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Moodle LMS for Compliance Training

Moodle LMS for Compliance Training

January 12, 2025

Moodle LMS is a free and powerful learning management system that can help you set up and manage your compliance training courses effectively. Compliance training is an essential part of any organisations learning and development strategy, as it helps ensure that employees understand and comply with legal and regulatory requirements. Here’s how you can do

Add CSS to Text block – Moodle LMS

Add CSS to Text block – Moodle LMS

August 17, 2023

Any CSS we add to the Text Block gets deleted by Moodle LMS on Save. Add customs styles to an individual course page using this tip.

Enable signup via locations using a simple drop down (Totara LMS)

Enable signup via locations using a simple drop down (Totara LMS)

August 13, 2023

Totara Learn allows users the choice to choose training: Via the training catalogue by searching for course/program Via the training calendar by date (i.e. looking for training in next few weeks) Use simple code to create a a third option for users to find learning; i.e. choose their location to see if there are any upcoming seminar events to attend at their site/location (i.e. Room).

Totara LMS for Compliance Training

Totara LMS for Compliance Training

March 26, 2023

Totara LMS is a powerful learning management system that can help you set up and manage your compliance training courses effectively. Compliance training is an essential part of any organisations learning and development strategy, as it helps ensure that employees understand and comply with legal and regulatory requirements. Here’s how you can do it: 1.

Jitsi – Secure, Free Video Conferencing for Learning Teams

Jitsi – Secure, Free Video Conferencing for Learning Teams

March 18, 2023

Jitsi is an open source, feature rich and free video conferencing platform that provides a reliable solution for individuals and organisations looking for a safe and privacy-focused way to connect online. I wrote a detailed post on Jitsi on my blog at https://vjdesign.com.au/jitsi-secure-free-video-conferencing/ Jitsi for trainers/teachers Jitsi is an easy to use tool for teachers,

SCORM Content fails to load for just one user – Totara LMS

SCORM Content fails to load for just one user – Totara LMS

February 16, 2023

A SCORM module that works and has worked without issue for all users for more than a year but only shows a plain white screen (no content loads) for one user. I tried multiple browsers and devices; it only fails to load for the one user. Why did this happen? The user first attempted or

Seminar Events – Filter by location in Totara LMS

Seminar Events – Filter by location in Totara LMS

October 28, 2022

Do you need a simple filter to show/hide seminar events from a selected location in Totara LMS? We needed to run multiple events across multiple locations for our courses and we needed to do so across more than 50 different office locations. Since there may be 200 to 300 events every year for each course…

Styling emails in Moodle & Totara LMS

Styling emails in Moodle & Totara LMS

October 20, 2022

Save yourself the pain of coding your Totara email template from scratch. Brand your emails to look good in email clients like Outlook.

Modify the correct language string easily in Totara LMS

Modify the correct language string easily in Totara LMS

October 1, 2022

Use the &strings=1 parameter to show the origin of a language string and filter or find the correct string to modify e.g. ‘Other evidence’ in Record of Learning

How to access the free LinkedIn Learning for libraries?

How to access the free LinkedIn Learning for libraries?

June 16, 2022

Microsoft LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is my go-to learning resource. It gives you unlimited access to video tutorials on a wide range of topics. Follow the steps below to access LinkedIn Learning for Libraries for free using your library card number and PIN. The numerous business and productivity courses on LinkedIn Learning helped me as

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