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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.

Moodle’s extremely customisable core comes with the following standard features as grouped below. Whether you're a teacher, student or administrator, Moodle can meet your needs. Come and take a look!

General features

Modern, easy to use interface	Personalised dashboard	Collaborative tools and activities	All-in-one calendar
Designed to be responsive and accessible, the Moodle interface is easy to navigate on both desktop and mobile devices. View demo	Organise and display courses the way you want, and view at a glance current tasks and messages. My home	Work and learn together in forums, wikis, glossaries, database activities, and much more. Activities	Moodle’s calendar tool helps you keep track of your academic or company calendar, course deadlines, group meetings, and other personal events. Calendar
Convenient file management	Simple and intuitive content editor	Notifications	Track progress
Effortlessly manage your files with Moodle’s drag and drop feature. Upload and download files even on mobile, and add files from cloud storage services including MS Skydrive, Dropbox and Google Drive. Working with files	Format text and conveniently add media and images with an editor that works across all web browsers and devices. Text editor	When enabled, users can receive automatic alerts on new assignments and deadlines, forum posts and also send private messages to one another. Messaging	Educators and learners can track progress and completion with an array of options for tracking individual activities or resources and at course level. Tracking progress

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Administration features

Customisable site design and layout	Secure authentication and mass enrolment	Multilingual capability	Bulk course creation and easy backup	Manage user roles and permissions
Select from a wide array of themes and easily customise a Moodle site with your logo, colour schemes and much more - or simply design your own theme. Themes	Add and enrol users easily to your Moodle site and courses with more than 50 available options. Authentication / Enrolment	Moodle supports the needs of multilingual users and organisations. Simply enable the feature to allow users to view course content and learn in their own language. Language	Add courses in bulk, back up and restore large courses with ease and maintain complete control over the contents of your backups. Bulk course upload	Roles can be easily defined to specify and manage user access to address any security considerations. Roles and permissions
Supports open standards	High interoperability	Simple add-ons and plugin management	Regular security updates	Detailed reporting and logs
Moodle supports information and data portability so you can readily import and export IMS-LTI, SCORM courses and more into Moodle. SCORM / External tool	Freely integrate external applications and content or create your own plugin for custom integrations. Standards	View install add-ons and plugins, and enable, disable or uninstall within the admin interface. Installing add-ons	Moodle is regularly updated with the latest security patches to help ensure your Moodle site is secure. Security	View and generate reports on activity and participation at course and site level. Site-wide reports

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Course Management features

Direct learning paths	Encourage collaboration	Embed external resources	Multimedia Integration
Design and manage courses to meet various requirements. Classes can be instructor-led, self-paced, blended or entirely online. Pedagogy	Built-in collaborative publishing features foster engagement and encourage content-driven collaboration. Activities	Teach materials and include assignments from other sites and connect to the gradebook in Moodle. External tool	Moodle’s built-in media support enables you to easily search for and insert video and audio files in your courses. Working with media
Group management	Security & privacy	Peer and self assessment	Outcomes and Rubrics
Group learners to share courses, differentiate activities and facilitate team work. Groups	Highly secure and private, teach and share in a private space only you and your class can access. Courses	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. Workshop	Select from advanced grading methods to tailor the gradebook to your course and examination criteria. Grades
Marking workflow	In-line marking	Integrated Badges
Conveniently assign different markers to assignments, manage grade moderation and control when marks are released to individual learners. Assignment module	Easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating on PDF files directly within browser. Assignment module	Fully compatible with Mozilla Open Badges, motivate learners and reward participation and achievement with customised Badges. Badges

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