Top tips-on-creating Mobile Friendly Courses in Moodle

1. Creating Mobile
Friendly Courses
in Moodle
As more and more students access courses from their smartphones,
tablets or other mobile devices, it is increasingly important to ensure
your courses are mobile-friendly.
Students and staff at YSJ are now able to access Moodle using the
Moodle mobile app. With this introduction, students could be using their
smartphone more frequently to access Moodle.
What does this mean for you? This infographic will go through some
handy tips on how to create a mobile friendly Moodle course.
93% of YSJ Students use a smartphone to support their learning.
Moodle Mobile
93%
use a
smartphone
to support
their
learning
Source: Student Digital Tracker 2018
Use the page and book
resources
Avoid uploading too many documents and having
numerous text heavy pages; use pages and the book
resource to allow students to 'chunk' their learning.
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Identify large files02
Large files are identified to help learners consider
download times.(Moodle has an option where you
can show file type and size) Consider providing
alternative (smaller) files where appropriate.
Use succinct labels
Labels do not collapse on the Moodle App, so your
whole label will show to the student. Consider using
less text heavy labels on your course page.
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Embedded audio files will play even if the smartphone
screen is locked.
Embed audio files04
Stream video content05
Ensure videos are streamed whenever possible. You can
embed videos from our MEDIALibrary or stream from
YouTube for example.
For resources and activities in Moodle, provide students
with a short description text to let them know what they
should be doing with the course content.
Write introductory
sentences for resources06
Use images and media07
Using images and media on your course is great on a
mobile app, but consider resizing and cropping into a
suitable pixels size so that graphics display without
needing to scroll extensively. Remember to add alt text
too.
Using these course formats allow content to be
'chunked' in manageable segments and content will flow
in a logical progression.
Use topics, grid or
weekly course format08
Be mindful of plugins
Some plugins such as H5P or Talis Aspire might not
display in the mobile app. Users will be prompted to
open the activity or link in their mobile browser.
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Site or course blocks are not displayed in the Mobile app,
so avoid putting important information in blocks.
Avoid using blocks10
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