Moodle’s certified services strengthen in Australia as Lingel Learning officially join the APAC region

Moodle welcomes Lingel Learning to the Certified Partner Network as a Moodle Partner in Australia.

“I am excited to have Lingel Learning officially join the APAC region as they add Australia to their Certified Moodle territories. Sandeep, Gavin and the team have been with the Moodle Partner Program since 2018, servicing the North American marketplace out of offices there and in Melbourne. Lingel Learning have clearly demonstrated growth, commitment and support of the Moodle project over the past few years, so they were a natural choice when the opportunity to bring on an additional Certified Moodle Partner in Australia came about. I look forward to working with them through this expansion and continuing contribution”. ​– Fiona Ong, APAC Channel Manager, Moodle

“We have been servicing the Australian market since 2011 and becoming a Certified Moodle Partner in Australia will now allow us to provide certified Moodle services to our current and future clients.”​ – Sandeep Gill, Director, Lingel Learning

Sandeep continues, ​“Becoming a Moodle Partner has solidified the hard work our company has undertaken to promote, develop and extend Moodle. We are passionate about Moodle and look forward to bringing the additional resources, knowledge and expertise that being a Certified Moodle Partner will offer our current and future clients”.

Why the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Region?

Lingel Learning was founded in Melbourne, Australia and it has always been the home of our headquarters. We have a strong presence and client base across Australia. We are excited to be working closely with Moodle HQ and our Australian team, further growing Moodle in the APAC region to deliver exceptional services to our clients across Australia.

What is a Moodle Partner?

Moodle Partners are experts in educational technology who have years of experience with Moodle projects and the expertise to deliver high quality projects. Moodle Partners have been vetted by Moodle to ensure their knowledge and expertise is up to Moodle standard. Moodle Partners pay a portion of their income to Moodle in the form of royalties. This helps the Moodle project move forward and ensure the ongoing development and support and maintenance of Moodle.

We constantly improve and innovate solutions that help our clients get the most out of their Moodle platform. We offer a diverse range of Moodle services from hosting, development, support, integration, training to course development.

We look forward to continually grow and support the Moodle Community.

To help minimise the spread of Coronavirus, more and more organisations are recommending employees to work from home instead of attending their usual place of work. Below are some useful tips for setting up a home office and successful collaboration with your colleagues using Moodle LMS.

Helpful tips to keep in mind when setting up your own home office

Dedicated space

You can have quite a few distractions while working from home (TV, Food, Kids etc.). Having a dedicated space can help you focus on your work and keep those distractions at bay. It doesn’t have to be a large space, just somewhere in the house where you can setup a desk and focus on your work. Ensure you have adequate lighting for the task to be performed and clear walkways free of trip hazards such as electrical cords.

Communication

It is important to maintain contact when working from home or in isolation. Using tools to help you collaborate with your team, will help you feel more engaged with your colleagues. Programs like Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, GoToMeeting etc. will allow you to Chat and Web conference. Why not end the week with a weekly Friday afternoon video chat to kick off the weekend?

Health and Safety

Correct workstation setup is important for your Health and Safety. A home office could include a table or desk, a supportive chair, an external monitor, keyboard and mouse. Ensure you have sufficient clear space so you can move without strain or injury. Take regular breaks and stretch while you’re working. As a guide, try and change position every 30 minutes and take a short break every 90 mins.  

Moodle features that help you work from home

Not every organisation has access to big brand collaboration tools, but if you have Moodle, you have all the tools you might need. Moodle has some great features that can help your team work and collaborate better from a home/remote environment. Mentioned below are few of many tools available in Moodle:

Forums

The forum activity module enables participants to have asynchronous discussions over an extended period of time. There are several forum types to choose from, such as a standard forum where anyone can start a new discussion at any time; a forum where each student can post exactly one discussion; or a question and answer forum where students must first post before being able to view other students’ posts. find out more

Chat

The chat activity module enables participants to have text-based, real-time synchronous discussions. The chat may be a one-time activity or it may be repeated at the same time each day or each week. Chat sessions are saved and can be made available for everyone to view or restricted to users with the capability to view chat session logs. find out more

Web Conferencing

Host online meetings, webinars and chat using the following Web Conferencing Tools. Install one of the Community plugins and allow users to join a meeting directly from your course.

