Integrate external learning activities within Moodle using the External Portfolio Plugin

Integrate external learning activities within Moodle using the External Portfolio Plugin

What is the External Portfolio Plugin

The External Portfolio plugin provides trainees with the opportunity to upload evidence and details of previously completed learning activities conducted outside of Moodle. This plugin is a great solution for administrators aiming to integrate external learning activities into your Moodle learning environment. With this plugin, site administrators have the ability to create and manage pre-defined learning areas, to which trainees will submit evidence for it to be validated and graded by their trainers. Furthermore, site administrators can specify the maximum grade that trainers can assign to a learning activity, and the allowed upload file types for trainees uploading evidence.

Student (trainee) perspective

Students can access the External Activities page from their profile pages. By navigating to the Learning activities page, students are able to view all the learning areas created by their markers:

Moodle External Activities page

This page provides students with a visual representation of any learning area submissions, grades, and statuses associated with them. Furthermore, the table displays the submission and grading dates for each learning area.

Upload new learning activities

Students can upload new learning activities by specifying the following attributes:

  • Learning area: The learning area that this learning activity is being created for.
  • Learning activity name: The name of the learning activity.
  • Learning activity description: The description of the learning activity.
  • Completion date: The date on which the learning activity was completed (no future dates are allowed).
  • Completion evidence: Upload an evidence file providing proof that the learning activity was completed. The upload file must meet the accepted file types specified by the site administrator within the plugin settings.

Marker (trainer) perspective

Similar to students, by default site administrators can access the External Activities page from their profile page. Administrators (and users with permission) will be shown the Marking dashboard page instead of the Learning dashboard displayed to students.

Upload new learning activities

Marking dashboard

The marking dashboard page allows administrators to manage learning areas, perform grading, and accept or reject submissions made by students.

Learning activity summary

Feedback can be assigned to valid submissions with a specified grade. The maximum grade available for submissions is defined at the plugin settings level set by the site administrator.

Maximum grade

The plugin also provides markers with the ability to provide Rejection feedback for student submissions.

Moodle Rejection feedback
2023 Award Winner – Moodle Certified Partner of the Year for the Third Consecutive Year in APAC Region!

2023 Award Winner – Moodle Certified Partner of the Year for the Third Consecutive Year in APAC Region!

We are ecstatic to share some incredible news that showcases our unwavering commitment to excellence in the eLearning industry. For the third year in a row, we have been honoured with the title of “Moodle Certified Partner of the Year for the APAC region!” This remarkable achievement is a testament to our relentless pursuit of innovation, dedication to providing top-notch eLearning solutions, and the exceptional teamwork that makes it all possible.

Winning the Moodle Certified Partner of the Year award for three consecutive years is a monumental achievement that reflects our consistent dedication to excellence. It highlights our deep-rooted expertise in the Moodle platform and our ability to deliver exceptional eLearning experiences to clients throughout the APAC region.

This prestigious award also underscores the trust and confidence that our clients and the Moodle community have in us. It signifies our commitment to transforming education through technology, helping institutions and organisations thrive in the digital age. We are immensely grateful for the opportunity to work with such inspiring clients and partners who continue to push the boundaries of eLearning.

Our journey to this remarkable achievement would not have been possible without the exceptional individuals who make up our team. Each team member’s dedication, creativity, and relentless pursuit of excellence have set us apart as leaders in the eLearning industry. This award is a testament to our team’s passion for making a difference in education.

Winning the Moodle Certified Partner of the Year for three consecutive years in the APAC region is a significant milestone in our journey to revolutionize eLearning. We are immensely proud of our team’s achievements, and this award fuels our determination to continue innovating and providing the best possible solutions to our clients.

We want to extend our deepest gratitude to our clients, partners, and team members who have made this achievement possible. Together, we are shaping the future of education, one milestone at a time. Here’s to many more years of excellence and innovation in the eLearning industry!

