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Corporate Learning with Moodle Workplace

By : Alex Büchner
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Corporate Learning with Moodle Workplace

By: Alex Büchner

Overview of this book

Moodle Workplace is a comprehensive extension to Standard Moodle, the world's most used learning management system (LMS) platform, empowering millions of learners worldwide. Moodle Workplace is suitable for businesses and organizations, from small enterprises to global corporations. Corporate Learning with Moodle Workplace is a comprehensive introduction to this latest product from Moodle, which facilitates collaborative learning in enterprises and larger teams. Complete with detailed descriptions, a variety of diagrams, and real working examples, this easy-to-follow guide will teach you everything you need to know to manage a Moodle Workplace system. You’ll learn how to manage your users along reporting lines and organize them in to tenants, organizations, positions, job assignments, and teams, before setting up typical HR processes such as induction, compliance, and reporting. Filled with real-world examples, the book covers blended and offline scenarios, including appointments and the Moodle Workplace mobile app. By the end of this Moodle book, you’ll have learned how to fully manage a Moodle Workplace instance.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Understanding Workplace's approach to seminars

So far, all the Moodle Workplace-specific features have been modeled using dedicated tools, such as multi-tenancy, certification, and reporting. The approach Moodle has taken with seminars is slightly different—an activity called Appointment booking has been adopted, which supports face-to-face learning. The following diagram attempts to visualize the structure of appointment bookings and how they are embedded in courses:

Figure 9.1 – Appointment bookings in Moodle Workplace

As we saw in Chapter 3, Moodle Courses, Users, and Roles, courses are organized into topics. Courses can also be part of programs or certifications, which we covered in Chapter 6, Onboarding and Compliance. Appointment booking is a module that is placed within a course like any other Moodle activity or resource.

Important Note

An appointment booking comprises one or many appointments, and each appointment consists of...