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Check out the new Moodle jobs this week

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Jaswinder Singh
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Check out the new Moodle jobs this week

Moodle is world’s most popular open source Learning Management System. It is used by over 300 million users around the world in 241 countries. There are many job opportunities for Moodle developers, Administrators, experts to showcase their Moodle skills.

In this weekly roundup of latest Moodle Jobs, here we are listing down the jobs listed on Moodle.org Jobs Database. You can check out the following jobs and apply for the same if you are eligible & interested for the same.

Moodle Jobs This Week

  • Developer
    • Type: Contract
    • Location: remote
    • Description – We have our own hosting, and are looking for someone to help back up and upgrade our site, as well as support with initial design and functionality and other ad hoc support.
  • Senior Learning Management System (LMS) Administrator
    • Type: Full-time
    • Location: Boston, MA, USA
    • Description: This is an onsite Moodle Administrator position situated in the Metro-Boston area, Massachusetts, USA. University is looking for a Senior Learning Management System (LMS) Administrator that provides application administration for the LMS and associated components including plug-ins, integrations, and supporting systems. Possessing strong analyst and developer skills, the individual provides tier-2 and tier-3 technical support, develops and monitors processes geared to proactively detect system issues, creates and maintains system documentation, and develops training resources. The Senior LMS Administrator leads other administrator and development team resources on projects such as product and infrastructure upgrades.
    • Click here to Apply
  • BackEnd Developer
    • Type: Full-time
    • Location: Milano
    • Description: Looking for Back End Developer who contributes proactivity , curiosity , energy and enthusiasm to the development of our Digital Learning projects.
  • Help Desk Specialist/Delivery
    • Type: Full-time
    • Location: Milano
    • Description: Looking for Help Desk Specialist who contributes with proactivity , energy and enthusiasm to our Digital Learning projects, processes an active assistance of the client’s knowledge and the ability to provide technical support to help us profit from our work and use of our training environment.

For all Moodle Jobs available now check out the Moodle Jobs database here.

Free Moodle Webinar – Significant Learning Experiences in Moodle

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Jaswinder Singh
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Free Moodle Webinar - Significant Learning Experiences in Moodle

Moodle HQ is hosting a free webinar on Significant Learning Experiences in Moodle. The webinar will be hosted on 24 May 2022 2:00 PM US & Canada Time.

The free webinar will use Fink’s (2013) taxonomy of significant learning experiences and framework for integrated course design to explore Moodle activities, resources, and features.

Fink’s taxonomy of signinfcant learning taxonomy includes:

  • Foundational Knowledge: understanding and remembering information and ideas
  • Application: skills, critical thinking, creative thinking, practical thinking, and managing projects
  • Integration: connecting information, ideas, perspectives, people, or realms of life
  • Human Dimension: learning about oneself and others
  • Caring: developing new feelings, interests, and values
  • Learning How to Learn: becoming a better student, inquiring about a subject, becoming a self-directed learner

During the webinar the Moodle HQ team will help you in understanding how Moodle can support the Fink’s taxonomy.

The webinar is suitabe for all Moodle Course creators, Educators, Instructional designers.

You can register for the webinar through this link. For all upcoming webinars, please check out Moodle HQ’s events page.

Create Awesome Presentations in Moodle using SlideMania

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Jaswinder Singh
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Create Awesome Presentations in Moodle using SlideMania
Create Awesome Presentations in Moodle using SlideMania

After the COVID-19 pandemic the whole scenarion for teaching has changed. Now, the teachers need to use more resources online like Presentations and make more interactive assessments.

It is the part and parcel of the Moodle teachers job but in this post, I will share details about one more free education resource – SlidesMania which will help you in making thrilling presentations.

You can use SlidesMania to create stunning presenations on different themes. Once you have created a presentation, you can use this guide to embed presentation files in Moodle Course.

Slidesmania offers Free creative PowerPoint templates and Google Slides themes which you can use to create stunning presentations. SlidesMania has been selected as one of the 2022 Best Digital tools for Teaching and Learning by the AASL.

