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[[Moodle]] is a [http://download.moodle.org/ software package] for producing internet-based courses and web sites. It's an ongoing development project designed to support a [[Philosophy|social constructionist]] framework of education.
[[CCSIT]] is a [http://download.moodle.org/ software package] a for producing internet-based courses and web sites. It's an ongoing development project designed to support a [[Philosophy|social constructionist]] framework of education.


Moodle is provided freely as [http://opensource.org/docs/osd Open Source] software (under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License]). Basically this means Moodle is copyrighted, but that you have additional freedoms. You are allowed to copy, use and modify Moodle provided that you agree to: '''provide the source to others; not modify or remove the original license and copyrights''', and '''apply this same license to any derivative work'''. Read the [[License|license]] for full details and please contact the [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1&course=1 copyright holder] directly if you have any questions.
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Moodle can be [[Installing Moodle|installed]] on any computer that can run [http://www.php.net/ PHP], and can support a SQL type database (for example [http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL]). It can be run on [[Complete_install_packages|Windows and  Mac]] operating systems and many flavors of linux (for example [[RedHat Linux installation| Red Hat]] or [[Debian GNU/Linux installation|Debian GNU]]). There are many knowledgable [http://moodle.com/partners/ Moodle Partners] to assist you, even [http://moodle.com/hosting/ host your Moodle site].
 
The word Moodle was originally an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists.  It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity. As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course. Anyone who uses Moodle is a Moodler.
 
Come [http://moodle.org/community/ moodle with us]!
 
==See also==
*[[Teacher documentation |What does a teacher need to know?]] A good starting place to learn about the robust features in a Moodle course.
*[[Teacher documentation |What does a teacher need to know?]] A good starting place to learn about the robust features in a Moodle course.
*[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=34 The Moodle "Features" Course] is a place to see how these things work.
*[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=34 The Moodle "Features" Course] is a place to see how these things work.

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