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Lambda SolutionsMar 15, 20233 min read

[UPDATED] Moodle™ Themes - Why is It Good to Use a Theme

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Lambda SolutionsMar 15, 20233 min read

[UPDATED] Moodle™ Customization: 5 Easy Ways Educators Can Optimize LMS for eLearning

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Lambda SolutionsMar 15, 20234 min read

[UPDATED]The Moodle™ Course Development Guide for eLearning Consultants

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Lambda SolutionsMar 15, 20231 min read

[UPDATED]MoodleCloud™ | Free Moodle Hosting for Single Classroom Installations

Calling all educators! MoodleCloud was designed specifically to help educators that are ...
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Ben YoungMar 15, 20232 min read

[UPDATED] The 8 Best Moodle™ Plugins for Course Presentation & User Experience

Moodle Plugins are the most efficient way to get the most out of your learning management ...
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Lambda SolutionsMar 15, 20233 min read

[Updated]5 Best Moodle™ Themes for Version 3.5 and up

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Lambda SolutionsMar 15, 20234 min read

[UPDATED] Game-changing Moodle™ Plugins

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Lambda SolutionsMar 15, 20235 min read

[UPDATED] 5 Reporting Strategies for Moodle™ You Need to Know

As your courses run and your students participate, Moodle™ LMS tracks and stores a ...
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Stewart RogersMar 15, 20234 min read

[UPDATED] Tips for Driving Learning Success with Moodle™ LMS Reporting

For many companies, LMS reporting is a black box of data that provides limited insight. ...
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Lambda SolutionsSep 10, 20209 min read

Moodle™ 3.9: How to Get the Most from the Latest Update

The latest update for your Moodle LMS has arrived, including enhanced interactive content ...
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Lambda SolutionsMay 26, 20207 min read

Moodle™ Video: 3 Quick and Easy Ways to Add Interactive Video into eLearning

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Lambda SolutionsApr 14, 20209 min read

Online Classroom Survival Guide: Moodle™ Course Creation & Classroom Management

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Erin MelvinApr 9, 20202 min read

Analytics Reporting: How to tell if your quizzes are passing the grade

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Lambda SolutionsMar 11, 20208 min read

Moodle or Totara—Which is the best open source LMS?

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Lambda SolutionsMar 10, 20203 min read

Business Career College Provides “Always Open” Learning for Financial Services Industry with Lambda [Case Study]

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Erin MelvinFeb 28, 20201 min read

H5P: Interactive Video For Blockbusting eLearning Engagement

- 2 MIN READ - If you are looking for ways to increase engagement in your courses, H5P ...
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Lambda SolutionsFeb 27, 20204 min read

LMS Integration: The Key To Increasing Your eLearning ROI

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Lambda SolutionsFeb 25, 20203 min read

3 Essentials You Need to Sell Courses Online With Ease

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Lambda SolutionsFeb 18, 20205 min read

Assiniboine Community College Doubled its User Base & Reduced Annual Costs by Half [CASE STUDY]

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Erin MelvinJan 17, 20201 min read

How to Bring eCommerce to Your eLearning with the Lambda Suite

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Erin MelvinJan 17, 20202 min read

Lambda 2020: Build, Measure, Learn with us

- 4 MIN READ - As a tech company that focuses on eLearning technologies, we operate with ...
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Lambda SolutionsJan 7, 20204 min read

eLearning Security: Does Cloud Hosting Measure Up?

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Lambda SolutionsDec 20, 20195 min read

eLearning vs Classroom: LMS Cost Comparison and Benefits

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Lambda SolutionsDec 12, 20194 min read

What Affects eLearning Development Costs? 3 Decisions You Need to Make

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Lambda SolutionsDec 4, 20194 min read

The Real Costs of LMS Setup for Educators

What are the real costs of setting up an LMS for your school or education institution? ...
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Leah ChangNov 14, 20195 min read

7 Tips for Ongoing LMS Success: Making LMS Administration Sexy

Warning: The following article contains sexual innuendos and adult-relationship puns that ...
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Lambda SolutionsNov 12, 20195 min read

How To Cut Your eLearning Costs With LMS Integration

Once a futuristic approach to online learning, Learning Management Systems (LMS) are now ...
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Lambda SolutionsOct 31, 20193 min read

Healthcare LMS: How to Ensure a Cost-Effective LMS Implementation

If you’re looking to implement a learning management system (LMS) within your healthcare ...
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Lambda SolutionsOct 23, 20194 min read

Open Source vs Proprietary LMS: How Do I Choose?

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Lambda SolutionsOct 22, 20194 min read

3 Tips For A Cost-Efficient Open Source LMS

In the process of selecting the right Learning Management System (LMS) for your ...
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Lambda SolutionsSep 25, 201912 min read

How To Conquer 5 Challenges All Businesses Face With The Benefits of eLearning

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Lambda SolutionsSep 13, 20195 min read

How Can I Scale My eLearning Business?

