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Moodle Plug-ins

enhancing your Moodle learning management system

Expand the potential of your learning management system with the integration of custom-built Moodle plug-ins from SkillSet.

What Are Moodle Plug-ins?

Moodle plug-ins are functional extensions that can be added to the Moodle LMS platform. These plug-ins can provide new features or enhance existing ones, like adding new activity types, quiz questions, or reports. Custom plug-ins can be developed to address the specific needs of an organisation, such as integrating with other systems or creating unique functionality. This makes Moodle a more flexible and adaptable learning management system.

Types of Moodle Plug-ins:

Block Plug-ins

Block plug-ins add content or functionality to the sidebars or standard pages within Moodle, enhancing users’ experience. Common examples include progress trackers, gamification, navigation, and summary information. Blocks offer flexibility in how information is displayed and accessed – providing quick snapshots and supporting efficient navigation.

Activity Plug-ins

Interactive learning within Moodle courses generally depend upon activity plug-ins. They introduce elements that engage learners directly. SkillSet has developed custom plug-ins covering a wide range of activities, including word clouds, benchmarking, and 360 feedback. Activity plug-ins are the building blocks for dynamic courses, fostering active participation, assessment, and knowledge exchange.

APIs

APIs provide seamless integration between Moodle and other systems. Moodle has a well-documented API for integration, custom data exchange, and the development of external tools that interact with the platform. Custom APIs might be needed for tailored interactions, for example sharing data with Salesforce, or custom authentication.

SkillSet's Custom Moodle Plug-ins

SkillSet has built numerous plug-ins to enable our customers to enhance the functionality of their Moodle LMS. Here are some examples.

Benchmarking Plug-in

Allows teachers to upload student activity data from classroom sessions and draw comparisons to gauge performance.

Group Booking and Payments Plug-in

Enables managers to book and pay for courses for their staff.

Webinar Plug-in

Simplifies webinar management by tracking sessions, bookings, and attendance across multiple webinar platforms (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.).

PDP Plug-in

Allows users to set and track goals, and highlight areas for their personal development. Users can record any courses that they wish to take.

CPD Plug-in

Allows users to record continued professional development that has taken place outside of the LMS, including accredited and non-accredited courses, conferences, and seminars. Courses completed within the system are automatically added to the log.

Manager Dashboard Plug-in

Managers can monitor their direct reports’ learning progress, including course completions, and last log-in. New courses can also be assigned.

Why Choose SkillSet To Develop Your Moodle Plug-ins?

Our Experience

With over ten years of experience in Moodle development, our team understands the intricacies of the platform, ensuring that our bespoke plug-ins seamlessly integrate and enhance your eLearning environment.

Customisable

We recognise that every organisation has specific requirements. SkillSet's Moodle plug-ins are designed to address these unique needs, providing solutions that align perfectly with your educational objectives.

Scalable

SkillSet's plug-ins are designed to grow with your organisation. They are scalable and adaptable, ensuring that, as your organisations learning requirements evolve, our solutions remain effective.

Support

We are committed to the success of our clients' learning projects. SkillSet provides ongoing support and regular updates for all our Moodle plug-ins, guaranteeing that you have access to the latest features and fixes.

Integration

We can design plug-ins to fit with external systems or practices to ensure their effectiveness. This ensures smooth integration with your current Moodle setup and any other systems you may be using.

User Experience

Our Moodle plug-ins are built with user experience in mind. We prioritise intuitive design and functionality to ensure that learners, educators, and administrators can easily navigate and use the new features.

SkillSet's Moodle plug-ins were the perfect solution for these partners:

ROYAL BERKSHIRE FIRE SERVICE

SkillSet developed two Moodle learning management systems for the fire service. These allow users to complete professional development courses and comply with legal requirements.

WELSH GOVERNMENT

SkillSet developed the BOSS (Business Online Support Service) portal and eLearning content for the Welsh Government.

We designed a bespoke theme to align with Welsh Government GEL guidelines. We also created plug-ins to integrate Gov.UK Pay and Sign on Cymru (the Welsh Government’s database for authentication and data sharing).

“Thanks very much for all of your, and your team’s, efforts around the eLearning. We have started to have positive feedback about the content and the ease of use, so happy days!”

“SkillSet Ltd did an excellent job for Land Based Learning Ltd, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landex. They were highly responsive and very easy to work with. All our required deadlines were hit, and the quality of the work exceeded our expectations.”

“Always a pleasure working with the SkillSet team. Extremely knowledgeable and efficient and delivery of their training and eLearning materials has achieved some outstanding feedback from our end users.”

"SkillSet have been a dream to work with. Their project management is watertight, and their solution-focused helpfulness and flexibility has hugely contributed to a smooth and successful project delivery. I'm very optimistic that much more work will follow, and you guys will be my first port of call. As for Jemma, an absolute gem of a project manager!”

“We are novices as far as eLearning is concerned. When we approached Jemma at SkillSet, she put us at ease and explained to us in plain English what we needed to do. She held our hands every step of the way and worked with us to develop our very first eLearning module. We will definitely be working with her and her team at Skillset to develop other eLearning modules.”

"The SkillSet team have been extremely helpful and ensured that the eLearning course was up and running within a very short timeframe."

“I have been hugely impressed with the way that SkillSet have managed the migration of our website ... customer service has been excellent, communication has been outstanding... I am absolutely delighted with the service that has been provided by SkillSet.”

“Jemma Greener has been brilliant. Incredibly helpful, knowledgeable and supportive. Many thanks! I was also kept well informed when the LMS was upgraded, even when there was a problem, which was greatly appreciated. Customer support is excellent.”

"The commitment shown by SkillSet to getting the project over the line, even when it turned out to be more complex than anticipated, was really appreciated and reinforced the reasons why we chose SkillSet as a long-term partner for this work. I really felt like there was a commitment that went beyond customer/supplier."

"When searching for the right supplier for this project, SkillSet ticked all the boxes for us, particularly for the price. It was clear from the outset that SkillSet could meet our project needs. It felt really easy to work with Jemma, and also the proposed solution suited us in terms of its simplicity and user-friendly system.”

"We chose to work with SkillSet because of their expertise in the LMS sector and their ability and understanding of IOMAD plugins. We have no regrets on making this decision and have found SkillSet to be a great supportive team.”