Stefan-Alexander Scholz

Installation & setup

Step-by-step guide to installing Kickstart Basic and Pro using the Moodle plugin installer.

How to install Kickstart

First steps for the administrator or manager after installation of Kickstart

Initial configuration of Kickstart

Getting started with Kickstart

Reduce the workload for course creators and teachers while ensuring consistent course structure across your Moodle site.

Streamlining course creation and rollout with Kickstart

Video Time

About Video Time and additional resources

Introduction

About Video Time

Links to additional resources for Video Time

Additional resources for Video Time

This guide explains how to install the Video Time plugin, including optional Pro and Premium features.

How to install Video Time

First steps for the administrator or manager after installation of Video Time

Initial configuration of Video Time

First steps with Video Time and use cases

Getting started with Video Time

Use cases

Global settings

Overview of all global settings of Video Time

Global settings of Video Time

The general global settings of Video Time explained

General global settings of Video Time

How to create an app in Vimeo and connect it with Video Time (Premium only)

Connect your Vimeo account with Video Time

Manage Video Time tab plugins

Manage Video Time extensions

The global Vimeo player settings of Video Time explained

Global Vimeo player settings of Video Time

The global VideoJS player settings of Video Time explained

Global VideoJS player settings of Video Time

The global Video Time Pro settings explained (Pro only)

Global Video Time Pro settings

The global Video Time Repository settings explained (Premium only)

Global Video Time Repository settings

The Video Time activity

The Video Time activity and its architecture

About the Video Time activity

Overview of available settings for individual Video Time activities and how they interact with global defaults.

Settings of the Video Time activity

Quickly create a fully configured Video Time activity by dragging and dropping a video file into your course.

Instant activity creation with Video Time

Video Time activity settings

The video players of Video Time

Additional information

How to upgrade from Video Time Basic to Video Time Pro and Video Time Premium

Upgrading to Video Time Pro and Premium

Using the in-activity mode to embed Video Times in other parts of Moodle using a filter (Pro only)

In-activity mode: Embed Video Times in other parts of Moodle

How to embed and track live streams using the Vimeo player and VideoJS player

Embedding live streams with Video Time

Searching for title, desription and transcript of videos embedded with Video Time

Using global search to find Video Time content

How to install and configure Deft to make the chat tab available

Installing and configuring Deft for Video Time's chat tab

How to improve privacy when using YouTube videos with Video Time

Do not track option for embedded YouTube videos

Settings in Vimeo

Why Vimeo videos with domain restriction play on desktop but not in the Moodle Mobile app, and how to fix it.

Vimeo domain-restricted videos not playing in Moodle Mobile app

How to create WebVTT (.vtt) files for subtitles, captions, or chapter markers.

How to create WebVTT files for text tracks

Pulse

About Pulse

Additional resources for Pulse

How to install Pulse

First steps for the administrator or manager after installation of Pulse Pro

Initial configuration of Pulse Pro

Getting started with Pulse

Use cases of the automation engine and the Pulse activity

Overview of all global settings for Pulse

Global settings of Pulse

General global settings of Pulse

Configure the user profile field to allocate credits with Pulse activities and automations (Pro only).

Global Pulse credits settings

Configuring the expiration time for tokenized links

Global reaction settings for Pulse

Configuring header and footer for the reminders of a Pulse activity (Pulse Pro)

Global reminder settings of the Pulse activity

View and adjust Pulse credit allocations and overrides globally. (Only Pro)

Global credits override

Display user credits in the primary navigation bar for all logged-in users (Pro only)

Global credits display

Manage custom mail recipients for Pulse notifications (Pro only)

Global Pulse notifications

Define which Moodle events can be used as completion conditions for Pulse automations (Pro only)

Global events completion settings

Activate and deactivate Pulse add-ons (only Pro)

Manage Pulse add-ons

How to setup and use the automation engine

Automation engine

The automation engine and its architecture (Pro only)

About the automation engine

How to manage templates with the automation template list (Pulse Pro)

Managing automation templates

How to manage instances in the automation instance list (Pro only)

Managing automation instances

General settings of the automation template and instance (Pulse Pro)

General settings of the automation

How conditions work in Pulse automations and which settings control when actions are triggered (Pro only)

Conditions and their settings of the automation engine

Notifications of the automation template and instance (Pro only)

Notifications and their settings of the automation engine

Configure how credits are automatically allocated to users with the automation engine in Pulse.

