LMS Feature

Moodle is a free, online Learning Management system enabling educators to create their own private website filled with dynamic courses that extend learning, any time, anywhere.

Whether you're a teacher, student or administrator, Moodle can meet your needs. Moodle’s extremely customisable core comes with many standard features. Take a look at a highlight of Moodle's core features below.

Features

General Features

Modern, easy to use interface

Designed to be responsive and accessible, the Moodle interface is easy to navigate on both desktop and mobile devices.

Personalised Dashboard

Display current, past and future courses, along with tasks due.

Collaborative tools and activities

Work and learn together in forums, wikis, glossaries, database activities, and much more.

All-in-one calendar

Moodle’s calendar tool helps you keep track of your academic or company calendar, course deadlines, group meetings, and other personal events.

Convenient file management

Drag and drop files from cloud storage services including MS OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive.

Simple and intuitive text editor

Format text and conveniently add media and images with an editor that works across all web browsers and devices.

Notifications

When enabled, users can receive automatic alerts on new assignments and deadlines, forum posts and also send private messages to one another.

Track progress

Educators and learners can track progress and completion with an array of options for tracking individual activities or resources and at course level.

Administrative Features

Customisable site design and layout

Easily customise a Moodle theme with your logo, colour schemes and much more - or simply design your own theme.

Secure authentication and mass enrolment

Over 50 authentication and enrolment options to add and enrol users to your Moodle site and courses.

Multilingual capability

Allow users to view course content and learn in their own language, or set it up for multilingual users and organisations.

Bulk course creation and easy backup

Add courses in bulk, back up and restore large courses with ease.

Manage user roles and permissions

Address security concerns by defining roles to specify and manage user access.

Supports open standards

Readily import and export IMS-LTI, SCORM courses and more into Moodle.

High interoperability

Freely integrate external applications and content or create your own plugin for custom integrations.

Simple plugin management

Install and disable plugins within a single admin interface.

Regular security updates

Moodle is regularly updated with the latest security patches to help ensure your Moodle site is secure.

Detailed reporting and logs

View and generate reports on activity and participation at course and site level.

Course Development and Management Features

Direct learning paths

Design and manage courses to meet various requirements. Classes can be instructor-led, self-paced, blended or entirely online.

Encourage collaboration

Built-in collaborative publishing features foster engagement and encourage content-driven collaboration.

Embed external resources

Teach materials and include assignments from other sites and connect to the gradebook in Moodle.

Multimedia Integration

Moodle’s built-in media support enables you to easily search for and insert video and audio files in your courses.

Group management

Group learners to share courses, differentiate activities and facilitate team work.

Marking workflow

Conveniently assign different markers to assignments, manage grade moderation and control when marks are released to individual learners.

In-line marking

Easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating files directly within browser.

Peer and self assessment

Built-in activities such as workshops and surveys encourages learners to view, grade and assess their own and other course members' work as a group.

Integrated Badges

Fully compatible with Mozilla Open Badges, motivate learners and reward participation and achievement with customised Badges.

Outcomes and rubrics

Select from advanced grading methods to tailor the gradebook to your course and examination criteria.

Competency based marking

Set up competencies with personal learning plans across courses and activities.

Security and privacy

Teach and share in a private space only you and your class can access.