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Lambda SolutionsSep 11, 20194 min read

How to Develop an Effective LMS RFP for Your eLearning Solution [RFP TEMPLATE]

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Lambda SolutionsJun 26, 20193 min read

How Using an LMS Can Improve Your Compliance Training ROI

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Lambda SolutionsJun 25, 20193 min read

How to Choose the Best LMS for Your Organization or Business

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Lambda SolutionsJun 12, 20193 min read

Open Source LMS Cost Considerations: Free Code and Paid eLearning Content

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Lambda SolutionsJun 4, 20194 min read

5 Signs an LMS Vendor Delivers an Outstanding Customer Experience

- 4 MIN READ - What sets a learning management system (LMS) provider apart from other ...
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Lambda SolutionsMay 13, 20192 min read

How To Replace Adobe Flash

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Lambda SolutionsApr 24, 20194 min read

5 Reasons To Switch To A New LMS

Your Learning Management System (LMS) is a vital tool that should help your organization ...
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Lambda SolutionsMar 27, 20194 min read

What is LMS (Learning Management System)?

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Lambda SolutionsMar 12, 20194 min read

Asynchronous or Synchronous Learning: Which Method Should I Use?

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Lambda SolutionsFeb 27, 20193 min read

Creating eLearning Courses that Effectively Engage Learners

It's no secret that a primary concern for most educators is the design of the courses ...
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Lambda SolutionsFeb 13, 20193 min read

The Benefits of a Cloud-based LMS for the Healthcare Industry

Training and education play a crucial role in ensuring patient satisfaction, accurate ...
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Lambda SolutionsJan 29, 20193 min read

How Game-Based Learning and Gamification Benefit Online Learning

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Lambda SolutionsJan 2, 20193 min read

The Telltale Signs that You Need a New Open Source LMS

For corporations and academic institutions, having a proper Learning Management System is ...
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Lambda SolutionsDec 27, 20184 min read

Authoring Tools: What They Are and Why You Should Use Them

Creating an eLearning course may seem simple, but doing so actually requires a ...
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Lambda SolutionsDec 18, 20183 min read

Why You Should Look Into Mobile Learning for Your eLearning Program

Did you know that the average adult spends two hours and 30 minutes a day on their ...
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Lambda SolutionsDec 12, 20182 min read

How Amazon Web Services Works and Why We Use It

It's no secret that updating server infrastructure hardware can be costly and ...
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Lambda SolutionsDec 5, 20184 min read

Why Businesses are Choosing Cloud-based LMS Over Self-hosted Solutions

The cloud is used by 90 percent of all businesses in one way or another. Half of ...
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Lambda SolutionsDec 4, 20183 min read

Create a Flexible and Engaging Learning Environment with Customized Learning

Customized learning is a learner-centric approach. Learners make their own decisions ...
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Lambda SolutionsNov 27, 20183 min read

Alternatives to Moodle™ Report Plugins

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Lambda SolutionsNov 21, 20182 min read

How Gamification Badges Motivate Learners to Succeed

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Lambda SolutionsNov 14, 20183 min read

Open Source as an Answer to Your LMS Pain-Points

With hundreds of LMSs out in the market, the decision of which software to go with can be ...
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Lambda SolutionsNov 13, 20183 min read

Why Cloud-based LMS are Dominating the eLearning Field

Many businesses have moved their core processes to the cloud. This platform is a viable ...
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Lambda SolutionsOct 25, 20183 min read

Using Email Courses to Enhance Your Training Programs

Developing an ongoing training program gives employees the opportunity to keep up with ...
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Lambda SolutionsOct 24, 20182 min read

4 Design Trends Influencing eLearning

The design and user experience of a site or app play a crucial role in grabbing users’ ...
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Lambda SolutionsSep 5, 20182 min read

Learn Your Way with an Open Source LMS

Is your learning management system (LMS) platform meeting your organization’s training ...
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Lambda SolutionsAug 21, 20182 min read

Digital Badges: Creating Opportunities to Engage Learners

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Lambda SolutionsJul 25, 20184 min read

Why Picking a Full Service LMS Provider is Important: 5 Things CLOs Need to Know

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Lambda SolutionsJun 12, 20183 min read

Full-Managed Cloud Hosting for Moodle™ Vs. Self-Hosting

Once your organization has made a decision to a learning management system (LMS), another ...
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Lambda SolutionsMay 29, 20183 min read

LMS Cost Considerations: How to Develop an L&D Program Without Going Over Budget

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Lambda SolutionsMay 15, 20185 min read

