Using the DBSelf plugin to sync course enrollments, grades, and completion between Moodle and Eportfolio

For the last couple of months, you may have noticed that both your in-progress and completed courses – non-legacy courses, that is – are synced from your Saylor Academy ePortfolio to learn.saylor.org. Syncing that information between the two systems turned out to be a bit of a challenge. Moodle (the LMS we use for learn.saylor.org) […]

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Certificate Chain Issues with Gandi SHA2 Certificates

Earlier in the week, you may have noticed some… issues when connecting to our sites. Last Friday, I had updated our SSL certificates to new SHA2 certificates from Gandi. I went through the normal process to get a replacement certificate: specifying SHA2 in the CSR, grabbing the newly generated certificate and intermediate certificate, replacing them […]

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Colorado Technical University: Identifying the Right Degree Program

This post is by Dr. Emad Rahim of Colorado Technical University, a new partner in our College Credit Pathways initiative, and coincides with the Saylor Foundation’s press release on guaranteed transfer credits for several of our courses.*  It can be a difficult decision trying to figure out which degree program and University to transfer your credits […]

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Response to Michael Cusumano – “Are the Costs of ‘Free’ Too High in Online Education?”

This post is by Sarah Foregger, Ph.D., a consultant for the Saylor Foundation in the Communication discipline. Dr. Foregger taught for several years at the University of San Diego and has worked in consulting since 2012. By Sarah Foregger, Ph.D. “We need not fear that democratizing knowledge will cheapen its worth.” In an article published […]

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