Babeljar

You provide them with a voucher code which they use to access a one-time intake form. Here, they pick their own username and password which from then on they use to access Babeljar. There are multiple "I forgot my password” solutions.

Alternatively, you can mass enroll students through means such as an Excel or csv file upload.

No, but we can help you with converting your existing learning materials to 'online'.

Absolutely. You get your own version of Babeljar where you can have us install a template based on your brand.

Yes. You can use scorm packages, or lti content, from language course providers such as Rosetta Stone and Speexx.

We'll be happy to take care of it for you. Just send us an email and we'll do it for you.

You can download backups of your courses to your own computer at any time, at no cost at all. Each course backup contains all the data you need: exercises, participants, marks, grades, and files. Because Babeljar is based on the world's biggest learning management system in the world, Moodle, you can restore the course backup to any Moodle installation (of the same version or higher) you want.

Yes, you can have Babeljar automatically unlock educational content based on a student's progress or achievements so far. This is called 'conditional access'.

Yes, you can use so called scorm packages, or lti content, from language course providers such as Rosetta Stone and Speexx. The international scorm standard ensures that the educational content can be accessed in systems such as Babeljar.

Yes. This involves linking your domain to the webserver (computer on the Internet) where your version of Babeljar resides. Just ask us and we'll take care of it.

Actually, too many to list here. Check out the demo to get a taste of the possibilities: interactive exercises, multimedia content, text, video, audio, tests, having your students exercise pronunciation through their own recording with a smart phone or computer.

There's no limit to the number of courses. With regard to the course materials we have a 'fair use' policy: if you consume outrageous amounts of bandwidth and disk storage for your courses, we'll contact you to discuss alternative options (it's generally a better idea to offer multimedia content such as videos through YouTube or Vimeo anyway, even if you display the videos inside Babeljar).

Because we're storing your courses. For that we still have to pay our own expenses even if there are currently no students.

Babeljar is based on Moodle, the world's largest learning management system. The difference between a plain vanilla Moodle installation and Babeljar is that Babeljar is especially adapted to the needs of language schools, language institutes, language teachers, and language trainers.

Technically speaking, Babeljar has a number of additional plugins to help you out with tasks such as the intake process, course evaluations, motivating students, and recruiting new students. We've also made it possible to have your students record audio and video (to facilitate pronunciation exercises, for instance).

We have made Babeljar far easier to use than Moodle, to accommodate new users. If you need full access to all features, just send us an email and we'll grant you admin user permissions. This will allow you to configure Babeljar to your heart's content.

No, it does not. Babeljar constantly keeps track of students' progress so you need to have an internet connection at all times if you're using Babeljar.

Babeljar comes with a Paypal payment option. Please send us an email if you want to activate the Paypal payment option. If you need to support other online payment solutions, such as Multisafepay (Connect only), please contact us.

In that case you get the entire code base of your Babeljar installation: database, files and source code. Internet consultancies will be able to get you up and running again in no time at all, because Babeljar is based on standard technology (the biggest learning management system in the world, Moodle).

But don't worry, we will never shut down Babeljar!

No. You decide who gets to see what in your version of Babeljar. Access is controlled through a username and password.

Yes. There are reports showing you exactly how much each student spent on each activity. In addition you have the option to use traditional grades. Some learning activities, such as quizzes or tests, can automatically assign grades.

Sorry, no. We ourselves need to pay for the technical infrastructure upfront, that's why.

If you plan on adding more students than your current subscription plan allows, just send us an email and we'll upgrade your subscription plan.

Why, yes, of course! Seriously though, we've seen 3rd graders (eight year olds) and older using similar systems. Trainers and teachers sometimes need a little more instruction, depending on whether they are allowed to edit courses or not.

Babeljar is an LMS (learning management system). As such, you can use Babeljar to support the organization of learning (class enrollment, planning, intake, evaluation) as well as learning itself through educational activities.

Babeljar can be used to mix 'traditional' language learning with e-learning (this is also called 'blended learning'). You can also offer 'pure' e-learning courses where you never get to see the student (except maybe through a webcam).

Yet another option is to use Babeljar for 'flipping the classroom' which "is a form of blended learning in which students learn content online by watching video lectures, usually at home, and homework is done in class with teachers and students discussing and solving questions” according to Wikipedia.

Nothing, at first. We are not going to bill you if this happens accidentally, or during a short period of time when you're adding new students before removing the 'old' ones. We do keep track however and we'll invite you to change your subscription plan if you're consistently over your limit.

Yes. This involves linking your domain to the webserver (computer on the Internet) where your version of Babeljar resides. Just ask us and we'll take care of it.