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Moodle Partner Catalyst Becomes Official Brightcookie Moodle And Totara Services In Australia

Moodle Partner in Australia and New Zealand, Catalyst IT and open online learning solutions Brightcookie have reached an agreement in which Catalyst “will take over the provision of ‘Managed Services’ responsibilities to current Brightcookie Moodle and Totara clients.”

The decision is said to consolidate Catalyst position in the Australasia LMS market, while lets Brightcookie focus their…

The Glasgow Setlist. MoodleMoot UK & Ireland 2018 #MootIEUK18 #moodlenews

Here is the full list of highlights and important interventions that “played” during the three days last month in Glasgow, at the University of Strathclyde’s Technology and Innovation Centre. The organization has promised videos will be available soon, so you can re-live the experience! https://twitter.com/mootieuk/status/978019848306311168 You can also check out the reactions on social media as…

Diagnose Misbehaving Tasks In The #Moodle Cron Schedule With This Plugin #MoodleNews #edtech

Cron is the tool in Moodle (and many open source software) in charge of its biorhythm. It is the part of the system in charge of running scheduled tasks and updating elements. It is critical for messaging and other synchronous activities. So it’s no surprise that making sure Cron runs smoothly is a priority in server-side Moodle administration. When Cron is running well, it can help identify…

Open Source Mahara Opens #Moodle Further Into Social Learning #moodlenews #edtech

Designers, managers and other professionals are fond of Open Source, digital portfolio solution Mahara. Even students are incorporating their progress on specific competency frameworks, to show learning evidence. Mahara and Moodle have a long and durable relationship spanning years, ―so much so that the internet has nicknamed the super couple as “Mahoodle“―. A recent post on Moodlerooms’ E-Learn…

Give (And Get) A Second Change To Your Students With @DanDMarsden Reengagement #Moodle Plugin #moodlenews

How hard is it to keep a student’s attention? Do you sigh, does your body language engage students? It is unfortunate that online or blended learning is not free from the efforts of drawing people with the attention span of someone who really likes big balloons. This Moodle plugin might change your fortune. The Reengagement plugin allows you to set a “soft deadline” to email only the students who…

Never Lose Work In Your Learning Design Path With CourseBank Plugin For #Moodle #moodlenews

What is your course backup solution? Many of us have cloud storage accounts where we keep our files and media safe, but what about your Moodle courses and files? CourseBank is a cloud storage and sync tool made for Moodle courses. It creates the backups, sends them to the cloud and retrieves them when necessary. It also lets you schedule backups and syncs. CourseBank now supports Moodle 3.1.…

Backup Service CourseBank Has Been Updated To #Moodle 3.1 #moodlenews

CourseBank is a cloud backup solution for your Moodle courses. From a plugin available as an admin tool, you can send backups of your courses to the cloud and retrieve them. It takes care of keeping the course structure, which is not always an easy thing to do manually, and putting all your content into place. We reported its launch last September, and since then, lead developer Adam Riddell and…