The site hosts hundreds of interesting presentation templates on wide variety of topics. You can either download the MS PowerPoint templates or else use the Google Slides templated. All the designs are completly editable and customizable.

You will also find some useful tips to take the google slides and powerpoint presentations to next levelon SlidesMania.

What are the other popular tools, you are using to create presentations for your Moodle LMS? Do Share with us in the comments section below.

Moodle 4.01 released with minor fixes

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle 4.01 released with minor fixes
Moodle 4.01 released with minor fixes

In another milestone, minor version of Moodle – the world’s most popular open source LMS is released today. The new version – Moodle 4.0.1 is available to download from Moodle.org.

The new point release contains minor fixes from Moodle 4.0 release. Here are the brief fixes:

  • MDL-74461 – Not always possible to easily navigate back to section from an activity page
  • MDL-74514 – BigbluebuttonBN is polling the BigblueButton server too often
  • MDL-74481 – LTI Advantage: Non-Editing Teacher has role Student
  • MDL-74478 – Awarded badge for activity completion, despite not receiving a passing grade
  • MDL-74450 – The course secondary navigation should be displayed in the site home settings page
  • MDL-74317 – Edit mode cannot be turned on/off when using other capabilities
  • MDL-74436 – Fatal error when importing “course” events from ics file
  • MDL-74427 – Coding error detected when deleting question category

The next major version 4.1 is scheduled to be released in November 2022. It will have major focus on improving the User Experience for Moodle LMS. There will be many new features like:

  • Improving the integration with MoodleNet
  • Investigating and commencing the project to improve messaging in Moodle (proposed integration with Matrix messaging)
  • MUA projects to improve the Database and Assignment activities
  • Continuing the Question bank improvements project.

Mahara New version 22.04 released with new features

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Jaswinder Singh
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Mahara New version 22.04 released with new features

Mahara is the world’s most popular open source web eportfolio system. It is a stand-alone system that can be integrated into a wider virtual learning framework. It allows users to record and share evidence of lifelong learning.

The new version of Mahara i.e. 22.04 is released with many new features. Here are the major highlights:

The highlights of Mahara 22.04 version are:

  • Support for Elasticsearch 7
  • Check portfolios for similarities with Ouriginal in Moodle
  • Assign a new role: Institution support administrator
  • Move institution members more easily via SAML
  • Upload files via web services
  • Set up portfolio completion collection on the group level
  • Prevent changes to sign-off blocks in templates
  • Download SmartEvidence frameworks
  • Install and update languages

You can download the latest Mahara version from the official website here.

Moodle Tips – How to upload powerpoint files in Moodle

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Tips - How to upload powerpoint files in Moodle
How to upload powerpoint files in Moodle

Using powerpoint slides in elearning course is almost a first requirement for all teachers. There are many tools in Moodle which can be used by the teachers to deliver similar information instead of using powerpoint files. However, since many teachers have slideshows ready, so in this post we will learn about using powerpoint files in Moodle.

There are many options to create slideshows in Moodle. Many plugin provide the similar options as mentioned below but we will be covering only the ways relevant to Moodle 4.0

  • Microsoft Powerpoint files & Google Slides
  • H5P Course Presentation Content Type
  • iContent plugin – It was a good plugin but it is not maintained actively in Moodle Plugins directory. So we will not be covering this.
  • Presentation Plugin – It was a good plugin but it is not maintained actively in Moodle Plugins directory. So we will not be covering this.

Today, we will see how to use the Microsoft Powerpoint files & Google Slides in Moodle course.

Using the Powerpoint in Moodle course comes with the usage required. If you just want the students to download the presentation from Moodle and go through at their own leisure, you can use file resource. So before proceeding further, let me ask you few questions:

  • Do you want to embed the slideshow in Moodle course?
  • Do you want to share the presentation with students so they can go through that on their own.
  • Can you export the slides into another format like PDF or even video?
  • Can’t you create the same content in Moodle Book resource or Moodle Lesson activity.

