Features

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 page comments.

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:
  • No complex uploading processes; just select your file, folder or other learning resource and place it exactly where you want in your course.
• 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 built-in image, sound and video embedding.
• Direct your students' learning path:
  • Let learners meander freely around your course or restrict their access dependent on criteria met, time or profile fields; it's your choice!

Drag and drop

Embed media

• 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.

Argue it out in a forum

Test your knowledge and your confidence

• 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, and you can grade with a single percentage or a complex, customised rubric.
• Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess:
  • Workshops challenge your class to evaluate their own and others' submissions according to criteria decided by you.

Powerful Peer assessment

Rubric

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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 on each log in:
  • Checkboxes against every task remind you 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.

Manage your files

Check your progress

Customise your space

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Are you an administrator?

In Moodle you can...

• Authenticate and enrol your users in a variety of ways:
  • Moodle's 50+ combined standard and contributed authentication and enrolment 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 update 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 Moodle.net, 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?

Theme your Moodle

Follow moodleplugins on Twitter

Share and download courses for free

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