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Moodle Certified Partner of the Year

Established in 2011, Lingel Learning has prided itself on its commitment to Moodle. With offices in Canada and Australia, we continue to deliver exceptional services to our clients across a range of industries such as Corporate, Government, Education and Not-for-profit.

Lingel Learning offer its clients the benefit of using Moodle’s latest and greatest features along with enrolmart and the Virtual Slate framework that comes bundled with advanced plugins, integrations, and user-friendly dashboards.

We are looking forward to the new year and helping our clients get the most out of their learning management systems.

    Seamlessly Integrate iMIS with Moodle using Virtual Slate LMS

    Seamlessly Integrate iMIS with Moodle using Virtual Slate LMS

    Leverage the power of iMIS, the leading Engagement Management System, with the seamless integration capabilities offered by Lingel Learning’s innovative Moodle plugin. The plugin brings together the robust functionalities of iMIS and the dynamic e-learning environment of Moodle, creating a unified experience that empowers businesses to drive engagement, personalize user interactions, and achieve growth. Explore how this integration revolutionizes user engagement and simplifies management tasks.

    Virtual Slate iMIS Plugin

    Understanding iMIS: An Engagement Management System (EMS)

    iMIS is more than just a system; it’s a holistic Engagement Management System (EMS) designed to optimize user engagement across various touchpoints. As the sole EMS with a global presence, iMIS serves as a pivotal tool for businesses looking to enhance user experiences. By effectively managing interactions such as product sales, event histories, training, and certifications, iMIS empowers businesses to tailor their offerings according to engagement trends, popularity, and demand. This system’s core focus is growth, achieved by consolidating business data with front-end services, seamlessly uniting data sources for a cohesive experience. Powered by Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing platform, iMIS ensures automatic upgrades, unmatched security, and peak performance.

    iMIS Features that Propel Engagement

    iMIS encompasses a comprehensive suite of features that pave the way for enhanced engagement and business growth:

    • CRM, Data, Website, and Membership Management: Seamlessly manage customer data, website content, and membership details in one integrated platform.
    • Integrations and Compatibility: Integrate with thousands of popular applications, streamlining processes and enhancing functionalities.
    • Events and Learning Management: Efficiently manage events and offer robust learning opportunities to your audience.
    • Certification and Product Sales: Streamline certification processes and manage online product sales seamlessly.
    • Email Marketing and Automation: Deliver targeted messages with ease and automate workflows for enhanced efficiency.
    • Dashboards and Reports: Gain valuable insights through comprehensive dashboards and reports, empowering data-driven decisions.

    Explore the full list of iMIS features here.

    iMIS

    Unlocking Seamless Integration: iMIS Moodle Integration with Lingel Learning

    While iMIS doesn’t inherently integrate with Moodle, Lingel Learning’s dedicated efforts have resulted in a breakthrough iMIS plugin for Moodle. This powerful integration simplifies and enhances the user experience. Key features include:

    • Two-Way Data Exchange: The plugin enables seamless data exchange between Moodle and iMIS, automating account creation, course enrollment, and progress tracking.
    • Course and Activity Synchronization: Course completion and activity status are seamlessly synchronized between Moodle and iMIS.
    • Group Information Updates: Any updates made to group information within iMIS are seamlessly reflected within the Moodle system.

    Experience the transformational benefits of integrating iMIS and Moodle through Lingel Learning’s iMIS integration plugin. This collaboration not only streamlines user engagement but also empowers businesses to harness the combined potential of two

    Why Choose Lingel Learning for your iMIS Integration?

    • iMIS plugin is included free with any Virtual Slate hosting plan
    • Virtual Slate is a custom framework built on top of Moodle, which means you get ALL Moodle features by default
    • 2-way exchange of information between iMIS and Moodle

    Enhancing Moodle with the Lingel Learning WordPress Integration Plugin

    Enhancing Moodle with the Lingel Learning WordPress Integration Plugin

    Bridging the gap

    Moodle, the renowned learning management system, empowers educators and learners worldwide. However, despite its robust features, Moodle lacks seamless integration with WordPress, a popular content management system (CMS). Fortunately, Lingel Learning, a Certified Moodle Partner, has developed a comprehensive plugin that bridges this gap. In this article, we will delve into how the Lingel Learning WordPress Integration Plugin can help overcome these challenges.

