Dear esteemed eLearning professionals,
We are thrilled to announce the unveiling of Moodle Workplace 4.4! 🥳
I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the entire Moodle team for their outstanding effort in realizing the successful launch of both Moodle Workplace 4.4 and Moodle LMS 4.4. 👩🏻💻🧑🏼💻👨🏽💻
This latest iteration of Moodle Workplace introduces the innovative Learning Catalogue, which empowers employees with greater autonomy in their learning journeys. This feature highlights a strategic emphasis on organizational growth and professional development. It aligns seamlessly with the objectives of Learning and Development (L&D) managers by enabling customized developmental pathways for each team member.
Moodle Workplace 4.4 is replete with features aimed at refining the management of organizational training programs. It offers advanced customization for training pathways, a more efficient certification management process, and enhanced administrative control over courses. These improvements equip organizations to foster effective learning initiatives, stimulate innovation, and align their training strategies with their broader goals.
Let’s delve into the features and their benefits:
Exploring the Learning Catalogue
The Learning Catalogue, referred to as ‘Catalogue’, revolutionizes learners’ access to courses, fostering convenience and individualized upskilling. With more streamlined access to educational content, employees are encouraged to take ownership of their career growth and personal development.
L&D managers will find the catalogue invaluable in enhancing training experiences, promoting skill enhancement, and nurturing a culture of self-directed learning among staff.
The Catalogue features advanced search capabilities, greatly beneficial for both learners and trainers navigating the educational landscape. The ‘extended search’ function supports all course fields, including user-custom fields, with adjustable priority settings for relevance, ensuring efficient handling of large datasets.
The Learning Catalogue simplifies course discovery, allowing personalized upskilling, and enabling L&D managers to foster a culture of self-directed learning.
Extended Reach and Talent Attraction through Public Courses
Integrating the Learning Catalogue within Moodle Workplace allows organizations to extend their reach by offering courses to the public. This strategy not only attracts potential talent but also provides dynamic marketing and branding opportunities.
Moreover, the Learning Catalogue consolidates management, curation, promotion, sale, and delivery of courses into a single platform. This integration results in significant cost savings, smoother workflows, and an enriched user experience, giving organizations a distinct competitive edge.
Organizations can offer courses to the public, thus widening their reach and attracting more clients and talent.
Streamlining Administration with Manager Assignments
The user upload feature in Moodle Workplace 4.4 now includes enhanced capabilities for manual manager assignments. Administrators can seamlessly import assignments from external systems using CSV files, simplifying mass updates and reporting line management, thereby boosting system efficiency.
Refine audience targeting to specific managerial roles to enhance report customization and communication.
Administrators can now enhance audience targeting for reports, ensuring that critical information is effectively communicated to the relevant managerial roles.
With the option to manually assign managers on Custom Pages and Custom Reports, content can be specifically tailored for designated managerial roles within the organization. This optimization aids in promoting self-directed learning by providing access to role-specific training and resources.
The People tab now includes a new functionality enabling HR managers to add jobs with the “+New job” button, streamlining the process without switching contexts. This facilitates simultaneous job assignment and improves administrative efficiency. Additionally, the creation of reporting lines directly from the People management page ensures seamless management of reporting structures, saving administrators valuable time.
The People tab now allows HR managers to add new jobs seamlessly via the “+New job” button, streamlining the process and enabling simultaneous job assignments.
Ensuring Inclusivity with Multilingual Notifications
Moodle Workplace 4.4 introduces the ability to add multilingual appointment descriptions, enhancing communication among users from diverse linguistic backgrounds. This feature helps learners receive notifications in their preferred language, fostering better understanding and engagement. Trainers can effectively manage course notifications for a global and inclusive learning environment.
Through multilingual appointment descriptions, users can receive notifications in their preferred language for better comprehension.
Optimizing HR Operations with Centralized Certification
Moodle Workplace 4.4 enhances its centralized certification management by enabling automation. It now allows L&D managers to automatically assign certifications to users, even if they were initially excluded. For instance, new employees not initially assigned to a Health & Safety Certification will be automatically enrolled.
Powered by Dynamic Rules, this comprehensive automation simplifies certification processes, promoting the efficiency of L&D operations.
Moodle Workplace 4.4 effortlessly centralizes certification automation, empowering HR managers to efficiently manage certifications and streamline operations.
To explore more about the Catalogue, refer to our Learning Catalogue page in the user documentation.
For a detailed overview of the key features and enhancements, visit our new features documentation for Moodle Workplace 4.4.
Best regards,
Emilio Lozano
Head of Workplace Solutions
