Moodle is a Virtual Learning
Environment (VLE) or a Learning Management
System (LMS). It provides one
central location to interact with
students, and for students to interact
with
you allowing you to share resources,
communicate with students, allocate
assignments and activities, grade and
communicate feedback to learners. It also
provides an area where students can
collaborate with each other.
Features of
Moodle
Moodle has a number
of features that allow you to share
and communicate with students as well
as
conduct course management and
administration activities. These
include:
Resources: This
functionality allows you to create or
share resources with
students. You can share links, books,
files (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel, PDFs,
graphics), create books and pages to
combine several different
resources
Activities: This
allows you to engage or interact with
students. Activities
include assignments, quizzes,
discussion forums, wikis, e-portfolios
and many
more
Course
Administration: This allows
you to track student
progression by producing reports on
student activity, administer results
through
assignments and gradebooks. You can
create student groups using different
methods. You can also award learners
badges or certificates on completion
of
activities/courses.