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Moodle
What Is Moodle?
Moodle is an open source, secure and scalable learning management system that integrates seamlessly with other platforms and can be customised for any teaching or training method you choose. With fresh and intuitive interfaces, Moodle has solutions suitable for K-12, higher education, vocational and corporate training. You can receive support from our community, explore open-source plugins, or access 24/7 support through our network of Moodle Certified Partners and Service Providers.
Who Uses Moodle?
School K-12 Higher Education Professional Education Corporate - Workplace Government Non-Profit
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Reviews of Moodle
As a student...
Comments: I think it's something teachers love for practicality and time, but honestly I miss paper and pens to be in touch with the real world.
Pros:
I use moodle since covid, the favorite platform of the universities, at the beginning I found it complicated to use and manage, so it took me time to adapt to the system. Having to remember to log in to put attendance or delivery times stressed me a lot, but I got over it with time and accepted my destiny.
Cons:
I don't like that it only sends me notifications when it wants to and not what you ask it to ask for. I find it complicated to find my final grades, I am never clear about my score. On the other hand I hate that I don't have a lot of tolerance time to enter and that in a short time I leave the session.
Moodle Response
last month
Thank you for your review. We appreciate your feedback. At Moodle, we are constantly working on new ways to improve our solutions to deliver the best learning outcomes. For any technical assistance, you can reach out to Moodle Certified Partners or Service Providers. Regards, Moodle
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A powerful, yet old tool
Comments: Moodle is a powerful tool. A good and unexpensive alternative. But even if you choose a modern theme it will feel old and ugly.
Pros:
Most powerful LMS in the market. No other tool has such a wide set of tools and customization options.
Cons:
Short answer: hard to use and the interface is horrible Long answer: - For the students: the interface is not user friendly at all. Messy, full of buttons and unnecessary information. The onboarding is tough for many. - For the teachers: it is hard to grasp all the basic functions and upload resources. There are few tools to make batch changes. Maintenance is a pain. - For IT: hard to deploy. It is the WP version of the LMS world, but tougher.
Not Worth It
Comments: Difficult to use, not user-friendly and with a poor user interface. It's just not the system for a college to use in the 2020s. May have made sense in the late 1990s, especially as remote learning is growing
Pros:
It includes some of the elements that a modern LMS system should, although that it not saying a lot considering how other systems operate
Cons:
Having used Blackboard, Angel, and Brightspace, Moodle is definitely in dead last. It is difficult to utilize and has aa system that just isn't worth it for a college or school considering something with ease of use for students and faculty
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The platform that makes virtual learning life easier
Comments: I have had a very good experience with the platform, it is excellent, I like the way the exams are assigned and the different forms of qualification that it offers us.
Pros:
It is an excellent platform, it is very easy to manage and administer the resources from it, students find it very easy to use and the resources are always available
Cons:
The platform is really very complete, but if you could add something it would be a way to hold virtual conferences directly with another app or for it to include it as other providers do.
Moodle Response
last month
Thank you for your review. We appreciate your feedback. At Moodle, we are constantly working on new ways to improve our solutions to deliver the best learning outcomes. For any technical assistance, you can reach out to Moodle Certified Partners or Service Providers. Regards, Moodle
A great tool overall used by my uni, yet still some room for enhancement
Comments: An overall great experience, nevertheless still with some frustrating weaknesses like I just pointed out above.
Pros:
I liked the most all the features related to course tracking, which is very clear and easy to follow. The new design of tab separation is also way clearer than before.
Cons:
I really disliked the feature of watching a recording on Moodle, there are so few settings that can help you watch the recording effectively from a mobile device, plus the sound is almost always so quiet. Additionally I also find the exam function on Moodle not great yet. Last but not least, the UI design of Moodle is not so modern & beautiful.
