We invite you to register to join us for the free Moodle Academy webinar “Evoke – Moodle gamification for 21st century skill development” on Wednesday 29th November, at 14:00-15:00 UTC.

During this session you will learn how the World Bank team adapted Moodle for its Evoke Project to engage youth to develop 21st century skills. The webinar will share how the team included elements of gamification including skill badges, leaderboards, digital currency, and a marketplace together with a socially enhanced portfolio of evidence to engage out of school youth in Honduras and Guatemala.

This webinar is part of the course ‘Moodle Academy webinars’. You have to be enrolled in the course to join the webinar.

Register at Moodle Academy.

We are thrilled to announce the release of Moodle’s mobile app version 4.3.

Here's a quick summary of the major highlights in this update:

1. Global and forum search support: Find courses, resources, and forum posts in a snap – just by name!

2. Activity cards re-design: Enjoy a nicer look for course activity cards, aligning with Moodle LMS 4.3 improvements.

3. Automatic logout settings: Admins, take control! Set re-authentication intervals to enhance site security.

4. Secure storage for the Web Service auth token: Your authentication token is now safely stored in the device's keystore/keychain, meeting modern security standards.

5. Pro/Premium Features: Available to organisations subscribed to a Moodle app plan:

   1. Matomo Analytics Integration: Gain insights into app usage compared to the website. (Matomo Analytics instance has to be hosted by the organisation)

   2. Biometric Login: Unlock faster and more secure login with fingerprint, face recognition, or other biometric options on your mobile device.

To download the latest version of the Moodle Mobile App and explore these exciting new features, visit our download site or your preferred app store today. 

Do you want to know more?

• For a complete list of new features, improvements and bug fixes please visit our release notes 

• Detailed documentation about the new features can be found in the Moodle app guide for admins

Dear moodlers,

We've had an action month at Integrations this past October, so it's time to recap the most exciting news.

1. DevLearn Conference in Las Vegas

The DevLearn Conference in Las Vegas allowed us to meet some interesting new tools in the educational technology space and also to meet my colleagues from the US "office", who were exhibiting Moodle Workplace at the trade show. Probably the only new functionality that I discovered was a tool to lip sync for dubbing purposes using AI called LipDub. I was also happy to meet Genially again, who were distributing some Moodle t-shirts in anticipation of their LTI Moodle integration. Meet the team at Vegas: (left to right) Hannah, Justin, myself, Don and Jeff. A joy to spend time with them! 😍

2. The book "Disability Visibility"

It may not seem directly related to educational technology, but this beautiful book contains first-person stories of people with disabilities and has me often thinking about the approach that we take to solving accessibility problems in software. I'm in the middle of reading it, but it has already refined my understanding of how we should care for those who may only suspect or be completely unaware that they have special accessibility needs.  It is important for us in tech leadership positions to cater for as many of us as possible and to actively provide alternative content formats. A big thank you to The Analog Dope bookstore for having a selection that is a joy to browse. The book "Disability Visibility" is a fruit of the Disability Visibility Project by Alice Wong.

3. Accessibility course and webinar

Our Moodle Academy course "Introduction to Accessibility" provides many insights about good practice when creating learning materials. Our Certified Integration partner Brickfield Education Labs, focusing on this topic and authors of the accessibility checks that come with Moodle LMS and Moodle Workplace, also covered a lot of the information in the course in a webinar this week.

And that's all this month! Get ready for the Integrations' Survey and a new exciting Certified Integration in the field of assessment very soon!!! 😉