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| {{About Moodle}}
| | 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 an active and evolving product. This page lists just some of the many features it contains: | |
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| == Overall design == | | ==Are you a teacher?== |
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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 ==
| | *Drag your favourite teaching resources straight onto the page: |
| | *Search for and embed [[Working with media|multimedia]] |
| | *Award [[Badges|badges]] |
| | *Direct your students' learning path: |
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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
| | | [[File:dragdropresources.png|thumb|Drag and drop]] |
| * Plug-in activity modules can be added to existing Moodle installations
| | | [[File:Embedmedia.png|thumb|Embed media]] |
| * 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/ 70 languages]. | | | [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Motivate with badges]] |
| * The code is clearly-written PHP under a GPL license - easy to modify to suit your needs | | | [[File:controlpath.png|thumb|Control the learning path]] |
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| | *Get your students working and learning together in [[Forum|forums]], [[Wiki|wikis]], [[Glossary|glossaries]] and more: |
| | *Assess and feedback with self-grading [[Quiz|quizzes]]: |
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| == User management ==
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| | | [[File:forumlearningstyles.png|thumb|Argue it out in a forum]] |
| | | [[File:quizdemo.png|thumb|Test knowledge and confidence]] |
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| | *Set them individual, group or anonymously graded [[Assignment module|assignments]]: |
| | *Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess in [[Workshops|Workshops]] |
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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.
| | | [[File:coleridgeworkshop.png|thumb|Powerful Peer assessment]] |
| * Standard email method: students can create their own login accounts. Email addresses are verified by confirmation.
| | | [[File:Englishrubric.png|thumb|Rubric]] |
| * 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.
| | [[Managing a Moodle course|''Find out more...'']] |
| * 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 (e.g. 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 (e.g. 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 == | | ==Are you a student?== |
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| * A full teacher has full control over all settings for a course, including restricting other teachers
| | ''In Moodle you can...'' |
| * 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, Quizzes, Glossaries, 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, 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 ==
| | *Manage your files however and wherever you like: |
| | *[[Tracking progress|Track your progress]] in your course: |
| | *Create your own personal dashboard: |
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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.
| | | [[File:PrivateFilesF.png|thumb|Manage your files]] |
| * Late assignments are allowed, but the amount of lateness is shown clearly to the teacher
| | | [[File:studentprogresstracking.png|thumb|Check your progress]] |
| * For each particular assignment, the whole class can be assessed (grade and comment) on one page in one form.
| | | [[File:myhomebg.png|thumb|Customise your space]] |
| * 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 ==
| | [[Moodle site - basic structure| ''Find out more...'']] |
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| * Allows smooth, synchronous text interaction
| | ==Are you an administrator?== |
| * 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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| == Choice Module ==
| | ''In Moodle you can...'' |
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| * Like a poll. Can either be used to vote on something, or to get feedback from every student (eg research consent) | | *[[Authentication |Authenticate]] and [[Enrolments |enrol]] your users in over 50 ways: |
| * Teacher sees intuitive table view of who chose what | | *Create an attractive, mobile-friendly learning environment with [[Themes |themes ]] which can integrate with your website: |
| * Students can optionally be allowed to see an up-to-date graph of results | | *Enhance your Moodle with [https://moodle.org/plugins/index.php add-ons]] that you can update from inside your site: |
| | *Sign up to Community Hubs such as [http://moodle.net/ Moodle.net]to share free courses: |
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| == Forum Module ==
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| | | [[File:ThemesMtOrange.png|thumb|Theme your Moodle]] |
| | | [[File:AddonValidation.png|thumb|Update from within Moodle]] |
| | | [[File:newmoodle.net.png|thumb|Share and download courses for free]] |
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| * Different types of forums are available, such as teacher-only, course news, open-to-all, and one-thread-per-user.
| | [[Managing a Moodle site|''Find out more...'']] |
| * All postings have the authors photo attached.
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| * Discussions can be viewed nested, flat or threaded, oldest or newest first.
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| * Individual forums can be subscribed to by each person so that copies are forwarded via email, or the teacher can force subscription for all
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| * The teacher can choose not to allow replies (eg for an announcements-only forum)
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| * Discussion threads can be easily moved between forums by the teacher
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| * Attached images are shown inline
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| * If forum ratings are being used, these can be restricted to a range of dates
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| == Quiz Module ==
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| * Teachers can define a database of questions for re-use in different quizzes
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| * Questions can be stored in categories for easy access, and these categories can be "published" to make them accessible from any course on the site.
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| * Quizzes are automatically graded, and can be re-graded if questions are modified
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| * Quizzes can have a limited time window outside of which they are not available
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| * At the teacher's option, quizzes can be attempted multiple times, and can show feedback and/or correct answers
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| * Quiz questions and quiz answers can be shuffled (randomised) to reduce cheating
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| * Questions allow HTML and images
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| * Questions can be imported from external text files
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| * Quizzes can be attempted multiple times, if desired
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| * Attempts can be cumulative, if desired, and finished over several sessions
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| * Multiple-choice questions supporting single or multiple answers
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| * Short Answer questions (words or phrases)
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| * True-False questions
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| * Matching questions
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| * Random questions
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| * Numerical questions (with allowable ranges)
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| * Embedded-answer questions (cloze style) with answers within passages of text
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| * Embedded descriptive text and graphics
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| == Resource Module ==
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| * Supports display of any electronic content, Word, Powerpoint, Flash, Video, Sounds etc
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| * Files can be uploaded and managed on the server, or created on the fly using web forms (text or HTML)
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| * External content on the web can be linked to or seamlessly included within the course interface.
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| * External web applications can be linked in with data passed to them
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| == Survey Module ==
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| * Built-in surveys (COLLES, ATTLS) have been proven as instruments for analysing online classes
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| * Online survey reports always available, including many graphs. Data is downloadable as an Excel spreadsheet or CSV text file.
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| * Survey interface prevents partly-finished surveys.
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| * Feedback is provided to the student of their results compared to the class averages
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| == Workshop Module ==
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| * Allows peer assessement of documents, and the teacher can manage and grade the assessment.
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| * Supports a wide range of possible grading scales
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| * Teacher can provide sample documents for students to practice grading
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| * Very flexible with many options.
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