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Moodle
Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.
You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 50,000-student University. The Moodle website itself is created using Moodle, so check out the Moodle Demo Site or read the latest news at Moodle Buzz.
You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 50,000-student University. The Moodle website itself is created using Moodle, so check out the Moodle Demo Site or read the latest news at Moodle Buzz.
What's New
Version 2.5.1: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Requirements
Intel, OS X 10.6 or later
Intel, OS X 10.6 or later
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| Downloads:12,878 |
| Version Downloads:262 |
| Type:Education : Teaching Tools |
| License:Free |
| Date:05 Aug 2013 |
| Platform:Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price:Free |
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Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.
You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 50,000-student University. The Moodle website itself is created using Moodle, so check out the Moodle Demo Site or read the latest news at Moodle Buzz.
You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 50,000-student University. The Moodle website itself is created using Moodle, so check out the Moodle Demo Site or read the latest news at Moodle Buzz.
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Kris Perrel reviewed on 14 May 2012
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Stickman67 reviewed on 05 May 2012
It is a very powerful suite of tools for teaching, and the advent of Moodle 2 (despite having some changes that through a bit of doubt and confusion into the Moodle community, at least initially) has lifted it another notch. It is compatible with a number of other major pedagogical tools such as SCORM.
It allows you to organise your units of work, present them in logical and attractive ways, embed multimedia, and keep tabs of student completion and marks. It also allows students and teachers to interact via forums and chat rooms, and for students to create their own bodies of information using tools such as the built-in wiki.
This is far more than simply a data repository (as I have seen some argue of Moodle). It is a fully fledged, fully featured teaching machine that is being taken up by increasing numbers of primary, secondary and tertiary teaching institutions across the globe. And not just because it's free.
Do yourself a favour and really check this out. Don't let the price full you. This baby sings!
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Anonymous reviewed on 02 Jul 2005
I came across Moodle by accident. I have no computing background but I have managed to create my own moodle server from an old G3 iMac in my office, install moodle and start creating quality content. All this was possible due to the intuitive nature of Moodle and the generous (and free) help of the Moodle community.
My personal opinion is that Moodle is superior to BB for the kind of teaching that I do. Don't take my word for it, try it out. You have nothing to lose.
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Don Hinkelman reviewed on 06 Jun 2005
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Frankp reviewed on 06 Jun 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 28 May 2005
http://www.humboldt.edu/~jdv1/moodle/all.htm
In this case the authors taught the same class in Blackboard and Moodle 1.3.2, it was 'standard' (eg not 'social contructivist') type of undergraduate course.
The Blacboard version won Blackboard's international competition (BBionic) prize, by the way.
Moodle actually is more flexible regarding pedagogy than Blackboard as it has a number of standard and optional teaching tools BB lacks. The sequential (or branching) learning lesson module, for instance, goes well beyond anything available in BB. 1.5 has improved SCORM support, adds AICC, and integrations with IMS/QTI, LD and LAMS are underway.
O and it runs real well on a Mac server, can Blackboard do that:-).
Anonymous reviewed on 09 May 2005
In addition, FORGET using Moodle on a class that has a 1000 point scale. Can you imagine the pulldown menu on a 300 point exam?
In addition the 1.5 gradebook lets you weight items, so 1000 weighted point courses are entirely possible.
We'll release it in the Moodle add-ons CVS area, but if you you want this to part of the Moodle standard release come on over to Moodle.org and make your feelings known!
Anonymous reviewed on 09 May 2005
The grading system in Moodle is archaic. (for example, pull down menus for grade entry, rather than a text box). If you have a large number of students in a course, this system bogs you down quickly. In addition, Moodle doesn't have support for extra credit, if you make use of that in your class.
Moodle was designed to be used with a certain "style" of teaching called "social constructionist pedagogy" and is therefore not as flexible as Blackboard. The author seems to like it this way and is not keen to add features that would be useful to people with other teaching styles.
Read the author's web site here: http://moodle.org/doc/?frame=philosophy.html
If your teaching style matches this, you will be very happy with this software. If you use a more traditional teaching style, you are likely to be frustrated. On the other hand, Moodle is free, and probably your best option if your school doesn't support Blackboard.
Anonymous reviewed on 29 Mar 2004
From an installation perspective, MOODLE is probably easier than any product like it on the market. Geek rating of 3 out of 10.
From a support perspective, MOODLE is just a little easier to maintain than WebCT Vista.
From a customization perspective, MOODLE's opensource license allows freedoms that are specifically curtailed by the commercial CMSs.
In terms of value, there is no contest. The price per month for our small institution from Blackboard equalled half the education pricing for a new server from Apple to host MOODLE. Let me repeat: $ of 2 months of Blackboard = $ of G5 + MOODLE(unlimited months).
Wake Up People!
I'm sure that there are people out there that prefer to type out papers in BBEdit rather than Microsoft Word, too, but the average user is going to be better served by Microsoft Word. I think that analogy fits this situation well.
Moodle is a reasonable freeware product, but it's not comparable to Blackboard.
Hows the bblog coming?
Anonymous reviewed on 28 Mar 2004
Also, it's important to mention that Moodle is a *free* product (many of the competitors charge many thousands of dollars per year in licensing fees).