    Sell Moodle courses with WordPress

    Moodle Out of the Box

    Manual User Account Creation

    When instructors want to provide access to their Moodle courses, they must manually create user accounts. This process can be time-consuming, and challenging to manage for large-scale courses or rapidly growing user bases.

    Disconnected Course Management

    Without integration, administrators must manage course creation, updates, and deletions separately in both Moodle and WordPress. This disconnected approach can lead to inconsistent information and confusion.

    Limited E-commerce Integration

    If educators wish to sell their courses as products through WordPress, they face additional complexities. They may need to juggle multiple platforms, leading to potential payment processing issues, data discrepancies, and a fragmented user experience.

    Complicated Order Completion

    Handling course purchases through different systems can lead to confusion during order completion, leading to delays, potential disputes, and an overall dissatisfactory experience.

    The Lingel Learning WordPress Integration Plugin: A Comprehensive Solution

    Automated User Account Creation

    The plugin streamlines the user onboarding process by automatically creating user accounts on Moodle when they register on the WordPress website. This seamless integration ensures that learners can access their courses without any manual intervention.

    Course and Category Synchronization

    The plugin synchronizes course data between Moodle and WordPress, ensuring that any updates made in one platform reflect in the other instantly. This real-time synchronization saves time, reduces administrative overhead, and eliminates discrepancies.

    Effortless E-commerce Integration

    Lingel Learning’s plugin enables educators to transform their Moodle courses into products on WordPress effortlessly. This integration simplifies the selling and purchasing process, providing a cohesive user experience for course buyers.

    Order Confirmation Emails

    To keep learners informed, the plugin automatically sends order confirmation emails upon successful purchases. This automated communication ensures learners receive immediate confirmation and relevant course details.

    Why Choose Lingel Learning for your WordPress Integration?

    • Expertise and Certification: Lingel Learning is a certified Moodle provider with extensive experience in Moodle implementation and customization.
    • Customization Options: Lingel Learning’s plugin offers customization options, allowing educators to tailor the integration to their specific needs and preferences.
    • Proven Track Record: Lingel Learning has a successful track record of delivering high-quality Moodle solutions to clients worldwide.
    Virtual Slate integration with WordPress

    Lingel Learning WordPress Integration Plugin is a comprehensive integration, offering automated user account creation, course synchronization, and e-commerce integration, among other features. By choosing Lingel Learning, educators can ensure a seamless and efficient integration between Moodle and WordPress, providing learners with an enhanced and unified learning experience.

    Create engaging and interactive content in Moodle with H5P

    Create engaging and interactive content in Moodle with H5P

    What is H5P?

    H5P allows you to create rich HTML5 content within your Moodle LMS. H5P content can be easily shared, re-used, and embedded into various pages and sites across the internet. You should consider utilizing H5P activities if you strive to create more interactive, responsive, mobile-friendly content. H5P is a free and open-source technology that allows you to create immersive courses for your students.

    Add H5P content to LMS

    Ensure that you have the H5P activity plugin installed on your site before proceeding. You can find documentation for the H5P plugin by visiting: https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_hvp.

    You can find examples and preset H5P content types to add to your LMS by navigating to: https://h5p.org/content-types-and-applications

    Select a content type that you wish to use. You can click the Reuse button in the bottom left of the H5P content type. You will then be prompted to download the (.h5p) file.

    Reuse Button

    Within your Moodle LMS, navigate to your Content Bank. On this page click the Upload button and drag and drop the H5P file you downloaded earlier. After the file has been uploaded, you can choose to edit the H5P content to your preference.

    Moodle Content Bank

    For example, the accordion H5P content type allows you to edit the accordion panel titles and body text.

