Major usability issues in Moodle

The user-to-user messaging system

• Popups everywhere

Wizards

Processes in Moodle that resemble wizards should either be redesigned to be less sequential, or have all the elements that help users navigate, of wizards.

• Installation
• Backup
• Without any proper navigation between the two steps/modes:
  • Two-step roles UIs (assign roles in course)
  • Two-step groups UIs (add users to groups in course: select group -> add users to group)
    • Lack of any visual hierarchy or distiction between navigation and commands
    • It is not communicated that some of the commands work on the selected item in the list.
    • Create group should be separate.
    • Add/remove users should be a link with the group name “Add remove users of group [groupname]”.