• BigBlueButton
• Zoom
• Adobe Connect

You can either use these in individual courses that have been assigned to various departments or global activities that can be accessed by the whole organisation.

Good luck and Stay Safe! 

STORYLINE 3

Storyline 3 is the same as previous Storyline software applications 1 and 2. Each user that logs into Storyline needs to have their own account, set of credentials and therefore their own serial number. The serial number is unique to each user. Storyline 3 licences are non-transferrable and remain permanently associated to the user who originally orders the software. If a staff member leaves the organisation, the license can’t be shared or transferred to another person.

The following apply to the Storyline 3 licenses: 

• Single Application Only 
• Licences are not transferability
• Only standard email support
• No access to the Articulate 360 Content Library Integration
• No Multi-user Editing within Your Team.
• No Articulate Review for Stakeholder Reviews.
• Additional charge for each licence upgrade when a new version is released.

ARTICULATE 360

Articulate 360 is Articulate’s subscription licence. Articulate 360 includes several authoring tools, a mobile responsive authoring app, screencasting apps, a library of course assets, an online tool for review and collaboration, and training webinars by industry experts. This includes the following applications: Articulate 360, RISE, REVIEW, PEEK, REPLAY and LIve. It also gives you access to the content library. For more information on the differences between Storyline 3 and Articulate 360, see here. Articulate 360 is sold as a single user yearly subscription. Similarly to Storyline 3, Articulate 360 subscriptions are non transferable. If your organisation has a lot of movement or changing of roles, it might be worth looking at the teams subscription.

Articulate 360 includes access to:

• Storyline 360 – Industry standard for creating interactive elearning SCORM content
• Studio 360 – Transform PowerPoint presentations into Courses.
• Rise 360 – Build fully responsive courses in minutes, right within your web browser.
• Content Library 360 – An ever-expanding source of course assets, with over 3 million images/videos + characters & slide templates.
• Review 360 – Simplify project reviews with your stakeholders with instant upload & sharing, comments, and notifications.
• Replay 360 – Record and edit personalised screencastsn.
• Peek 360 – Record screencasts and instantly upload to Review for sharing.
• Articulate 360 Training – Gives you the training you need from eLearning experts.

STORYLINE 360 extra FEATURES 

• Convert Text to Speech
• Text-To-Speech Closed Captions
• Modern Player
• Modern Text Rendering
• Course Completion Trigger
• Fine-Tune Motion Paths
• Random Number Variable
• Object Editing Enhancements
• Publish to Video

Articulate 360 Teams

These subscriptions are great if you’re working in a team, or even solo but want the extra security of licence transferability and priority support. If a user leaves your organisation or you have members changing roles, it’s no problem to transfer the license. In each year period, you can transfer seats up to two times the number of seats in your account. For example, if your team has 5 seats, you can make 10 transfers per year.

Whoever makes the purchase of the account is the owner and admin for the team. However, it is not set in stone. If you need to, you can remove yourself and assign others to be the admin of the team. The team subscription is a small fee above the Articulate 360 subscription.

If you have further questions, contact us.

Moodle User Tours could introduce learners to the site, highlight key features and generally show students how to interact with their Moodle site. This is done through popup boxes filled with text.

To filter who sees the tour, there is a “tour filter” setting. This enables administrators to choose who will see the tour. For example, for a demonstration to first time users, create a filter that is labeled students.

Some of the User Tours we have created for our clients include, “SIte tours”, “How to’s” and “Course Overviews”. Get started creating your own User Tour today!