8 Tips To Find A User-Friendly LMS For Your Online Training

Using a Learning Management System (LMS) shouldn’t require a degree in rocket science or ...
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Lambda SolutionsApr 27, 20183 min read

Get Ready For GDPR with Moodle 3.5 and Lambda Solutions

Two milestones in the LMS world are fast approaching: the EU’s General Data Protection ...
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Stewart RogersDec 21, 20176 min read

How You Can Also Streamline Online Training to Increase Your Bottom Line [Case Study]

Providing online, in-classroom and blended training courses can be an operational ...
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Lambda SolutionsDec 19, 20179 min read

Cloud Hosting: 5 Pros (and 4 Cons) of a cloud based LMS

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Ben YoungDec 5, 20174 min read

Moodle 3.3 Unveils Major User Improvements

This article is a summary of “Moodle 3.3 - A New Experience”, a webinar conducted by our ...
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Ben YoungJul 13, 20175 min read

Tips for Selecting the Right Learning Management System

There are hundreds of learning management systems in the market today. With so many ...
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Christopher PappasJul 6, 20176 min read

11 Must-Have LMS Features Checklist for New LMS Buyers

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Lambda SolutionsMay 2, 20173 min read

7 Tips To Get You Started with Your LMS RFP for Moodle™

Composing a LMS RFP can be a daunting task—with so many vendors in the market, where do ...
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Nimritta P.Apr 13, 20174 min read

The Costs Associated with an Open Source LMS

The iceberg analogy is one we often use when discussing implementations. Buyers spend a ...
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Lambda SolutionsJan 10, 20172 min read

The Costs Associated with an Open Source LMS - Part 2

Last week we published a blog on the hidden costs of an open source LMS, we covered ...
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Ben YoungDec 1, 20162 min read

LMS Hosting with a Digital Media Library

The idea behind online learning and eLearning, is to utilize technology to engage ...
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Lambda SolutionsNov 4, 20163 min read

Making Money with Moodle: The Business Case for Online Learning [INFOGRAPHIC]

- 3 MIN READ - Did you know you can use the Moodle learning management system to make ...
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Nimritta P.Sep 16, 20163 min read

Why Your LMS Theme Matters

In a report published by Brandon Hall Group this year, it was revealed that 88% of ...
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Jim YupangcoAug 31, 20163 min read

Calculating the ROI for an LMS: Open Source vs. Proprietary

Open Source vs. Proprietary Learning Management Systems We're looking at the key cost ...
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Ben YoungMay 25, 20162 min read

Moodle™ Plugins to Track Time Spent Learning in Your LMS

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Nimritta P.May 20, 20162 min read

Top 10 Improvements in Moodle 3.1

Big news in the Moodle world, as the release of Moodle 3.1 is almost here! Set for Monday ...
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Lambda SolutionsMay 2, 20164 min read

6 Things Your LMS Should Be Able to Do

With the LMS landscape changing as quickly as it has been, there are a ton of new ...
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Lambda SolutionsMar 15, 20163 min read

3 Ways to Use Video in Moodle™

One of the greatest benefits of eLearning, is the ability to incorporate multimedia like ...
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Lambda SolutionsJan 14, 20161 min read

Moodle 3.0 Comes Equipped with PHP 7.0 Compatibility

Wanting another reason to upgrade to Moodle 3.0? Announced just before Christmas, Moodle ...
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Lambda SolutionsNov 18, 20154 min read

6 Things to Look for in a High-Value LMS

If you are looking to implement a new LMS, or you are planning a LMS migration, you may ...
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Lambda SolutionsOct 27, 20154 min read

Why Blended Learning is Effective

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Lambda SolutionsOct 13, 20152 min read

Moodle™ Plugins – The Face-to-Face Plugin

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Nimritta P.Jun 8, 20151 min read

Why You Should Upgrade to Moodle 2.9

We announced last month that Moodle 2.9 was released on May 18th. With this new version ...
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Nimritta P.May 12, 20152 min read

Top 9 Improvements Coming with Moodle 2.9

We announced last week that Moodle 2.9 is on its way. The enhancements made in 2.9 are in ...
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Lambda SolutionsDec 12, 20143 min read

Getting Started with eLearning Gamification - Components

Now that you have a deep understanding of how Gamification and Game Based Learning ...
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Lambda SolutionsSep 17, 20142 min read

5 Reasons Why eLearners Want Video

Video currently accounts for 47% of global internet traffic and is expecting to rise to ...
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Lambda SolutionsMay 9, 20142 min read

Accessibility and E-Learning: Part 1

Why Make Your eLearning Platform Accessible? What is web accessibility? It means making ...
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Jim YupangcoFeb 21, 20142 min read

What's the Difference Between Failover and Back-Up?

