The modern corporate workplace is an amalgamation of sorts – you have the Gen X, Y (millennials), and the latest entrants to the workplace, Gen Z – each generation with their unique preferences for learning and working. Your organization might have a Learning Management System (LMS) that hosts some amazing online training resources, but is that enough to ensure learner engagement in eLearning?
When you think about Google services, apps such as Gmail, Docs, and Photos may be the first things that come to mind. I’d be willing to wager, though, that the Google service you use more than any other is one you rarely think about—because it’s woven so tightly into your life that it doesn’t even feel like a service anymore. It just feels like a utility, something that’s always there—like a faucet for metaphorical water.
I’m talking, of course, about Google Search, the gateway to an endless-seeming array of answers and information. But these days, Google Search can do a whole lot more than just look up simple queries. In fact, if you know all of its hidden powers, Search can be a Swiss Army knife that’s always within reach, even when you aren’t actively thinking about its presence.
Browse through these 40 advanced functions—and get ready to see Search in a whole new light.
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Are you a Moodle administrator who used to manage multiple Moodle sites? You might have experienced the pain of configuring the same settings again and again on production, development and other instances of your Moodle site. Is there any way to simply copy and export all configuration settings from one Moodle instance to another? Answer to the question is yes.
Admin presets block is a Moodle plugin which allows you to simply export the site settings to .xml presets, import and load other sites presets. The plugin which was initially developed by David Monllaó, is now being maintained by Clément Prudhomme & Nikolaos Papoutsis. Recently, the Admin presets plugin was updated to a new version compatible with Moodle 3.3 version.
By using the admin presets block, you can export all the site settings into .xml files which can be later imported to other Moodle sites. It also provides rollback of applied changes and partial loading of presets which is a great feature for administrators.
H5P has revolutionized the elearning industry in past few years because of the freedom to create interactive content easily. It is getting more popular day by day because of the ease it provides in creating, sharing and reusing the interactive content. Since the release of the official H5P moodle plugin, it stays in the top 5 most downloaded activities plugins.
H5P allows you to create and reuse interactive content across various devices without installing any special software. You can create new H5P activity right within your browser. There are many activities out there and you can choose whatever suits your need. We had covered the top H5P activities for Moodle teachers.
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With close to 80 million users, Moodle’s dominance of the learning management system field is no surprise considering the flexibility of the program. There are hundreds of ways to customize Moodle, with plugins, themes and translations. With so many customizable management features, Moodle has all kinds of hidden accessories to make your system more fun and easier to use.
Here are some tips on how to leverage Moodle in a way that’ll help students, teachers and administrators alike make the most out of their Moodle.
Here are 13 alternative ways to design and display content in presentations versus using bullet points. This will work in PowerPoint and other presentation aut…
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Run a virtual field trip
Quiet a noisy classroom
Use videos for mini-lessons
Co-ordinate live video
Add multimedia elements to presentations
Use digital exit tickets
Study, review and critique content on web pages
Use online mind maps for class brainstorms
Gather student feedback
Launch a wiki page or blog for a collaborative assignment
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Quizlet Live can be played with four or more students. However, with Quizlet match, students are racing against the clock to beat their high score! Either study mode would be a great way to increase vocabulary acquisition and engaging addition to a blended learning environment.
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The Attendance activity allows teachers to maintain a record of students attendance online by replacing a paper-based attendance register. The teacher adds Attendance as an activity of a course, and then sets up the sessions for which attendance is to be tracked.
The Creativity Toolbox Here are a few tools for your students’ creativity toolbox. Practice these techniques with students and they’ll begin to understand how to use them for themselves.
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"According to YouTube's product team, over 400 hours of video are"uploaded to YouTube every minute. And every day, people watch over 1 billion hours of video on YouTube.
Personally, I find myself visiting YouTube at least 10 times per day. There are many features in YouTube that are subtle, yet very handy. Kudos to the YouTube product team for collaborating with me in compiling this list of 18 YouTube tips and tricks you should know about:"
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Understand the presentation secrets to creating engaging webinars that will have your audience glued to their screens. These webinar presentation tips will help
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Got a presentation to prepare for? Want to avoid 'Death by PowerPoint'? Then read on, we've polled some PowerPoint experts for their tried and tested PowerPoint tips. You'll even discover how to partner PowerPoint with best of breed presentation productivity apps to ensure you are prepared for any occasion.
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