    Accordion H5P content type

    The H5P activity will now be available within your content bank. You can also choose to add additional pre-defined Moodle H5P content types via the add button:

    H5P activity in the Moodle content bank

    Add H5P activity to a course

    H5P activities can be added to the course similar to other activities and resources.

    Moodle H5P activity

    When setting up the H5P activity, you can provide an Activity name, optional description, and package file. You can select the H5P file from the content bank that we created earlier.

    Moodle File Picker

    With H5P activities, you can also define additional attributes:

    H5P activities (define additional attributes)
    • Allow download: Whether the user is allowed to download the file H5P package.
    • Embed button: Whether the H5P package is allowed to be embedded.
    • Copyright button: Display the copyright button.

    What else can H5P do?

    H5P content is not just restricted to course modules, it can be used in a variety of ways. In your text editor, you can find the H5P button. Afterwards, you can click the Browse repositories button to select the H5P package you modified earlier within the content bank.

    Text Editor

    For example, you may want to add the H5P content to a course label. Try adding some interactive H5P content to your course page via the label resource.

    Add H5P content to a course label

    H5P content can also be added to page resources: 

    Add H5P content to page resources

    H5P activities can also be added to HTML Moodle blocks.

    Add H5P activities to HTML Moodle blocks

    H5P can be used in a variety of ways. You are not just restricted to the H5P activity. The next time you are using Moodle, be on the lookout for the H5P button within the text editor. We are positive that H5P will help make your course stand out to your students.

    What is Single-Sign-On and how does it work with Moodle?

    What is Single-Sign-On and how does it work with Moodle?

    What are authentication methods

    Within Moodle, there are numerous ways to authenticate users into your site. These are often referred to as Authentication methods. You can set and view the current authentication methods for your site by navigating to:

    Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > Manage authentication

    Moodle Authentication-Plugins

    You can disable specific authentication methods or move their order within the list of priorities. The table will also display the number of users that are using this authentication method to log into your site.

    What is single-sign-on?

    Single-sign-on is a service that allows a user to log into multiple websites and software with a single identity. For example, you may be familiar with using your Google account to log into multiple websites. This service is beneficial due to its simplicity, and not requiring the user to memorize multiple login credentials for various sites.

    The SAML2 and OpenID are two popular single-sign-on plugins used within the Moodle community.

    SAML2

    The SAML2 plugin is a great choice because all the setting configuration is done within Moodle. This means that you do not need to perform any additional installs or utilize any extra applications. You can install the plugin and ensure that you have enabled it within the Manage authentication page. You may access the SAML2 settings from this page or follow the instructions below.

    Access SAML2 settings page:
    Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > SAML2

    Moodle SAML2 settings

    For more information on the SAML2 authentication plugin please refer to:
    https://moodle.org/plugins/auth_saml2

    OpenID Connect

    The OpenID authentication plugin provides the single-sign-on functionality by utilizing configurable identity providers. These include the Azure Active Directory which is included in the Microsoft 365 suite of plugins. This plugin allows users to log into Moodle with their Microsoft 365 account. Users with the existing Moodle accounts can be switched over to this authentication type. In addition, new users can log in with this plugin and have a new Moodle account created for them.

    Please ensure that you have enabled the plugin on the Manage authentication page. You can access the settings for OpenID Connect by clicking the settings link or alternatively by following the instructions below.

    Access OpenID Connect settings page:
    Site administration > Plugins > Authentication > OpenID Connect

    Moodle Open ID Connect

    For more information on the Moodle legacy OAuth2 authentication, plugin please refer to:
    https://docs.moodle.org/400/en/OAuth_2_authentication

    For more information on Google’s OAuth2 authentication plugin, please refer to:
    https://moodle.org/plugins/auth_googleoauth2

    Setting a user’s authentication method

    A user’s authentication method can be updated or defined when the user account is created or when the user profile is edited.

    Moodle user's authentication method

    For example, users who have the OpenID Connect authentication method may log into your Moodle site by clicking the OpenID Connect button on the login page.

    Moodle OpenID Connect authentication