Protecting your learning management system from downtime is one thing. Saving your data ...
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Jim YupangcoFeb 13, 20142 min read

Concepts in LMS Back-Up, Recovery and Continuity: RTO and RPO

As a small business owner, or manager in a mid-sized organization you need to focus on ...
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Jim YupangcoJan 30, 20143 min read

Aligning Talent Development and Corporate Strategy

Good companies test and tune their corporate strategies on a regular basis. Strategies ...
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Lambda SolutionsDec 13, 20131 min read

Scaling Your Learning Management System for the Enterprise

When Lambda Solutions first met St. Francis University a small number of faculty was ...
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Lambda SolutionsNov 20, 20131 min read

Moodle 2.6 is Released!

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Jim YupangcoJun 20, 2013< 1 min read

Proof We Provide Excellent Support for Our Moodle Customers

Our responsive, reliable Moodle support services helps us stand out from other eLearning ...
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Lambda SolutionsJun 13, 20131 min read

What We Do to Upgrade your Moodle from 2.x to 2.5

What exactly is involved in an upgrade from Moodle 2.5? It’s not a simple “five-clicks ...
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Jim YupangcoJun 5, 20132 min read

How to Prepare for Your Upgrade to Moodle 2.5

We recently covered some of the new features of Moodle 2.5 (ie. open badges, user ...
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Lambda SolutionsMay 28, 20131 min read

Webinar Recording. Moodle 2.5 is Here!

Lambda Solutions is recently hosted another “half hour how to Moodle" webinars in support ...
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Jim YupangcoMay 15, 20132 min read

Moodle 2.5 Features Deliver a Better User Experience

Moodle 2.5, the latest scheduled release of the world’s most popular Learning Management ...
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Jim YupangcoMar 21, 2013< 1 min read

Lambda Solutions Webinar. Taming the Gradebook

Lambda Solutions recently host another Moodle "Half hour how to moodle" in support of the ...
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Shevy LevyFeb 22, 20131 min read

Moodlemoot Canada 2013 Part 1. Martin Dougiamas Recaps the Moot

We were proud to take part in the Canada Moodlemoot 2013 that just took place in ...
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Jim YupangcoJan 27, 2013< 1 min read

Preview the 2013 Canada Moodle Moot - Free Webinar

The Canada MoodleMoot is quickly approaching! Hosted in our hometown of Vancouver BC from ...
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Shevy LevySep 13, 20121 min read

Canada MoodleMoot 2013

The next Canada MoodleMoot is scheduled! This time, it's taking place in Vancouver, ...
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Shevy LevyApr 30, 20121 min read

Education Trends - Improving Learning Outcomes with Open Source LMS

Between our Moodle support services, LMS migrations and other consultations with our ...
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Jim YupangcoApr 17, 20121 min read

Procuring an Open Source License for eLearning

Let’s say you’re convinced open source software, such as Moodle LMS, is what you want for ...
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Jim YupangcoMar 29, 20122 min read

Advantages of Open Source LMS

Open source learning management software like Moodle is free – sort of.
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Shevy LevyFeb 20, 2012< 1 min read

Learning Analytics and LMS Reporting to Improve Learning Outcomes

With the increase of online courses, there is a greater need to quickly track progress of ...
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Shevy LevyDec 13, 20113 min read

The Best Moodle 2 Modules. Course Presentation and User Experience

Moodle 2.0 and later versions offers better overall course presentation and user ...
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Shevy LevyNov 17, 20112 min read

How Moodle Helps People With Disabilities Learn

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Jim YupangcoOct 25, 20111 min read

New Moodle Resources from Lambda Solutions

As an official Moodle partner, we often get questions from prospective clients about ...
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Shevy LevyAug 29, 20113 min read

eLearning LMS Benefits from a Blended Approach

The MoodleMoot Virtual Conference 2011 this week was fascinating, covering a lot of ...
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Jim YupangcoAug 15, 20111 min read

Moodle Roundup. Making Money, Migration and Music

It’s been a busy summer at Lambda Solutions. Our clients are keeping us busy with all ...
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Shevy LevyApr 25, 20112 min read

Moodlemoot Canada Conference Update

As mentioned a few weeks back, Lambda Solutions is very proud to have several of our ...
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Shevy LevyMar 28, 20111 min read

Canada Moodlemoot 2011 May 2-5 Edmonton

The annual Moodlemoot is coming up and we hope you will be able to join Lambda Solutions ...
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Jim YupangcoFeb 28, 20112 min read

Moodle™ 2.0. Community Hubs, Blogs And More

Teachers and students are using social networking to help share lessons, foster better ...
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Jim YupangcoFeb 3, 20112 min read

Blackboard WebCT migration to Moodle

A growing number of schools, universities and companies are using eLearning and course ...
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