If This Then What
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The document outlines the integration of social media tools into Moodle forums to enhance communication without increasing staff workload. It discusses setting up messaging plugins for services like Telegram and Slack, enabling RSS feeds for forums, and using 'If This Then That' (IFTTT) for automation. The initiative aims to encourage staff to leverage social media for course engagement while providing a framework for continued usage and feedback during the summer semester.
If This Then What
- 1. If This Then What Simple Social Media Integration Into Moodle Forums Richard Oelmann
- 2. If This Then What Requirement: * Encourage staff to make use of Moodle tools for course and programme level communication * Enable use of existing (and new) social media tools and channels without increasing workload * Write once, publish many
- 3. If This Then What Inital solution: * Set up messaging plugins to integrate Moodle messaging with the likes of Telegram, Slack and other services. Rejected: * Maintenance/support issues * Need to support so many potential tools – and new ones when they come out
- 4. If This Then What ITTT – If This Then That https://ifttt.com/discover A free online service that enables apps to work together
- 5. If This Then What ITTT – If This Then That https://ifttt.com/discover A free online service that enables apps to work together
- 6. If This Then What App 1 – Trigger Event – App 2 Event – App 3 Event – App 4
- 7. If This Then What Unfortunately, Moodle isn’t one of the services included on ITTT as a trigger BUT RSS feeds are...
- 8. If This Then What Enable RSS Feeds – site wide Site Administration > Advanced features For the Forums activity Site Administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Forums
- 9. If This Then What Enable RSS Feeds – site wide Site Administration > Advanced features For the Forums activity Site Administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Forums Then for each forum you want to publish through RSS/IFTT
- 10. If This Then What You’ll need the RSS link later - Forum administration > RSS Feed
- 11. If This Then What IFTTT - You’ll need an account to set up a new app Choose a service to be your trigger:
- 12. If This Then What IFTTT - You’ll need an account to set up a new app Choose a service to be your trigger:
- 13. If This Then What IFTTThink! Do you want it to trigger EVERY time? Or when the post matches a particular feature? I used a hashtag as the trigger keyword...
- 14. If This Then What IFTTThink! Do you want it to trigger EVERY time? Or when the post matches a particular feature? I used a hashtag as the trigger keyword... Add the RSS feed URL we noted earlier
- 15. If This Then What IF RSS T What? What do you want it to do? For example: Twitter – post a tweet Include the Entry Title, the URL and the content
- 16. If This Then What IF RSS T What? What do you want it to do? For example: Twitter – post a tweet Include the Entry Title, the URL and the content
- 17. If This Then What Trigger Action Action
- 18. If This Then What Gotchas! The notifications action (Push notifications to mobile phone) Set up a separate app – the user needs to give their mobile number Forums on an authenticated Moodle site Set up a separate app, triggered by the Wordpress post, that sends a second tweet with that WP link
- 19. If This Then What Usage Started out as a proof of concept for the ‘User Story’ “We want tutors to make more use of social media, but do it from within Moodle courses” Using to disseminate developments on UoG Learning Systems Several staff interested to use it during the summer semester and give feedback
- 20. If This Then What Finishing touch Add the Twitter feed back as an HTML block on your Moodle pages https://twitter.com/settings/widgets
- 21. If This Then What If This Then That - https://ifttt.com/ Twitter - @Oelmann_Richard Or find me around the Moot, or on the Moodle.org forums