LMS & E-Learning Tips

Ever noticed how students can get distracted by too many navigation options in your Moodle LMS Single Activity Format course? A cleaner interface means better focus on learning content. With just a few clicks, you can hide the secondary navigation...

Have you ever pasted content from Microsoft Word into Moodle LMS, only to find strange formatting issues? Extra spaces, weird fonts, or text that just doesn’t look right? That’s because MS Word adds hidden formatting that can cause display problems,...

The Attendance activity module in Moodle LMS enables educators to monitor and record student attendance. Did you know you can import user attendance data using a CSV file? This process streamlines attendance tracking, especially for large classes or multiple sessions. This...

Tired of Logging In and Out of your Moodle LMS? Here’s a Smarter Way As a Moodle LMS site administrator, QA tester or developer, having to switch between different user roles often means repeatedly logging in and out - an inefficient...

When working with Moodle LMS, especially during the development and testing phases, you might need multiple email accounts for creating user profiles or testing notifications. Instead of creating numerous accounts, you can leverage Gmail’s unique features to generate multiple test...

Moodle LMS is a powerful platform widely used for online learning and course management. Whether you are an administrator or an educator, gaining a strong understanding of Moodle LMS’s features and functionalities can significantly enhance your ability to create and...

One of my favourite tools in my development toolchest for testing email functionality in Moodle LMS is called Papercut SMTP. This small, light weight SMTP server and email client for Windows is free, is open source and super easy to...

Wouldn’t it be great if you could create one course and have it appear in multiple Moodle categories? Unfortunately, a Moodle course can only be placed in one Moodle category at a time. But there is hope. Sure, you could...

Moodle LMS is not made for streaming video. It is not a video streaming server. It will send the whole video file to the client's device every time. This can be a problem because the file size of a 20-minute 4K...

Did you download the source code when you first installed Moodle instead of cloning it? Perhaps you installed Moodle on your computer using one of the Moodle Installer Packages for Windows or MacOS. Cloning Moodle LMS using the git command...

Moodle LMS software is a mature, full-featured LMS that can perform quite well. When installed correctly, it runs right out of the box. However, when incorrectly installed, it can be a frustrating experience and you might be blaming Moodle. One...

Are you a Moodle LMS plugin developer? Whether or not you make your plugins available on Moodle.org, GitHub.com or for internal use within your organization, it is a best practice to include some essential documentation with your plugin in a...