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Default MOODLE menu has only Home, Dashboard and My Courses menu items for logged-in users and it displays only Home for Anonyms users. Images of logged-in users and anonyms users are displayed below. Custom Menu Items in MOODLE For most of the use cases this menu is not sufficient and we want to ad
Setting up MOODLE to use Brevo’s transactional email service for outgoing emails can significantly improve email deliverability and reliability. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to configure MOODLE’s outgoing email settings, ensuring that your emails are sent efficiently and effective
Learn how to set maximum scores above 100 for Assignments in MOODLE, allowing more flexibility in grading. If you’ve created an assignment and need to exceed the default 100 point limit for grading, this guide provides a step-by-step solution. Discover how to adjust the maximum score to 105, 110, or
General Section or first section of MOODLE course is important as it contains Announcement and other information of course. Although, some trainers or institute don’t find it very useful and want to remove this from courses. Removing first section i.e General Section from a MOODLE course is not poss
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The Importance of Engaging Students in Live Sessions As tutors and educators, conducting live sessions or webinars using meeting software has become an essential part of our teaching toolkit. However, one common challenge we face is how to effectively engage students in these virtual sessions. Failu
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Introduction In today’s digital age, technology has become an integral part of our lives, transforming various industries, including education. One such technological advancement that is revolutionizing the education sector is the use of chatbots. Chatbots are computer programs designed to simulate
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Highlight the digital pen cursor to help students to easily locate and follow the relevant portion of the screen, improving their understanding and retention of the material being presented.
Nuances of Creating Educational Videos and Sharing Online An online educational video creation workshop that turned out to be very productive. 30 June 2020, 11 AM to 1 PM Session 1: Topics Covered Types of educational Videos It is important to know about the types of videos as it makes communication
F.A.Q. Questions asked by you How to find the video recorded with PowerPoint Screen Recording? There are two methods to do this. First Method: When you record computer screen using PowerPoint, it generates an mp4 file and stores it in the file system. You can use Search Everything software to find i
Topic: Induction Type Energy Meter in Hindi Video Type: ScreenCast Duration of the video: 01:01:45 Before reading this review of the embedded video, it is important to note that the video has several positive points and the review is given with the point of view of enhancing the video. Overall comme
Topic: Should we keep our lights off, on 5 April 2020 @9 PM Video type: Picture- in- Picture (PIP) Time length of video: 6:57 Overall comments Good video and audio quality Good presentation style Clarity in explanation Detailed review and suggestions Instead of using a PDF file for displaying conten
Topic: Profit and loss trick ||important questions in odia by unique education brand Video Type: Mobile phone using Kinemaster Powerdirector Duration of the video: 13:24 Before reading this review of the embedded video, it is important to note that the video has several positive points and the revie
Video link: https://youtu.be/Vvh3SDJW47A Topic: How to print the Contour map of bridge with title box lsurvey camp report (AutoCAD) Video type: Screencast Time length of video: 34:19 Overall comments Good video quality Well explained concept Audio quality needs to be improved Detailed review and sug
Topic: बिना Piano के Piano बजाना सीखें- Drawing of Keyboard – ONLINE MUSIC/PIANO/ HARMONIUM CLASS Video Type: TableTop Duration of the video: 10:53 Before reading this review of the embedded video, it is important to note that the video has several positive points and the review is given with the po
Video link: https://youtu.be/p5QZknFmenk Topic: Number system/ Concept of Unit Digit Video type: Talking head and use of whiteboard for explanation Time length of video: 1:02:05 Overall comments Comprehensive explanations that provide in-depth knowledge of the concept Good video quality Detailed rev
Topic: Rise of nationalism in Europe || History chapter 1 || the Revolution of Liberals || Best explanation Video Type: ScreenCast Duration of the video: 4:12 Before reading this review of the embedded video, it is important to note that the video has several positive points and the review is given
Topic: How to highlight a web element on click and value change events. Video production style: Screencast Time length of video: 12:29 Overall comments Clear and crisp explanation style Commendable voice quality and presentation style Good video quality Good approach of starting the video by mention
This post presents the review of attached video. I have given all suggestions that will help you in improving educational video quality. Try to improve them one by one. Improve what you can and keep producing the videos. The most important thing is to keep making videos, no matter what. Overall Comm
Important Message Dear Sir,Before you read this review, please keep in mind that we only point out points where you can improve the video. There are many positive points to the videos. Your videos are helpful to the students. So, you keep doing what you are doing. Improve what you can and keep produ
Educational content development for beginners is a step by step guide that will help you quickly start with educational content creation. If you have never developed an educational video or have developed very few educational contents and stopped because you find it difficult follow this guide step
This post presents the review of attached video. I have given all suggestions that will help you in improving educational video quality. Try to improve them one by one. Improve what you can and keep producing the videos. The most important thing is to keep making videos, no matter what. Selecting Ap
