportunity – democratizing data intelligence, transforming student outcomes, and creating what we believe will be the central hub for the modern U.S. K-12 district.

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