Open Ed Tech Co-op
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H5P is a wonderful thing. The educational world has been ‘all a buzz’ about H5P since its release. What H5P does is put the authoring of various interactive content pieces in the reach of more casual users. Such interactive content previously involved additional, multiple and generally complex software. H5P is quite simple to use (particular…
What do we mean by an “open platform”? For today, we will avoid definitions and focus on how platforms work, and how we work with them. For a few sets of tools, let’s ask the following questions: Where is it hosted? Who “owns” the software? Who administers and constructs the environment? How much can it…
Hi all, this upgrade to WordPress 5.4 brings a few handy improvements: A four-screen “onboarding” style guide to using the block editor that appears the first time you open the block editor. It can be viewed again via the vertical three dots in the upper right of the window under the item “Welcome Guide”. (If…
Trubox has been updated to a version that includes the new Gutenberg editor. Read on for what it means for you and how to use the new editor.
What is a plug-in? A WordPress plugin is a piece of software that “plugs into” your WordPress site. Plugins can add new functionality or extend existing functionality on your site… The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Plugins: 19 Examples & How They Work What plug-in are in use now? We have a number of “network activated”…
Every now and then a WordPress plugin comes along that I instantly know will be a useful game-changer for many TruBox and OpenETC users. I recently installed this plugin on both servers and will take a few paragraphs to show you what it does. The Academic Blogger’s Toolkit (ABT) helps you manage citations and bibliographies…