This page contains information on how to use the Personalized Learning Designer feature within your courses.
What is the Personalized Learning Designer (PLD)?
PLD is a feature in Moodle which allows instructors to perform automatic actions to students when specified conditions are met. Some examples include;
- Send a welcome message to your students providing important course information to help them get started when they first enter your course.
- Send personalized reminders for assessment deadlines to students who have not yet submitted
- Send personalized feedback to students dependent on their final grade for an assessment task
Instructors can personalise PLD rules by specifying student names to appear in messages and have various rules that target different groups of students. The PLD tool is a great way to personalise your student's experience as they progress through the course.
Getting Started
Getting started with PLD can be quite challenging. The guide below is a great way to get started with understanding the location of PLD and its useful features.
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Adding Rules to PLD
Rules can be added to PLD to customise the experience for students in a particular courses. The following guide goes through the basic steps in adding rules to the PLD tool.
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Templates
Getting started with PLD rules may be quite challenging. The below templates cover common scenarios which you may wish to implement in your Moodle course.
Course Introduction
You may want to add a course introduction for students who first join your course. When your students first access the course, they will be redirected to view the course outline and optionally a welcome email or popup can be sent.
The following guide is an example approach for adding a course introduction rule.
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Basic Scheduled Email
You may want students to receive an email at a specified time in your course. PLD can be used to send out a generic reminder or critical information to students via email.
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