Note: You are currently viewing documentation for Moodle 2.5. Up-to-date documentation for the latest stable version of Moodle may be available here: Features.

Features: Difference between revisions

From MoodleDocs
(note with tracker issue link)
m (added link to spanish translation of document)
 
(12 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
<p class="note"> This page presents some ideas for a short Moodle features tour for newcomers to moodle.org (MDLSITE-2076). If you have any ideas for improvement please add them to the talk page by clicking on [[Talk:Features tour| page comments]].</p>
Moodle is a free, online Learning Management system enabling educators to create their own private website filled with dynamic courses that extend learning, any time, anywhere. Whether you're a teacher, student or administrator, Moodle can meet your needs. Come and take a look!
Moodle is a free, online Learning Management system enabling educators to create their own private website filled with dynamic courses that extend learning, any time, anywhere. Whether you're a teacher, student or administrator, Moodle can meet your needs. Come and take a look!


Line 9: Line 6:


*Drag your favourite teaching resources straight onto the page:
*Drag your favourite teaching resources straight onto the page:
** No complex uploading processes; just select your [[File resource|file]], [[Folder resource|folder]] or other learning resource and place it exactly where you want in your course.
*Search for and embed [[Working with media|multimedia]]
*Search for and embed [[Working with media|multimedia]] at the click of a button:
*Award [[Badges|badges]]
**Moodle's easy to use [[Text editor|text editor]] makes formatting your courses a pleasure,with customisable edit icons and  built-in image, sound and video embedding.
*Direct your students' learning path:
*Direct your students' learning path:
**Let learners meander freely around your course or [[Conditional activities|restrict their access]] dependent on criteria met, time or profile fields; it's your choice!


{|
{|
| [[File:dragdropresources.png|thumb|Drag and drop]]
| [[File:dragdropresources.png|thumb|Drag and drop]]
| [[File:Embedmedia.png|thumb|Embed media]]
| [[File:Embedmedia.png|thumb|Embed media]]
| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Motivate with badges]]
| [[File:controlpath.png|thumb|Control the learning path]]
|}
|}
*Get your students working and learning together:
*Get your students working and learning together in [[Forum|forums]], [[Wiki|wikis]], [[Glossary|glossaries]] and more:
**From [[Forum|forums]] to collaborative [[Wiki|wikis]] and [[Glossary|glossaries]], from [[Comments|comment boxes]] to [[Messages|private messaging]], Moodle offers your students a number of ways to make their voice heard.
*Assess and feedback with self-grading [[Quiz|quizzes]]:
*Assess and feedback with self-grading [[Quiz|quizzes]]:
**A wide range of standard and contributed question types make for a powerful tool for both formative and summative assessment.


{|
{|
| [[File:forumlearningstyles.png|thumb|Argue it out in a forum]]
| [[File:forumlearningstyles.png|thumb|Argue it out in a forum]]
| [[File:quizdemo.png|thumb|Test your knowledge and your confidence]]
| [[File:quizdemo.png|thumb|Test knowledge and confidence]]
|}
|}
*Set them individual, group or anonymously graded [[Assignment module|assignments]]:
*Set them individual, group or anonymously graded [[Assignment module|assignments]]:
**Students can submit anything from a short text-based task to a team project with multiple files, and you can grade with a single percentage or a complex, customised [[Advanced grading methods|rubric.]]
*Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess in [[Workshops|Workshops]]
*Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess:
 
**[[Workshop|Workshops]] challenge your class to evaluate their own and others' submissions according to criteria decided by you.
{|
{|
| [[File:coleridgeworkshop.png|thumb|Powerful Peer assessment]]
| [[File:coleridgeworkshop.png|thumb|Powerful Peer assessment]]
Line 44: Line 38:


*Manage your files however and wherever you like:
*Manage your files however and wherever you like:
**Store your files in your [[Private files|personal files area]] or access them from [[Repositories|Google, Dropbox, Flickr, Youtube, Skydrive...]]
*[[Tracking progress|Track your progress]] in your course:
*[[Tracking progress|Track your progress]] on each log in:
**Checkboxes against every task remind you  how far you've come
*Create your own personal dashboard:
*Create your own personal dashboard:
**The customisable [[My home|My Home]] page gives quick access to courses, work owing, online users or other items you choose to add.


{|
{|
Line 62: Line 53:
''In Moodle you can...''
''In Moodle you can...''


*Authenticate and enrol your users in a variety of ways:
*[[Authentication |Authenticate]] and [[Enrolments |enrol]] your users in over 50 ways:
**Moodle's 50+ combined  standard and contributed [[Authentication|authentication]] and [[Enrolment|enrolment]] solutions give you vast scope for getting everyone online!
*Create an attractive, mobile-friendly learning environment with [[Themes |themes ]] which can integrate with your website:
*Create an attractive, mobile-friendly learning environment which can integrate with your website:
*Enhance your Moodle with [https://moodle.org/plugins/index.php add-ons]] that you can update from inside your site:
**Choose [[Themes|themes]] for different devices; add your own CSS, custom HTML and logo, all from within the admin interface
*Sign up to Community Hubs such as [http://moodle.net/ Moodle.net]to share free courses:
*Enhance your Moodle with contributed plugins that you can update from inside your site:
   
**Over 460 [https://moodle.org/plugins/index.php 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 [http://moodle.net/ Moodle.net], allowing teachers to download, adapt or offer enrolment in free courses shared worldwide. Why not help your locality with a [[Community hubs|hub]] of its own too?


{|
{|
| [[File:themesexamples.png|thumb|Theme your Moodle]]
| [[File:ThemesMtOrange.png|thumb|Theme your Moodle]]
| [[File:moodleplugins.png|thumb|Follow moodleplugins on Twitter]]
| [[File:AddonValidation.png|thumb|Update from within Moodle]]
| [[File:MoodleCommunityHub.png|thumb|Share and download courses for free]]
| [[File:newmoodle.net.png|thumb|Share and download courses for free]]
|}  
|}  


[[Managing a Moodle site|''Find out more...'']]
[[Managing a Moodle site|''Find out more...'']]
[[es:Características de Moodle 2.5]]

Latest revision as of 02:30, 6 February 2014

Moodle is a free, online Learning Management system enabling educators to create their own private website filled with dynamic courses that extend learning, any time, anywhere. Whether you're a teacher, student or administrator, Moodle can meet your needs. Come and take a look!

Are you a teacher?

In Moodle you can...

  • Drag your favourite teaching resources straight onto the page:
  • Search for and embed multimedia
  • Award badges
  • Direct your students' learning path:
Drag and drop
Embed media
Motivate with badges
Control the learning path
Argue it out in a forum
Test knowledge and confidence
  • Set them individual, group or anonymously graded assignments:
  • Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess in Workshops
Powerful Peer assessment
Rubric

Find out more...

Are you a student?

In Moodle you can...

  • Manage your files however and wherever you like:
  • Track your progress in your course:
  • Create your own personal dashboard:
Manage your files
Check your progress
Customise your space

Find out more...

Are you an administrator?

In Moodle you can...

  • Authenticate and enrol your users in over 50 ways:
  • Create an attractive, mobile-friendly learning environment with themes which can integrate with your website:
  • Enhance your Moodle with add-ons] that you can update from inside your site:
  • Sign up to Community Hubs such as Moodle.netto share free courses:


Theme your Moodle
Update from within Moodle
Share and download courses for free

Find out more...