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This post presents the review of this video: https://youtu.be/ssof_yl6CHA I reviewed this video for 3 parameters Content Quality, Presentation Quality, and Production Quality. Important Note Dear Sir,Before you read this review, please keep in mind that we only point out negative points. There arema
F.A.Q. Which application can be used to record paper writing video? SmartPhone already have default camera app installed. That application is sufficient to record a TableTop video. But you can try using other applications like OpenCamera. It depends on your choice and what suits your reqirements. Is
A SmartPhone can used to create following types of Educational Videos TableTop You can easily create TableTop videos with the help of a SmartPhone. How ScreenCast Mobile screen can be recorded with the help of Screen Recording software to teach about apps and web applications. Know More TalkingHead
What is TalkingHead Educational Video? TalkingHead is a production style of educational video in which instructor’s face is captured while he/she is talking while looking to the camera. Use Give personal touch to educational videos. Can be used with other types of educational videos. Introductory /
What is a ScreenCast? ScreenCast is a production style of educational video in which a teacher records computer, mobile or any other device’s screen with the audio explanation while performing some action on the device. Use Software or app tutorial. Programming Tutorial. Record presentation with exp
What is TableTop Educational Video? TableTop is a production style of educational video in which a teacher records the paper on which he/she is writing with the audio explanation. Use Create tutorial while writing on paper. Drawing tutorial. Cooking / Craft tutorials. Benefits Easy to create No extr
Complete a logical chunk of the topic you are teaching in your educational video. You prefer videos that can hold viewers for more time. Short videos may be good for MOOCs but not for YouTube. [poll id=”2″] [poll id=”3″]
Quality of an educational video is very important because nowadays videos are one of the highly used assets for training. Teachers in school, colleges select and recommend videos to their students for flipped classrooms. Your video can also be picked by a teacher if it is a quality video. But what a
To make a personal connection with your students to make you recognizable in add at least in the beginning and at the end of the video. Try to find places where you could have used Talking Head video in your current videos.
A TableTop educational video is recorded by placing a camera on top of a table while a teacher writes on paper with an audio explanation. It is important to place a camera parallel to the table surface so that the written text can be seen clearly without any change in perspective. This is an example
Video tutorials are the new age learning material. When a student want to learn something he/she search for the video of that topic on YouTube. Video tutorials are being used in flipped classrooms around the globe. With the help of videos a teacher can teach process and procedures very easily. A vid
Summary: Learn about key points to know about growing an Educational YouTube Channel.
ScreenCasts are useful to create software training videos and SlideCasts. Many software are available to record ScreenCast for each platform. OBS is unique because it is fully open-source and free software to record ScreenCast and it is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac. After reading this artic
Talking head video lectures are used to connect with students. Irrespective of the type of educational video, you are creating adding a talking head, at least in the beginning, and at the end, will give your lecture a persona, and students will be able to connect with you. The easiest way to integra
I am making educational videos since 2009. Most of my videos are available on YouTube channel named Learn By Watch. Since then I have recorded more than 2000 videos. 99.9% of my videos are available in Hindi. Hindi is not only my mother tongue. It has also been the language of instructions during my
It is important to list types of educational videos based on the production style because we can easily identify the software, hardware, and environment settings required for the production of a video if we know about its production style. The way of presentation also changes with the production sty
Should I write a script for educational video? Or Should I not write the script for the next instructional video? This question comes in every teacher’s mind who makes educational videos. I hope this article will clear your doubts. I will give you a lengthy write-up to read, but before that, I will
Teachers found it more convenient to record table top videos than recording screencast using the digital pen. There are many benefits of tabletop videos; I listed them here. There can be many ways to record tabletop educational videos, but over the time we have developed our method. I am going to sh
Recently, I received a question from Mr. Alok Dwivedi about an explainer animation video I created last year for students. The video title is “How to make notes in class,” and I am attaching the video here for you. The question of Mr. Alok Dwivedi is – Please tell me that, How did you make […]
Some teachers want to make a living from YouTube. YouTube is an excellent place to earn name and money at the same time. Many teachers create videos to generate passive income from YouTube with a job, but some teachers want to pursue this as a career option and want to do this full time. These […]
Smartboard, also known as interactive board, is being used in institutions. Interactive board allows a teacher to use hands for interaction (click, scroll, zoom, etc.) which remove the dependency on input tools like a mouse or digital pen tablet. This feature of smart board allows a teacher to use a
What is ET-Mantra ET is an abbreviation of Educational Technology and Mantra is a word from the Sanskrit language that means “instrument of thought.” In ET-Mantra, I am going to give you mantras that will help you to use educational technology to create effective educational content and contribute t