Overview of Moodle

• A Free, Open Source Course Management System for Online Learning

What is Moodle?

• Software that helps teachers manage;– Students– Activities– Homework– Quizzes– Grades– Discussions– Resources

• via the internet.

Origins of Moodle

• Developed by Martin Dougiamas

• Administrator at Curtin University of Technology

• Based in Perth, Western Australia

Benefits of Moodle

• Open source – Allows users access to

source code– Allows users to create

user-generated software content

• Free software – can be used, copied,

studied, modified and redistributed with little or no restriction

Moodle Statistics

• Registered sites: 20,051

• Courses: 80,0071• Users: 8,156,470• Teachers: 1,327,212• Posts: 9,054,974• Resources: 5,142,855

Overall Design Features

• Educator– Promotes a social

constructionist pedagogy

– Suitable for online classes as well as supplementing face-to-face learning

– Most areas can be edited using a WYSIWYG editor

• System Administrator– Moodle runs on Unix,

Linux, Mac OS X, Netware, and any system that supports PHP

– Requires only one database

– Emphasis on strong security throughout.

Features of Moodle

• Assignments• Chats• Choices• Forums• Glossaries• Hot Potatoes Quizzes

• Lessons• Quizzes• Resources• SCORMs• Surveys• Wikis• Workshops

References

1. Moodle Home page, < http://moodle.org/>

2. Wikipedia entry for Moodle, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle>

3. Humboldt State University Moodle Support: Online Manual, <http://www.humboldt.edu/~moodle/instructor/manual/index.html>

4. Building Educational Web Sites with Moodle by techsoup.org, <http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page4814.cfm>

5. UCLA Common Collaboration and Learning Environment Initiative, <http://www.oit.ucla.edu/ccle/>

6. 2006: the year of Moodle by Epic, <http://www.epic.co.uk/content/news/dec_06/moodle.htm>

7. facultyroom.org, http://facultyroom.org/

8. Blackboard vs. Moodle by HSU, <http://www.humboldt.edu/~jdv1/moodle/all.htm>