This document provides an overview about the features of Pulse and Pulse Pro.
General
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Description
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| Title
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The title of the pulse is not visible to the student on the course page; it's used for administrative purposes mainly, e.g. on the reports overview page. It will be used by default as subject for the invitation.
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| Content
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The content is used on the course page (and can be wrapped into a bootstrap alert box — pro only).
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Notifications
The following notifications can be used:
Invitation
| Name
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Description
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| Send notification
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Enable/disable the notification; Pulse will send the notification only if it is available to the student (visible or stealth), it will not send a notification if it's hidden/not available based on activity restrictions.
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| Use notification content instead of general content
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By default, Pulse will use the title of the Pulse activity as subject and the general content as message. Enable this setting to use the notification subject & notification content instead.
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| Re-send notification
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Manually trigger sending the notification (again).
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| Notification subject
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The subject of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders
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| Notification content
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The content of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders
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| Notification recipients
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Choose which roles shall receive the notification
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First Reminder PRO
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Description
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| Enable first reminder
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Enable/disable the notification; Pulse will send the notification only if it is available to the student (visible or stealth), it will not send a notification if it's hidden/not available based on activity restrictions.
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| Use notification content instead of general content
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By default, Pulse will use the title of the Pulse activity as subject and the general content as message. Enable this setting to use the notification subject & notification content instead.
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| Notification subject
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The subject of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders
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| Notification content
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The content of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders
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| Notification recipients
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Choose which roles shall receive the notification
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| Notification schedule
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Choose if the reminderr shall be sent at a fixed date (e.g. Oct 11th, 10:00am) or at a relative date (e.g. 2 days after becoming available)
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Second Reminder PRO
| Name
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Description
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| Enable second reminder
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Enable/disable the notification; Pulse will send the notification only if it is available to the student (visible or stealth), it will not send a notification if it's hidden/not available based on activity restrictions.
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| Use notification content instead of general content
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By default, Pulse will use the title of the Pulse activity as subject and the general content as message. Enable this setting to use the notification subject & notification content instead.
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| Notification subject
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The subject of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders
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| Notification content
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The content of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders
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| Notification recipients
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Choose which roles shall receive the notification
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| Notification schedule
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Choose if the reminderr shall be sent at a fixed date (e.g. Oct 11th, 10:00am) or at a relative date (e.g. 2 days after becoming available)
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Recurring Reminder PRO
| Name
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Description
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| Enable first reminder
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Enable/disable the notification; Pulse will send the notification only if it is available to the student (visible or stealth), it will not send a notification if it's hidden/not available based on activity restrictions.
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| Use notification content instead of general content
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By default, Pulse will use the title of the Pulse activity as subject and the general content as message. Enable this setting to use the notification subject & notification content instead.
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| Notification subject
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The subject of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders
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| Notification content
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The content of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders
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| Notification recipients
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Choose which roles shall receive the notification
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| Notification schedule
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Choose the interval, e.g. 1 week or 4 days
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Completion criteria
The following completion criteria can be used:
| Name
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Description
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| Available on completion
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Pulse will be complete as soon as it is available (i.e. not hidden or unavailable due to availability restrictions)
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| Self mark completion
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Students can self mark complete — the difference to "manual" completion is that students can't revoke it and that a green badge indicates the time when they marked themselves complete
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| Require approval by role
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Require a specific role (choose from any course context and user context role) to mark the student as complete
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Actions PRO
The following actions can be used:
| Name
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Description
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| Credit Score
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Add or remove credits to/from a custom user profile field. (best in combination with our enrolment plugin "Course Credit Enrolment")
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Reactions PRO
The following reactions can be used:
| Name
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Description
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| Type
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No Reaction
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| Rate
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Let students rate the course (like/dislike) directly in their e-Mail client (no login required); use the placeholder {reaction} to place it in the notification
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| Mark complete
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Let students mark complete something directly in their e-Mail client (no login required); use the placeholder {reaction} to place it in the notification
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| Approve
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Let teachers/parents/line managers approve something directly in their e-Mail client (no login required); use the placeholder {reaction} to place it in the notification
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| Location
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Notification only
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Show the reaction in the notification
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| Notification and Content
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Show the reaction in the notification and on the course page
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| Content only
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Show the reaction on the course page
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Appearance PRO
The following options for the design of the Pulse activity on the course page are available:
| Name
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Description
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| CSS class
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Add a specific css class to the pulse activity; can be used to style it in a bespoke way
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| Display mode
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Choose if the activity shall be displayed "normal" (i.e. only the content added in the general content area) or if it shall be wrapped into a bootstrap alert
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| Box type
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If box mode is used, you can choose from the following presets:
- Primary
- Secondary
- Danger
- Warning
- Light
- Dark
- Success
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| Box icon
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If box mode is used, you can choose an icon which will be added at the left side of the box (font-awesome)
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Presets
In order to simplify using Pulse, we have implemented presets that allow teachers to use pre-defined configurations of Pulse easily. Here's a screenshot of Pulse's activity administration page when creating a new Pulse activity:
With Pulse Pro, the site administrator can create and customize presets easily according to the specific requirements of their organisation.