Credits and their settings of the automation engine

How to adjust planned allocations and current user credits directly within a course. (Only Pro)

Override credits on course level with Pulse

Manage and control all instances of a template across courses from a central overview (Pro only)

Instance management of the automation engine through templates

Conditions of the automation engine

Pulse activity

About the Pulse activity

How to manage Pulse activity presets with the presets list (Pulse Pro)

Managing Pulse activity presets

All settings for a Pulse activity preset explained (Pulse Pro)

Settings for the Pulse activity presets

Exporting a Pulse activity to use as a preset template

Exporting a Pulse activity

All settings of the Pulse activity explained

Settings of the Pulse activity

Reports for the automation engine and Pulse activities.

Reports for Pulse actions

How to change button text options with language customization

Changing the button text for confirmation in the Pulse activity

How to upgrade from Pulse Basic to Pulse Pro

Upgrading to Pulse Pro

Placeholder to customize notifications of the automation engine and Pulse activity

Placeholders for Pulse notifications

All available placeholders for notifitcations incl. invitations and reminders explained

All placeholders listed in categories

Kickstart

About Kickstart

Links to additional resources for Kickstart

Additional resources for Kickstart

Overview of all global settings in Kickstart

Global settings in Kickstart

The general global settings in Kickstart explained

General global settings in Kickstart

How to configure the weighting of different categories for sorting courses by relevance (Pro only)

Course library sort weight settings in Kickstart

The general restore settings of Kickstart explained

General restore settings in Kickstart

Manage templates in Kickstart

About the course format, templates, and their settings

The Kickstart course format and templates

About the Kickstart course format and its specific course settings.

The Kickstart course format

Course template area in Kickstart

Student view in Kickstart

How to import complete courses or specific modules with the course library (Pro only)

Course library in Kickstart

Create a Kickstart template directly from a course (Pro only)

Create a template from a course with Kickstart

About course templates and how to create, use, and manage them

About course templates in Kickstart

All settings of Kickstart's course templates explained.

Template settings in Kickstart

About the course creator of Kickstart (Pro only)

The course creator of Kickstart

How to upgrade from Kickstart Basic to Kickstart Pro

Upgrading Kickstart Basic to Kickstart Pro

Content Designer

About Content Designer and additional resources

About Content Designer

Links to additional resources for Content Designer

Additional resources for Content Designer

How to install and set up Content Designer

Step-by-step guide to installing Content Designer Basic and Pro using the Moodle plugin installer.

How to install Content Designer

Review and adjust global settings to match your institution’s workflows and avoid confusion for course creators.

Initial configuration of Content Designer

Getting started with Content Designer

Overview of all global settings of Content Designer

Global settings of Content Designer

Define the default navigation method for newly created Content Designer activities. (Pro only)

Global general settings of Content Designer

Define default appearance, animation, and visibility settings for elements in newly created Content Designer activities.

Global element general settings in Content Designer

Define default visibility, titles, completion modes, and learning tools for chapters in new Content Designer activities.

Global chapter settings in Content Designer

Configure default settings for interactive H5P elements in new Content Designer activities.

Global interactive content (H5P) settings in Content Designer

Configure default heading styles, links, and text alignment for new Content Designer activities.

Global heading settings in Content Designer

Configure default outro content and buttons for new Content Designer activities.

Global outro settings in Content Designer

Set default alignment options for paragraphs in newly created Content Designer activities.

Global paragraph settings in Content Designer

Configure default behavior for embedded questions in new Content Designer activities from Site administration. (Pro only)

Global question settings in Content Designer

Configure default behavior of the table of contents in new Content Designer activities from site administration (Pro only)

Global table of contents settings in Content Designer

About the Content Designer activity and its settings

The Content Designer activity

How the Content Designer activity is structured and what types of content elements it supports.

About the Content Designer activity

View user progress, attempts, and grades in a Content Designer activity. (Pro only)