Roadmap

This roadmap collects the best information about upcoming features in Moodle. It is not 100% certain - features may change according to available funding and developers.

Version 1.6 - Beta expected late February 2006

• Unicode - Moodle.com, Eloy Lafuente and Koen Roggemans

Moodle is now 100% Unicode, which means any language can be mixed together and an end to a number of problems that different character sets caused us.

• Documentation - Moodle.com and Helen Foster

A new one-stop wiki site for ALL Moodle documentation, including links from Moodle itself

• Database - Moodle.com

A new activity module that allows collaborative collection of structured data, useful for many things!

• LAMS - LAMS Foundation

Integrated via a course format and an activity module

• Blogs - Daryl Hawes and Moodle.com

Allows reflection on an ongoing basis. Entries are marked and can be viewed by user, course, group, site etc. Contains new keyword support.

• Site stats - Catalyst

Provides statistics at a higher level than before (by course etc.)

• My Moodle - Catalyst

A dashboard interface that allows an overview for each user of all their courses etc.

• Hive integration - Moodle.com and Harvest Road

This initial integration with Hive allows teachers to upload, browse, search and select Resources within the external repository.

• Multiple groups - Moodle.com and Arab Open University

Users can be part of multiple groups within a course

• IMS resource - Eloy Lafuente and Alton College

Supports the loading of any content package as a resource, plus special support for a repository of NLN materials

• Learning Design export - Moodle.com and Open University of The Netherlands

We plan to have a very simple export for any Moodle course into IMS LD format, as a proof of concept and to help the community start learning about IMS LD.

• Granularised backup - Catalyst and Eloy Lafuente
• Chameleon theme - Andy Walker and Urs Hunkler

An interactive Moodle theme

• Multi Authentication - Iñaki Arenaza?
• Multi Enrolment - Catalyst

Version 2.0 - Expected end of 2006

• IMS Learning Design - Moodle.com

Support for importing/exporting LD, converting Moodle activities and sequences of activities into a standard format for sharing, and importing standard sequences into Moodle courses

• Conditional activities - Moodle.com

Allowing dependencies and forced paths through the content

• Roles - Moodle.com

This new system will allow the creation of custom roles at site, course and activity level

• Metadata - Moodle.com

Build on the keywords in 1.6 to provide metadata for all activities and courses, linkable to standard lists of metadata such as State-based learning outomes and curricula

• Accessibility - Moodle.com

Full compliance with all major accessibility standards

• Web Services API

Providing remote control and access of Moodle services by other systems, as well as sharing of information between Moodle sites with trust relationships.

• Repository API - Moodle.com

Abstract all file operations to an API that allows plugins for different external repositories

• Student Information API

API for integrating external systems for managing student information

• Community hub - Moodle.com

Leverage above improvements into a system to network Moodles together

Version 2.1

• Groups

Groups can also be defined at the site level, and activities can be assigned to course groups

• Portfolio API

Interface Moodle activities and repositories to help produce portfolios for internal assessment AND external publication