{"id":17619,"date":"2023-10-27T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/?p=17619"},"modified":"2024-03-21T09:36:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T08:36:20","slug":"rwthmoodle-neue-features-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/2023\/10\/27\/rwthmoodle-neue-features-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"RWTHmoodle: New Features and Plugins in Pilot Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_17619 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-en_US sprite-en_US\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_17619')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_17619').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. 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At the end of the pilot phase, an evaluation will be conducted to decide whether the plugins will be used permanently.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out which pilot plugins and innovations these are in the<br \/>\nfollowing blog post.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #00549f;\">The Pilot Plugins<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. Margic<\/strong><br \/>\nThis plugin allows students to create texts that can subsequently be annotated and graded by their instructors. The texts are only visible to the respective authors and lecturers. Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/help.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/service\/8d9eb2f36eea4fcaa9abd0e1ca008b22\/article\/c432861252904e0bb9aa6a5d128ef8bc\/\">PDF Annotation<\/a>, the plugin is not suitable for collaborative work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17711\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Margic_Englisch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17711\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17711\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Margic_Englisch-300x300.png\" alt=\"Overview Margic\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Margic_Englisch-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Margic_Englisch-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Margic_Englisch-768x769.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Margic_Englisch-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Margic_Englisch.png 991w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Own illustration<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>2. \u201cWord Cloud\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nSurely most of you are familiar with word cloud. The purpose of the plugin is to collect terms on a certain topic. These are displayed accordingly depending on their frequency. The \u201cWord Cloud\u201d can be used for example for brainstorming, opinion polling or icebreaker questions.<\/p>\n<p>A detailed description of the plugins can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/help.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/service\/8d9eb2f36eea4fcaa9abd0e1ca008b22\/article\/2bad2db2ccf149b6a6a89a873caebc1e\/\">IT Center Help<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #00549f;\">The New Features<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The four new features are available to all RWTHmoodle users. Besides new possibilities in E-Learning, the presentation of the learning spaces has also been improved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Reduced Display of Activity Icons<\/strong><br \/>\nWith the new Moodle version 4.1, the icons have also experienced change. However, this meant that the icons were too large and thus took up a lot of space. Now the icons have been adjusted. This means more space and reduces the scrolling effort.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17710\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Aktivitaetsicons_Englisch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17710\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17710\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Aktivitaetsicons_Englisch-300x124.png\" alt=\"Comparison Activity Icons\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Aktivitaetsicons_Englisch-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Aktivitaetsicons_Englisch-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Aktivitaetsicons_Englisch-768x319.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/files\/2023\/10\/Aktivitaetsicons_Englisch.png 1514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Own illustration<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>2. New Course Format &#8220;Flexible Sections\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nThe previous default <a href=\"https:\/\/help.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/service\/8d9eb2f36eea4fcaa9abd0e1ca008b22\/article\/db1fdd06e75248c79ab375253046a03d\/\">course format<\/a> &#8220;Topics Format&#8221; does not offer any subordinations. This can make it confusing, especially in learning spaces with a lot of materials. Therefore, the course format &#8220;Flexible Sections&#8221; can now be selected as an option. This allows the learning space to be structured better and subsections can be added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Embedded Question<\/strong><br \/>\nAs the name suggests, this new feature is about embedding questions, more precisely via the text editor. This way, questions from the question collection can be embedded in other activities or work materials. However, questions embedded in this way are only used for the user&#8217;s own control and do not flow into the assessment overview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. New H5P Content Type &#8220;Information Wall&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/help.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/service\/8d9eb2f36eea4fcaa9abd0e1ca008b22\/article\/a36fd618bebf4db19ea1929da5640773\/\">H5P<\/a> is an activity that can be used to make videos interactive. The &#8220;Information Wall&#8221; content type is a searchable and filterable list that can be used similarly to the Glossary, Database or Board activities. However, this tool is not for collaborative work.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed descriptions of the new features can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/help.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/service\/8d9eb2f36eea4fcaa9abd0e1ca008b22\/article\/2bad2db2ccf149b6a6a89a873caebc1e\/\">IT Center Help.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #00549f;\">You Have Questions About RWTHmoodle?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Feel free to use our <a href=\"https:\/\/help.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/service\/8d9eb2f36eea4fcaa9abd0e1ca008b22\/article\/2bad2db2ccf149b6a6a89a873caebc1e\/\">detailed documentation<\/a> on IT Center Help.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the IT-ServiceDesk (<a href=\"mailto:servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de\">servicedesk@itc.rwth-aachen.de<\/a>) is available for problems and further questions. You are also welcome to use the chat. You can find it on RWTHmoodle and on IT Center Help in the lower right corner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Responsible for the content of this article is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/it-center\/IT-Center\/Profil\/Team\/~epvp\/Mitarbeiter-CAMPUS-\/?allou=1&amp;gguid=PER-2G5N5V2&amp;lidx=1\">Verena Grouls<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4285,"featured_media":17706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"c2c_always_allow_admin_comments":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306,315,310],"tags":[479,89,574,87],"class_list":["post-17619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ankuendigungen","category-services-support","category-studium-lehre","tag-features","tag-moodle","tag-plugins","tag-rwthmoodle"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17619"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17716,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17619\/revisions\/17716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}