Talk:Features tour

Notes

Link to tracker - MDLSITE-2076

Examples from other VLEs

• Fronter http://uk.fronter.info/product/
• Frog http://www.frogtrade.com/index.phtml?d=2458882
• Schoology https://www.schoology.com/about.php
• Blackboard http://www.blackboard.com/Platforms/Learn/Products/Blackboard-Learn/Features.aspx
• Claroline http://www.claroline.net/demo-2/?lang=en
• Sakai http://www.sakaiproject.org/learning-management
• Sharepoint http://www.sharepointlms.com/features

Examples from Andrew N

• http://www.cloudflare.com/features-security
• http://usa.autodesk.com/autocad/features/
• https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/features.html#security
• http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/features
• http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/en-us/technologies.aspx
• http://beoplay.com/Products/BeoplayV1 (scroll down the page or use the up/down arrows on your keyboard - this is all HTML5)
• http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/
• https://www.gandi.net/hosting/ (particularly the feature spots at the top on the carousel you can move left/right)
• https://github.com/features/projects (similar kind of idea to the previous)

Possible features(not yet in any sequence)

• Possibly text and screenshots should be in sections as mentioned on tracker - student/teacher/admin?

Are you a teacher? In Moodle you can.... (and much more!)

Are you a student? In Moodle you can.... (and much more!)

Are you an administrator? In Moodle you can....(and much more!)

• Forum/wiki/drag and drop upload/embedded searchable media/customisable assignments/workshop/community hub/lesson and book/database and glossary/enrolment methods/activity completion/conditional activities

First thoughts (please ignore)

Are you a teacher? In Moodle you can...

• Search for and embed multimedia at the click of a button
  • Moodle's easy to use text editor makes formatting your courses a pleasure,with customisable edit icons and with built-in image, sound and video embedding.
• Drag your favourite teaching resources straight onto the page
  • No complex uploading processes; just select your presentation, folder or other learning resource and place it exactly where you want in your course.
• Get your students working and learning together
  • From forums to collaborative wikis and glossaries, from comment boxes to private messaging, Moodle offers your students a number of ways to make their voice heard.
• Assess and feedback with self-grading quizzes
  • A wide range of standard and contributed question types make for a powerful tool for both formative and summative assessment.
• Set them individual, group or anonymously graded assignments
  • Students can submit anything from a short text based task to a team project with multiple files, which you can grade with a single precentage or a complex, customised rubric. multiple file upload and from a single percentage grade to a complex rubric, Moodle
• Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess
  • Workshops challenge your class to evalulate their own and others' submissions according to criteria decided by you.
• Direct their learning path
  • Let students meander freely around your course or restrict their access dependent on criteria met, time or profile fields; it's your choice!

...and much more!

Are you a student? In Moodle you can...

• Manage your files however and wherever you like
  • Store your files in your personal files area or access them from Google, Dropbox, Flickr, Youtube, Skydrive...
• track your progress through each activity
  • Checkboxes against every task remind you on each log in how far you've come
• create your own personal dashboard
  • The customisable My Home page gives quick access to courses, work owing, online users or other items you choose to add.

...and much more!

Are you an administrator? In Moodle you can...

• Authenticate and enrol your users in a variety of ways
  • Moodle's 28 standard authentication and enrolment plugins (not to mention the 27 contributed solutions) give you vast scope for getting everyone online!
• Create an attractive, mobile-friendly learning environment which can integrate with your website
  • Choose themes for different devices; add your own CSS, custom HTML and logo, all from within the admin interface
• Enhance your Moodle with contributed plugins that you can then update right from inside your site
  • Over 460 community generated extensions ranging from video conferencing to plagiarism detection are freely available. And if you can't find it, request it!
• Sign up to Community Hubs sharing free courses
  • Every Moodle site can link to MOOCH, allowing teachers to download, adapt or offer enrolment in free courses shared worldwide. Why not help your locality with a hub of its own too?

...and much more!