Moodle.org

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Moodle.org demonstrates the heart and soul of Moodle. It is a Moodle site with lots of activity, users and content that serves all Moodle users. It uses features of it's own program to encourage learning through participation and collaboration. New users are urged to look at the "About, News, Support, Community, Development and Downloads" tabs which can be seen on most pages at Moodle.org.

Here is a brief list of what you can expect to find at Moodle.org by type of activity.

• Discussion places you will have to create a (free) login then you can participate or merely view.
  • Main Moodle community forum (English) - a course filled with over 50 active forums to discuss and answer questions. We suggest you visit MoodleDocs first, maybe do some research there or read the Are you new? Confused? Please start here!" page.
  • Exchange - one of many places to exchange Moodle courses.
  • Business Uses - a place where the business community can discuss things that do not always apply to educators.
  • Language Teaching - a course where collaboration on language teaching and learning takes place.
  • [The Lounge] - a forum for social discussions with other Moodlers.
  • Moodle demonstration sites - forums that discuss demo sites plus several sites you can visit including Mt. Orange for educators and the original Moodle Demonstration Site.
  • Teaching and Learning - a course with topics of interest to educators that also demonstrate Moodle features.
  • Technology and Pedagogy - a colloquium created a paper which has been split up in topics here.

• Downloads - things to download.
  • Standard Moodle packages
  • Packages designed for Windows and Mac OSs
  • Language packs - Moodle has been translated into many languages. Your site can be multilingual but still work off the same basic code.
  • Themes - Themes are the branding or orverall color scheme of a site. These are in addition to those provided in the standard Moodle.
  • Modules and Plugins - contributed code which is not part of the standard install

• Postings and announcements
  • Moodle announcements
  • Event calendar
  • Moodle jobs
  • Planet Moodle - an aggregate of blogs and status reports from Moodle developers
  • Security News
  • Moodle Buzz - a database of world wide news about Moodle
  • Moodle twitter] - if you like twitter, Moodle has an account.
  • Books and Manuals about Moodle - a database of materials about Moodle
  • RSS feeds - most activities on Moodle.org can provide you with an RSS feed.

• My Home, My Courses and My Profile - you can customize a home page, what people see and track what you have done.

• Developer stuff - usually not for teachers or most site administrators. It includes but not limited to:
  • [Developers - http://moodle.org/mod/cvsadmin/view.php?cid=1] database of who is who and what do they do.
  • Open Source Code files - not recommended for anyone but developers.
  • Developer Documentation - a separate Moodle documentation area for developers.
  • Tracker - bug reporting system
  • Several forums for developers, the Moodle Road map and more

All of this can be accessed through Moodle.org . Learning is an intense process for everyone involved. Moodle.org offers something for different styles, objectives and skill levels. You are in the right place, Moodle documentation is a good starting point.