Trainer

Overview

Trainers sometimes have a different perspective than teachers. Wikipedia says that training it is the acquisition of knowledge that relates to specific useful skills. Teachers tend to pass on skills which improve the learning abilities of their students in a more intangible cultural assimilation process. Often professional development courses are viewed as training because their focus is upon skill development.

It is not unusual for trainers to work in multicultural enviornments or to run a virtual business via the web.

The purpose of this page is to provide links to Moodle features and addins that trainers might find useful.

Examples

• Certificate module - issue certificates for completed courses or lessons. Can be automatic and customized for each course.
• Activity Locking - make activities and resources dependent upon results of activities. For example, this was initially developed to lock trainees from receiving Certificate before meeting the course requirments.
• Enrollment and payments -

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