Moodle is a free and open-source learning management system developed by Martin Dougiamas that allows educators to create online courses with dynamic web content. It provides tools for collaboration and communication between instructors and students, including forums, wikis, assignments, quizzes, databases, and chat features. Moodle can be customized and extended through plugins and is accessible across devices through its mobile app.
2. MOODLE
Moodle is a no-expense online Learning Management System
(LMS).It lets instructors to make their own private website
filled with dynamic courses for education anytime, anywhere.
The product offers a complete set of learner-centric tools and
collaborative learning environments that stimulate both
teaching and learning.
4. MARTIN DOUGIAMAS
Dougiamas is the founder and CEO of
Moodle Pty Ltd, company that drives
development of Moodle and is financed
partly through certified service providers in
the Moodle Partner network. Significant
related services include Moodle Cloud for
hosted Moodle courses and the Moodle
Mobile App , which extends Moodle
functionality to mobile devices. The Moodle
project is backed up by a large online
community and in January 2016 the
crowdfunding Moodle Users Association was
launched.
7. Easy to use
Moodle’s simple interface, drag-and-drop features, and well-
documented resources, along with ongoing usability
improvements, make it easy to learn and use.
Always up-to-date
The Moodle project’s open-source approach means that the
platform is continually being reviewed and improved on to suit
the evolving needs of its users.
Moodle in your language
Moodle has been translated into more than 95 languages (and
counting), so users can easily localize their Moodle site. There
are plenty of resources, community discussions, and support
available in various languages.
8. All-in-one learning platform
Moodle provides a flexible tool-set to support both blended learning
and 100% online courses. You can configure Moodle by enabling or
disabling core features, and easily integrate everything needed for a
course using its range of built-in features, including external
collaborative tools such as blogs, chats, wikis, and forums.
Highly flexible and customizable
Because it is open source, Moodle can be customized to suit
individual needs. Its modular set up and interoperable design allows
developers to create plugins and integrate external applications to
achieve specific functionalities. You can extend Moodle’s
effectiveness by freely using available plugins and add-ons.
Robust, private, and secure
Moodle is committed to safeguarding data security and user privacy.
Security controls are constantly being updated and implemented in
Moodle development processes and software to protect against
unauthorized access and data loss or misuse.
9. Use on any device
Moodle is web-based and therefore can be accessed from
anywhere in the world. With a default mobile-compatible
interface and cross-browser compatibility, content on the
Moodle platform is easily accessible and consistent across
different devices and web browsers.
Extensive resources available
Users can access extensive Moodle documentation and user
forums in multiple languages, free courses and content shared
by Moodle users across the world, as well as hundreds of
add-ons and plugins contributed by a large global community.
11. Assignment
Enable teachers to grade and give comments on uploaded
files and assignments created on and off line
Attendance
Allows teachers to keep detailed records on attendance and
participation
Chat
Allows participants to have a real-time synchronous
discussion
Choice
A teacher asks a question and specifies a choice of multiple
responses
Database
Enables participants to create, maintain and search a bank of
record entries.
12. External Tool (LTI)
Allows participants to interact with LTI compliant learning
resources and activities on other web sites. (These must first
be set up by an administrator on the site before being
available in individual courses.)
Feedback
For creating and conducting surveys to collect feedback.
Similar to Questionnaire, but allows for anonymous feedback.
Forums
Allows participants to have online discussions to complement
class
Glossary
Enables participants to create and maintain a list of
definitions, like a dictionary
13. Questionnaire
Allows the teacher to design survey questions for students,
such as mid-term evaluations
Quick mail
A block that allows the teacher to email the whole class, a
group, or select students.
Quiz
Allows the teacher to design and set quiz tests, which may be
automatically marked and feedback and/or to correct answers
shown
Scheduler
Allows participants to sign up for time slots created by the
teacher
SCORM
Enables SCORM packages to be included as course content,
sometimes SCORM modules are available from textbook
publishers
14. Survey
For gathering data from students to help teachers
learn about their class and reflect on their own
teaching using pre-loaded surveys, including
COLLES (Constructivist Online Learning
Environment Survey) and ATTLS (Attitudes to
Thinking and Learning Survey)
Wiki
A collection of web pages that anyone can add to or
edit
Workshop
Enables peer assessment.
16. BENEFITS OF MOODLE MOBILE APP
The updated app has new features & improvements
to provide you with:
- Full 100% support for workshop activity so you
can complete it directly on the app.
- Support for forgotten passwords.
- Restricted Vimeo videos functionality.
- Better file sharing and uploading functions.