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== CONTENTS ==
=== Tips for sites ===
==== Install the “Moodle additional features plugin” ====
* Local plugin for adding new features to the current Moodle Mobile app
* This add-on provides new features and also web services which are currently only available in the latest Moodle version
* A Moodle 2.4 installation with the plugin has the same Mobile features available than a Moodle 2.8 installation
 
==== Moodle additional features plugin ====
* Extra features: Support for sites using SSO authentication methods (Shibboleth and CAS)
* A new Moodle Mobile major version requires to upgrade this plugin in your Moodle installation.
* [https://docs.moodle.org/Moodle_Mobile_additional_features https://docs.moodle.org/Moodle_Mobile_additional_features]
 
==== Enable Push notifications ====
* The site must be registered in moodle.org
* Administration / Plugins / Message outputs / Mobile notifications
* User must enable in their profile to receive Mobile notifications
* Notifications are connected to the Moodle messaging system
* A bulk message to all the users in a course will send a Push notification to the user mobile phone (Remember, the user must enable to receive Mobile notifications)
 
==== Upload a detailed guide of how to use Moodle Mobile including: ====
* Download links to the different platforms/stores.
* Explain the different possibilities and limitations of the app.
* Explain how the offline mode works (you should download your contents first).
* Explain how to configure your messaging settings for receiving mobile notifications.
* Create a custom theme for your site
* Do not use frontpage courses or activities
* Place those pages in a global course where all the users are enrolled via cohorts, meta-course enrollments
* Enroll all the users in that course via the db plugin
 
=== Tips for courses ===
==== Use the topics or weeks course format ====
==== Avoid orphaned activities or direct links to activities ====
==== Labels are initially collapsed, use a short text as introduction of what is inside ====
==== Use responsive HTML in pages or mini-sites ====
==== Youtube or maps links (URL resource) opens automatically the system app ====
==== Find alternatives to unsupported activities or resources ====
* Book module: Publish an “accessible” version of the Book resource using the export to HTML feature
* IMS CP: Instead using the IMS CP resource, unzip the file and add it as a resource (mini-site)
* Same for SCORM without API tracking
* Not all the video formats are supported by all mobile devices, upload the same video in different formats in a directory resource

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