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| Moodle is an active and evolving product. This page lists just some of the many features it contains:
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| == Overall design ==
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| * Promotes a social constructionist pedagogy (collaboration, activities, critical reflection, etc)
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| * Suitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing face-to-face learning
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| * Simple, lightweight, efficient, compatible, low-tech browser interface
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| * Easy to install on almost any platform that supports PHP. Requires only one database (and can share it).
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| * Full database abstraction supports all major brands of database (except for initial table definition)
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| * Course listing shows descriptions for every course on the server, including accessibility to guests.
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| * Courses can be categorised and searched - one Moodle site can support thousands of courses
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| * Emphasis on strong security throughout. Forms are all checked, data validated, cookies encrypted etc
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| * Most text entry areas (resources, forum postings etc) can be edited using an embedded WYSIWYG HTML editor
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| == Site management ==
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| * Site is managed by an admin user, defined during setup
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| * Plug-in "themes" allow the admin to customise the site colours, fonts, layout etc to suit local needs
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| * Plug-in activity modules can be added to existing Moodle installations
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| * Plug-in language packs allow full localisation to any language. These can be edited using a built-in web-based editor. Currently there are language packs for over [http://download.moodle.org/lang/ 60 languages].
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| * The code is clearly-written PHP under a GPL license - easy to modify to suit your needs
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| == User management ==
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| * Goals are to reduce admin involvement to a minimum, while retaining high security
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| * Supports a range of authentication mechanisms through plug-in authentication modules, allowing easy integration with existing systems.
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| * Standard email method: students can create their own login accounts. Email addresses are verified by confirmation.
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| * LDAP method: account logins can be checked against an LDAP server. Admin can specify which fields to use.
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| * IMAP, POP3, NNTP: account logins are checked against a mail or news server. SSL, certificates and TLS are supported.
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| * External database: any database containing at least two fields can be used as an external authentication source.
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| * Each person requires only one account for the whole server - each account can have different access
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| * An admin account controls the creation of courses and creates teachers by assigning users to courses
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| * A course creator account is only allowed to create courses and teach in them
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| * Teachers may have editing privileges removed so that they can't modify the course (eg for part-time tutors)
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| * Security - teachers can add an "enrolment key" to their courses to keep out non-students. They can give out this key face-to-face or via personal email etc
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| * Teachers can enrol students manually if desired
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| * Teachers can unenrol students manually if desired, otherwise they are automatically unenrolled after a certain period of inactivity (set by the admin)
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| * Students are encouraged to build an online profile including photos, description. Email addresses can be protected from display if required.
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| * Every user can specify their own timezone, and every date in Moodle is translated to that timezone (eg posting dates, assignment due dates etc)
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| * Every user can choose the language used for the Moodle interface (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese etc)
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| == Course management ==
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| * A full teacher has full control over all settings for a course, including restricting other teachers
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| * Choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or a discussion-focussed social format
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| * Flexible array of course activities - Forums, Journals, Quizzes, Resources, Choices, Surveys, Assignments, Chats, Workshops
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| * Recent changes to the course since the last login can be displayed on the course home page - helps give sense of community
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| * Most text entry areas (resources, forum postings etc) can be edited using an embedded WYSIWYG HTML editor
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| * All grades for Forums, Journals, Quizzes and Assignments can be viewed on one page (and downloaded as a spreadsheet file)
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| * Full user logging and tracking - activity reports for each student are available with graphs and details about each module (last access, number of times read) as well as a detailed "story" of each students involvement including postings etc on one page.
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| * Mail integration - copies of forum posts, teacher feedback etc can be mailed in HTML or plain text.
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| * Custom scales - teachers can define their own scales to be used for grading forums and assignments
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| * Courses can be packaged as a single zip file using the Backup function. These can be restored on any Moodle server.
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| == Assignment Module ==
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| * Assignments can be specified with a due date and a maximum grade.
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| * Students can upload their assignments (any file format) to the server - they are date-stamped.
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| * Late assignments are allowed, but the amount of lateness is shown clearly to the teacher
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| * For each particular assignment, the whole class can be assessed (grade and comment) on one page in one form.
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| * Teacher feedback is appended to the assignment page for each student, and notification is mailed out.
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| * The teacher can choose to allow resubmission of assignments after grading (for regrading)
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| == Chat Module ==
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| * Allows smooth, synchronous text interaction
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| * Includes profile pictures in the chat window
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| * Supports URLs, smilies, embedded HTML, images etc
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| * All sessions are logged for later viewing, and these can also be made available to students
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