Pulse/Features
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This document provides an overview about the features of Pulse and Pulse Pro.
General
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Notifications
The following notifications can be used:
Invitation
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Send notification | 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. |
Use notification content instead of general content | 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. |
Re-send notification | Manually trigger sending the notification (again). |
Notification subject | The subject of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders |
Notification content | The content of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders |
Notification recipients | Choose which roles shall receive the notification |
First Reminder PRO
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Enable first reminder | Enable/disable the notifcation; 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. |
Use notification content instead of general content | 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. |
Notification subject | The subject of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders |
Notification content | The content of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders |
Notification recipients | Choose which roles shall receive the notification |
Notification schedule | 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) |
Second Reminder PRO
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Enable second reminder | Enable/disable the notifcation; 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. |
Use notification content instead of general content | 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. |
Notification subject | The subject of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders |
Notification content | The content of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders |
Notification recipients | Choose which roles shall receive the notification |
Notification schedule | 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) |
Recurring Reminder PRO
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Enable first reminder | Enable/disable the notifcation; 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. |
Use notification content instead of general content | 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. |
Notification subject | The subject of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders |
Notification content | The content of the notification if "Use notification content instead of general content" is enabled; supports placeholders |
Notification recipients | Choose which roles shall receive the notification |
Notification schedule | Choose the interval, e.g. 1 week or 4 days |
Completion criteria
The following completion criteria can be used:
Available on completion
Self mark completion
Require approval by role
Actions PRO
The following actions can be used:
Credit Score
Reactions PRO
The following reactions can be used:
Mark complete
Rate
Approve
Appearance PRO
The following options for the design of the Pulse activity on the course page are available:
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CSS class | Add a specific css class to the pulse activity; can be used to style it in a bespoke way |
Display mode | 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 |
Box type | If box mode is used, you can choose from the following presets:
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Box icon | If box mode is used, you can choose an icon which will be added at the left side of the box (font-awesome) |
Presets
In order to simplify using Pulse, we have implemented presets that allow teachers to use pre-defined configurations of Pulse easily. The following presets are built in:
Welcome message
Congratulations message
Consent/Disclaimer
Teacher approval
Time to learn PRO
Inbox micro learning PRO
Award credits PRO
With Pulse Pro, the site administrator can create and customize presets easily according to the specific requirements of their organisation.