Tertiary education

The use of Moodle in Secondary education is often extended further at the tertiary/university level.

Moodle plugins by/for Universities

Many Universities have created custom Moodle plugins which were later shared in the Moodle plugins database, for example:

• The Open University has contributed many very well written and highly popular plugins besides the superb Moodle 2 quiz engine
• AMC Academic Moodle Cooperation has shared several really good plugins
• The Active quiz The original plugin (real-time quiz) was written by Davo Smith, to which the University of Wisconsin - Madison (funded by an educational innovation grant given to the Medical school) re-wrote the plugin, which is now named active quiz
• The Course dedication block was developed by CICEI at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University.
• The Accesibility block integrates the ATbar from Southampton University ECS.
• The PoodLL anywhere development was funded by the Birmingham City University
• Quickmail was developed at Louisiana State University
• The Course overview on campus block was made by the University of Ulm
• One of the authors of the Course description works for the Reutlingen University
• The Mahara assignment submission was made from code developed by the University of Portland, and Lancaster University
• The EJSApp is backed by the Spanish Open University (UNED) and other Spanish Universities, such as the Huelva, Complutense and Almeria Universities
• The Media Gallery plugin was written by Adam Olley for the University of New South Wales
• The Engagement analytics report was developed as part of a NetSpot Innovation Fund project by Monash University
• The Custom Course Menu, developed by the University of Portland, is a block to display enrolled courses in a highly configurable manner for both students and teachers.
• The Groups and Groupings Block by the University of Muenster is a Moodle block to display groups and groupings to users. The plugin differentiates between the capability rights of users to evaluate the appropriate amount of information to be displayed.
• ... and many more

Discipline-specific plugins

There are many Moodle plugins available for teaching/assessing several disciplines at and beyond secondary education:

• Category:Discipline-specific_Moodling
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Language teaching
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Physics
  • Programming

Themes

There are Moodle themes made specifically by and for a University:

• BCU and Adaptable Birmingham City University. They are based on bootstrap and allow for extensive customisation and some unique features to help improve Moodle's usability.
• Klass This is very very modern theme suitable for your school / college / university and other online educational websites

Useful links for tertiary educators

• Using certainty-based marking

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• There are many good Moodle tutorials and books made by Universities available to everyone:

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