Moodle LMS allows you to easily customize and extend the features for all areas. You can add new type of activity, blocks, authentication, enrollment, themes and various other types of plugins. There are more than 2050 plugins contributed by the community developers in the official repository. In this post, I will share my ideas about Format Timeline course format plugin which can be used to create a real social network in Moodle.

The format timeline course format plugin allows you to add the course timelines in a timelines format. The plugin can help you in adding:

• Real Timeline – As a social network, course activities and posts are visible in a chronological sequence. It is also possible to filter the contents and order them by date.
• Social posts – With a simple and easy to use social post system where teachers will be able to open discussions and the students could comment on them.
• Mention Users – An awesome system to mention users. New functionality to mark each other in the posts, also linked with the Moodle’s notification system.

The format timeline course format plugin is a fast and easy alternative to MS teams and other popular online course formats. It can help you in creating visually pleasing courses which can help your students go more social.

You can download the latest version of the format timeline plugin from the official plugins directory here. You can follow this guide to learn how to install a Moodle plugin. Once installed you can easily start using the format timelines course format plugin. The plugin has been recently updated for latest Moodle versions i.e. Moodle 4.0 & Moodle 4.1.

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

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