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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. Whether you're a teacher, student or administrator, Moodle can meet your needs. Come and take a look!
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!
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*Drag your favourite teaching resources straight onto the page:
*Drag your favourite teaching resources straight onto the page:
** No complex uploading processes; just select your [[File resource|file]], [[Folder resource|folder]] or other learning resource and place it exactly where you want in your course.
[[File:dragdropresources.png|link=|]]
*Search for and embed [[Working with media|multimedia]] at the click of a button:
 
**Moodle's easy to use [[Text editor|text editor]] makes formatting your courses a pleasure,with customisable edit icons and  built-in image, sound and video embedding.
*Search for and embed [[Working with media|multimedia]]
*Reward and motivate your students with [[Badges|badges]]:
[[File:EmbedMedia.png|link=|]]
*Award [[Badges|badges]]
[[File:studentbadgeview.png|link=|]]
*Direct your students' learning path:
*Direct your students' learning path:
**Let learners meander freely around your course or [[Conditional activities|restrict their access]] dependent on criteria met, time or profile fields; it's your choice!
[[File:26restrictedaccess.png|link=|]]
 


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*Get your students working and learning together in [[Forum|forums]], [[Wiki|wikis]], [[Glossary|glossaries]] and more:
| [[File:dragdropresources.png|thumb|Drag and drop]]
[[File:forumlearningstyles.png|link=|]]
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| [[File:Embedmedia.png|thumb|Embed media]]
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| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Motivate with badges]]
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| [[File:controlpath.png|thumb|Control the learning path]]
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*Get your students working and learning together:
**From [[Forum|forums]] to collaborative [[Wiki|wikis]] and [[Glossary|glossaries]], from [[Comments|comment boxes]] to [[Messages|private messaging]], Moodle offers your students a number of ways to make their voice heard.
*Assess and feedback with self-grading [[Quiz|quizzes]]:
*Assess and feedback with self-grading [[Quiz|quizzes]]:
**A wide range of standard and contributed question types make for a powerful tool for both formative and summative assessment.
[[File:quizdemo.png|link=|]]
 
 
 
*Set them individual, group or anonymously graded [[Assignment module|assignments]] with a marking workflow and rubrics
 
[[File:26markingworkflowallocatedmarkersscreencast.png|link=|]]
 
[[File:Englishrubric.png|link=|]]
*Annotate students' pdf submissions directly in the browser:
[[File:26annotatepdf.png|link=|]]
*Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess in [[Workshops|Workshops]]
[[File:coleridgeworkshop.png|link=|]]


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| [[File:forumlearningstyles.png|thumb|Argue it out in a forum]]
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| [[File:quizdemo.png|thumb|Test your knowledge and your confidence]]
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*Set them individual, group or anonymously graded [[Assignment module|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 [[Advanced grading methods|rubric.]]
*Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess:
**[[Workshop|Workshops]] challenge your class to evaluate their own and others' submissions according to criteria decided by you.
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| [[File:coleridgeworkshop.png|thumb|Powerful Peer assessment]]
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| [[File:Englishrubric.png|thumb|Rubric]]
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[[Managing a Moodle course|''Find out more...'']]
[[Managing a Moodle course|''Find out more...'']]
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*Manage your files however and wherever you like:
*Manage your files however and wherever you like:
**Store your files in your [[Private files|personal files area]] or access them from [[Repositories|Google, Dropbox, Flickr, Youtube, Skydrive...]]
[[File:PrivateFilesF.png|link=|]]
*[[Tracking progress|Track your progress]] on each log in:
 
**Checkboxes against every task remind you  how far you've come
*[[Tracking progress|Track your progress]] in your course:
[[File:studentprogresstracking.png|link=|]]
*Create your own personal dashboard:
*Create your own personal dashboard:
**The customisable [[My home|My Home]] page gives quick access to courses, work owing, online users or other items you choose to add.
[[File:myhomebg.png|link=|]]
 


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| [[File:PrivateFilesF.png|thumb|Manage your files]]
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| [[File:studentprogresstracking.png|thumb|Check your progress]]
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| [[File:myhomebg.png|thumb|Customise your space]]
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[[Moodle site - basic structure| ''Find out more...'']]
[[Moodle site - basic structure| ''Find out more...'']]
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''In Moodle you can...''
''In Moodle you can...''


*Authenticate and enrol your users in a variety of ways:
*[[Authentication |Authenticate]] and [[Enrolments |enrol]] your users in over 50 ways:
**Moodle's 50+ combined  standard and contributed [[Authentication|authentication]] and [[Enrolment|enrolment]] solutions give you vast scope for getting everyone online!
*Create an attractive, mobile-friendly learning environment with [[Themes |themes ]] which can integrate with your website;
*Create an attractive, mobile-friendly learning environment which can integrate with your website:
*Bulk upload and delete courses and create course templates:
**Choose [[Themes|themes]] for different devices; add your own CSS, custom HTML and logo, all from within the admin interface
[[File:uploadcoursesresults.png]]
*Enhance your Moodle with contributed plugins that you can update from inside your site:
*Enhance your Moodle with [https://moodle.org/plugins/index.php add-ons]] that you can update from inside your site:
**Over 460 [https://moodle.org/plugins/index.php community generated extensions] ranging from video conferencing to plagiarism detection are freely available. And if you can't find it, request it!
[[File:AddonValidation.png|link=|]]
*Sign up to Community Hubs sharing free courses:
*Sign up to Community Hubs such as [http://moodle.net/ Moodle.net]to share free courses:
**Every Moodle site can link to [http://moodle.net/ Moodle.net], allowing teachers to download, adapt or offer enrolment in free courses shared worldwide. Why not  help your locality with a [[Community hubs|hub]] of its own too?
[[File:newmoodle.net.png|link=|]]


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| [[File:ThemesMtOrange.png|thumb|Theme your Moodle]]
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| [[File:AddonValidation.png|thumb|Update from within Moodle]]
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| [[File:newmoodle.net.png|thumb|Share and download courses for free]]
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[[Managing a Moodle site|''Find out more...'']]
[[Managing a Moodle site|''Find out more...'']]


 
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Revision as of 08:32, 17 January 2014

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:

dragdropresources.png

EmbedMedia.png

studentbadgeview.png

  • Direct your students' learning path:

26restrictedaccess.png


forumlearningstyles.png

  • Assess and feedback with self-grading quizzes:

quizdemo.png


  • Set them individual, group or anonymously graded assignments with a marking workflow and rubrics

26markingworkflowallocatedmarkersscreencast.png

Englishrubric.png

  • Annotate students' pdf submissions directly in the browser:

26annotatepdf.png

  • Provide opportunities for them to peer and self assess in Workshops

coleridgeworkshop.png


Find out more...

Are you a student?

In Moodle you can...

  • Manage your files however and wherever you like:

PrivateFilesF.png

studentprogresstracking.png

  • Create your own personal dashboard:

myhomebg.png


Find out more...

Are you an administrator?

In Moodle you can...

  • Authenticate and enrol your users in over 50 ways:
  • Create an attractive, mobile-friendly learning environment with themes which can integrate with your website;
  • Bulk upload and delete courses and create course templates:

uploadcoursesresults.png

  • Enhance your Moodle with add-ons] that you can update from inside your site:

AddonValidation.png

  • Sign up to Community Hubs such as Moodle.netto share free courses:

newmoodle.net.png


Find out more...

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