Embed Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation in Moodle course

Let me start with the example that you have a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, and you want to share it to the students to let them download. To get started:

  • Login to your Moodle course and turn on the editing mode.
  • Simply Drag and drop the PowerPoint file onto the course section, where you want to add. It will be added as a file resource
  • Whenever the student click on that file resource, it will be downloaded (depending on the their browser settings), to their device.
  • Done.

Now let’s take another example that you want to just show it in your course without directly downloading to the students’ devices.

  • Upload your PowerPoint pesentation to any slide share platform like Google Slides, SlideShare.net etc.
  • For SlideShare:
    • Scroll down and click the Share button and copy the embed code.
    • Login to your Moodle course and turn on the editing mode.
    • Embed it into Moodle course either using Label or Page Resource.
    • Use the HTML code button in the second row of Atto Editor to embed the code.
  • For Google Slides:
    • Click File > Publish to the web > Embed.
    • Choose Size and copy the embed code.
    • Login to your Moodle course and turn on the editing mode.
    • Embed it into Moodle course either using Label or Page Resource.
    • Use the HTML code button in the second row of Atto Editor to embed the code.

In case you are using Microsoft PowerPoint online through web browser. You can directly embed your presentation in your Moodle course easily. Here is a brief screencast showing how you can embed PowerPoint in your Moodle course:

Please follow these steps:

  1. Login to your Microsoft Office 365 account through – https://www.office.com/?auth=1
  2. Create your PowerPoint Pesentation or upload it if you have already created.
  3. Once you open the presentation, just go to File >Share >Embed.
  4. You will get the embed code from the popup.
  5. Now, Go to your Moodle course and click on add an activity or Resource And then choose page resource.
  6. Choose the HTML code in the editor toolbar and paste the embed code here.
  7. Click Save Changes.

In the next part of this series, I will cover the H5P Course Presentation content type. Trust me, H5P is the most exciting way to create & reuse interactive content easily.

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Educate Online enters Indian education market to offer high-quality distance education

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Jaswinder Singh
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Educate Online enters Indian education market to offer high-quality distance education
Educate Online

Educate Online – the US based startup has expanded into Indian education market. The US based startup offers high quality distance education to every child in the world. The goal of expanding into the Indian market is to provide online learning opportunities to the local community and share the local edTech market.

Indian EdTech market is one of the rapidly growing segment in the country which is estimated at $2.8 billion and is expected to reach $10.4 billion by 2025. Educate Online has hired a team of local experts led by CEO Amit Saneja.

Educate Online offers a student’s full journey from international high school to career building. The whole journey of High-school education, University admission and then career planning will be on offer. Alexander Zheltov, CEO and co-founder of Educate Online, mentions:

We are sure that the Indian market has enormous edTech potential. Indian schools taught 250 million students, so we have a huge and perspective market to work on! That’s why Educate Online wants to use all its experience from other markets and insights from Indian market research to empower Indians to get a world-class education and educate 1000 local students by the end of this year, and in 2023 increase this figure tenfold.

For more details about the programs offered by Educate Online, you can check out their website here.

LearnR – Check out the new Moodle theme for Moodle 4.0

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Jaswinder Singh
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LearnR - Check out the new Moodle theme for Moodle 4.0
Learnr Moodle Theme

LearnR is a brand new Moodle theme developed by Chris Kenniburg who is the developer of popular Fordson theme. LearnR is a Boost Child theme designed especially for your learners. It utilizes the new features coming in Moodle 4.0 to provide incredibly structured navigation and pathways to course materials.

LearnR theme by Chris Kenniburg, builds on the new layouts and user experiences introduced in Moodle 4.0. The theme is developed in continuation to Fordson, Evolve-D & Pioneer theme and is focused on a student going from “login to learning” quickly and easily

LearnR Theme Demo
LearnR Theme Demo

The innovative features in LearnR theme are:

  • Consistency – LearnR pursues consistency by making all content full width with navigation that is predictable, simple, and structured for users.
  • Customized course header images which will provides visual cues for learners on which course they are in.
  • Ability to focus the learner with a single pathway to learning
  • Direct users on the homepage, dashboard, or my courses page with innovative “Icon navigation bar”
  • A latest course drop down menu automatically builds individual course menus for students based on the last 7 courses they visit.
  • An innovative “course section style chooser” allows the site admin to choose from pre-built section styles for course homepage

You can download the LearnR theme from Moodle themes database here. Kindly note that it is available only for Moodle 4.0 and not for lower versions. So please make sure to try if you are using Moodle 4.0 version.

