What is Moodle ?

Moodle that is the acronym for :

Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment

Is a free software e-learning platform, also known as a Learning Management System ( LMS ),

or Virtual Learning Environment ( VLE ). Moodle can be used in many types of environments

such as in education, training and development, and business settings

Moodle was originally developed by “Martin Dougiamas” to help educators create online

courses with a focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content, and is in continual

evolution. The first version of Moodle was released on 20 August 2002. As of June 2013 it

had a user base of 83,008 registered and verified sites, serving 70,696,570 users in 7.5+

million courses with 1.2+ million teachers and available in 78 languages

Features

General

features

Course Development

& Management

feature

Administrative

feature

Moodle

General features

1) Modern, Easy to use interface

Designed to be responsive and accessible, the Moodle interface is easy to navigate on both desktop

and mobile devices

2) Personalized Dashboard

Organize and display courses the way you want, and view at a glance current tasks and

messages

3) Collaborative tools and activities

Work and learn together in forums, wikis, glossaries, database activities, and much more

4) All-in-one calendar

Moodle’s calendar tool helps you keep track of your academic or company calendar, course

Deadlines, group meetings, and other personal events

5) Convenient file management

Drag files from cloud storage services including MS SkyDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive

6) Simple and intuitive text editor

Format text and conveniently add media and images with an editor that works across all web

Browsers and devices

7) Notifications

When enabled, users can receive automatic alerts on new assignments and deadlines, forum

Posts and also send private messages to one another

8) Track progress

Educators and learners can track progress and completion with an array of options for Tracking

individual activities or resources and at course level

Administrative Features

1) Customizable site design and layout

Easily customize a Moodle theme with your logo, color schemes and much more - or simply

Design your own theme

2) Secure authentication and mass enrolment

Over 50 authentication and enrolment options to add and enroll users to your Moodle site and

courses

3) Multilingual capability

Allow users to view course content and learn in their own language, or set it up for multilingual

users and organizations

4) Bulk course creation and easy backup

Add courses in bulk, backup and restore large courses with ease

5) Manage user roles and permissions

Address security concerns by defining roles to specify and manage user access

6) Supports open standards

Readily import and export IMS-LTI, SCORM courses and more into Moodle

7) High interoperability

Freely integrate external applications and content or create your own plugin for custom

integrations

8) Simple add-ons and plugin management

Install and disable add-ons and plugins within a single admin interface

9) Regular security updates

Moodle is regularly updated with the latest security patches to help ensure your Moodle site is

secure

10) Detailed reporting and logs

View and generate reports on activity and participation at course and site level

Course Development and Management Features

1) Direct learning paths

Design and manage courses to meet various requirements. Classes can be instructor-led, self-

paced, blended or entirely online

2) Encourage collaboration

Built-in collaborative publishing features foster engagement and encourage content-driven

collaboration

3) Embed external resources

Teach materials and include assignments from other sites and connect to the grade book in

Moodle

4) Multimedia Integration

Moodle’s built-in media support enables you to easily search for and insert video and audio

files in your courses

5) Group management

Group learners to share courses, differentiate activities and facilitate team work

6) Marking workflow

Conveniently assign different markers to assignments, manage grade moderation and control

when marks are released to individual learners

7) In-line marking

Easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating on PDF files directly within browser

8) Peer and self-assessment

Built-in activities such as workshops and surveys encourages learners to view, grade and assess

their own and other course members' work as a group

9) Integrated Badges

Fully compatible with Mozilla Open Badges, motivate learners and reward participation and

Achievement with customized Badges

10) Outcomes and rubrics

Select from advanced grading methods to tailor the grade book to your course and Examination

criteria

11) Security and privacy

Teach and share in a private space only you and your class can access

What Teachers can do with Moodle

Create online

courses

Open

forums

Divide

students into

Classes

Upload files &

lessons

Create online

test &

examinations

Chat

sessions

What Student can do with Moodle

Tools

Follow the

lessons

Upload their

Homework

and text

Chat

sessions Take part

into forums

Moodle

Teaching tools

Communication

tools

Collaboration

tools

Assessment

tools

Tools of Moodle

Teaching tools:

1) Assignment

A tool for creating gradable items and allowing students to upload digital content in response.

Students can enter assignment text directly, or submit essays, spreadsheets, presentations, web

pages, photographs or graphics, or small audio or video clips.

2) Lessons

Using lessons, you simply enforce sequential viewing of various pieces of content and you can

create programmed learning units in which each correct answer brings up a new piece of

information and a new question

3) SCORM package

Using this tool, you can upload any package of SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference

Model) content to your Moodle course. This type of content is created using HTML, JavaScript

and SWF files for web-based learning

4) Resources

A "resource" is any type of external web content that you add to your Moodle course. For

example, a web page or a text or image file.

Collaborative tools:

1) Groups

This tool allows you to set up groups and then let students choose which group they want to

join. You can specify maximum numbers for the groups

2) Glossary

A tool for embedding glossaries of terms used by practitioners in your area of study. Glossaries

can be created interactively, with students contributing terms and definitions

Allowing comments to encourage interaction.

Encouraging students to add images and links to their definitions, for a more dynamic

Glossary generally and more 'stickability' of definitions.

3) Wiki

Wikis are collections of collaboratively authored web pages, beginning with a home page that

students can edit, and to which they can link more pages.

4) Blogs

A blog (weblog) is an online journal, with entries organized chronologically with the most recent

first. Blogs can be a group or an individual effort. Blogs in Moodle are user-based; each user

has their own non-course-specific blog.

Communication tools:

1) Forum

An online discussion board where you and your students can post messages to each other, and

keep track of individual discussions.

2) Chat

The Chat tool allows students and teachers to have real-time synchronous text-based discussion

in an online chat room.

3) Messaging

You can message a specific group of students within a Moodle course, and configure how you

will receive return messages.

4) News forum

A News forum is automatically created for the course home page of every course. Only

teachers and administrators may post to the News forum or reply to posts on it, but every

enrolled person is automatically subscribed. Use the News forum for general announcements.

5) Calendar

The calendar can display site, course, group and user events in addition to assignment and

quiz deadlines, chat times and other course events. A calendar may be included in a course or

the site Front page by adding a Calendar block or an Upcoming Events block

Assessment tools:

1) Quizzes

In Moodle, you can

Create quizzes with different question types

Randomly generate quizzes from pools of questions

Allow students to re-take quizzes multiple times

2) Questionnaire

The Questionnaire tool is for data-gathering, not for assessment. Use it to obtain student

feedback or opinion. This tool offers a variety of question types: for example, check boxes,

radio buttons, essay boxes, rating/scaling.

3) Grades

You can record, track and calculate grades within Moodle. The grading tool is complex and

flexible

4) Feedback

A student-survey tool. You can view responses in summary or analysis format, or by individual

user. You can specify anonymous response if you wish

So… This is Moodle !