Moodle Users Association – Top voted projects for Project Development Cycle: January – June 2022

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Jaswinder Singh
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Moodle Users Association - Top voted projects for Project Development Cycle: January - June 2022
Moodle Users Association

Moodle Users Association is the non-profit organization which connects Moodle users across the globe. The MUA allows the members to push for new features in Moodle Core by voting for them.Every year the Moodle Users Association goes through two project development cycles. Based on the votes received by MUA members, the projects are then pushed into Moodle core.

Atto Accessibility, Moodle Question bank Improvements, Course Overview in Dashboard etc are few examples of projects contributed by Moodle Users Association. At present, the MUA is in the middle of Project Development Cycle: January – June 2022.

There are 10 projects which have been shortlisted for the Jan-June 2022 development cycle. The top voted projects are as below:

  1. Bulk edit activities in course view page – 32957
  2. Team mode for Workshop – 31158
  3. Enhanced Forum Reports, Enhanced Forum Exports, and Enhanced Discussion Metrics – 16065
  4. Improve Moodle Reporting – 11554
  5. Make it possible to use completion criteria in if-conditions for grade calculations – 5383
  6. Moodle Wiki export and import – 4033
  7. Bulk upload of offline performances to assignment module – 3945
  8. Add the Ordering question type (qtype_ordering) into Moodle core – 3910
  9. Default Settings for Activities and Resources Completion Criteria – 1890
  10. Improve online text assignment submission screen – 1155

The shortlisted projects are currently under evaluation by Moodle HQ development team. The final project cycle voting will start in June.

Out of the all above projects, which project you would like to see in Moodle Core? Share your views with us in the comments section below.

Paris-based Employee Learning Platform “Rise Up” Raises €30M To Expand Its Growth

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Jaswinder Singh
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Paris-based Employee Learning Platform "Rise Up" Raises €30M To Expand Its Growth
Rise Up

Rise Up, the Paris based employee learning platform solution, has raised €30 Million in a funding round from SaaS focused investment fund Connected Capital. With the latest investment capital, Rise Up plans to work towards European growth. The expansion plan includes expanding its team and product suite as well as localisation of its learning and development solutions for European markets.

Rise Up was founded in 2014 by Arnaud Blachon and Guillaume Blachon. It offers a personalized training experience to stimulate learning and enable your employees to take a leading role in their own development. The AI driven solution offers a personalized learning approach to each individual with features such as intuitive blended learning environment, motivational chatbot and a Microsoft Teams integration. The Rise Up algorithm makes it possible to suggest training and review scenarios and on time for employees.

Speaking about the investment, Arnaud Blachon, Co-founder and CEO of Rise Up said:

“As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, hybrid learning is fundamental. Rise Up offers an inclusive learning platform that transforms this crucial business challenge into an opportunity for our customers. Our partnership with Connected Capital, with its focus on B2B SaaS, and their experience with HR tech companies in particular, will allow us to further strengthen our position in local European markets.”

We are impressed with its efficient growth over the last years – Connected Capital

The client base of Rise Up is spread across 400 customers and million active learners. Rise Up mission is to develop a solution capable of stimulating learning through an ultra-personalized training experience by capitalizing on AI and neuroscience. Investment Manager of Connected Capital, Sander Pennings, added:

“Rise Up’s rich product suite combining LMS, LXP and content authoring is already adding crucial value to companies ranging from SMEs to large corporations such as Axa, Schneider Electric and Domino’s. We are impressed with its efficient growth over the last years in its current markets and are excited to contribute to the company’s accelerated international expansion.”

 

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