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    Moodle

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMoodle is an open source learning management system with hundreds of millions of users around the globe and translated into over 100 languages, used by organizations to support their education and training needs.N/A
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Moodle
    Considered Both Products
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    Chose Moodle
    Compared to Google Classroom, Moodle is more flexible and more comprehensive. But the interface is a bit outdated and not very mobile-friendly. Additionally, Google Classroom has nice integration with other Google's workspace tools. Google lack tools such as CodeRunner to be …
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    I think Moodle blows most of these systems out of the water. While every system as something or lacks something, Moodle is a consistent and reliable learning partner. Despite being born from OpenSource, the community has worked very hard to improve it. The investment shows as …
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    These are not very similar tools, Moodle allows a lot more options and you can even integrate a Miro board into Moodle. I would say Moodle is a lot more complete, allows for the wide range activities that need to be undertaken during a master course, from readings, to lectures, …
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    Excellent community support, it is very affordable and also about costs.
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    The decision to go ahead with Moodle Workplace was not in my territory, but I guess that the mobile-friendly app is the best part of Moodle Workplace. It has been easier to set up courses customized and integrated with features as required and the delivery has so far been …
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    Chose Moodle
    Moodle Workplace is pretty much more user-friendly and our employees were much more comfortable using the Moodle Workplace platform.
    Incentivized
    Chose Moodle
    Moodle, being open source, is the foundation a lot of other tools like it are based on. It provides almost all of the same functionality and feature set as Google Classtoom, Canvas, etc., although those products are a bit more polished. All can do content delivery, progress …
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    Chose Moodle
    None of the other products have nearly the flexibility or cost saving that Moodle does.
    Incentivized
    Chose Moodle
    For me, Moodle is more user-friendly because it has simpler graphical user interface and it provides the functionalities that my students and I enjoyed using. Moodle is more interactive as well and it provides efficiency in uploading, downloading, restoring and backing up …
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    The user dashboard in Canvas is a little more appealing to look at. Moodle is a little more straight to the point in course presentation, which for me as an educator, doesn't bother me. I think if it were being geared towards use with students in high schools or middle …
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    I have used other testing only platforms that have nowhere near as many functions and flexibility as Moodle.
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    Moodle is better in terms of its price point (free) and its management learning curve.
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    I never used any other software.
    Incentivized
    Chose Moodle
    Really all of the low-cost LMS offerings are about the same. You are getting what you pay for. You can spend a little money and a lot of time customizing it to meet your brand and your need or you can buy a higher-end LMS that already does a lot of what you need.
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    Chose Moodle
    Overall, Blackboard was a clunky, unintuitive system that provided the bare minimum for offering online learning modules/educational courses. Users would complain that it was difficult to use and often couldn't find materials relevant to them in terms of finding courses, grades …
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    It is hard to compare them with each other as they are so different. They really can't compare as they are two completely different platforms. But Moodle is great in all aspects, I like Slack for communication as well. But when it comes to tasks, Moodle handles it better …
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    Moodle is similar to these programs, but it doesn't have all the social interaction several of these other programs have.
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    Moodle is free and open-source, therefore deficient in a meaningful move in the training needle.
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    Being completely free, Moodle comes out on top for any situation where the school is small or the budget it tight. Most of these other tools have paid services where there are professionals to assist with set-up or problem-solving. However, there is tons of information online …
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    We have also developed of our own quiz launcher, but the features/flexibility that Moodle provides us can't be matched.
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    Moodle is a bit better than Collaborate; our organization no longer uses Collaborate. Collaborate was good for webinars.
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    Chose Moodle
    Open source platform. So, cost effective.
    Incentivized
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    Edmodo provides a simple platform but does not provide the depth of assignments that Moodle does. Moodle provides more assignment types, grading, deadlines, and shifting of assignments from one week to the next. Moodle is significantly more advanced in terms of what it can do …
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    Chose Moodle
    When setting up our LMS in 2014, we started with a product called LearnDash that was not designed for the school market. When we moved to Moodle, we looked at Edmodo and went with Moodle for the cost to launch and get our courses up and running. We are a smaller company were …
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    Chose Moodle
    We didn't really entertain the idea of Canvas for long since the Open Source version didn't have nearly the reference and support material that Moodle did for guiding a successful setup. We did consider adding the assessment and outcomes module from our existing Learning …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Moodle
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of Moodle
    Feature
    Moodle
    8.0
    29 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Course authoring8.725 Ratings
    Course catalog or library8.026 Ratings
    Player/Portal8.326 Ratings
    Learning content7.724 Ratings
    Mobile friendly5.726 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications8.527 Ratings
    Assignments8.729 Ratings
    Compliance management9.022 Ratings
    Learning administration8.627 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics9.024 Ratings
    Social learning7.426 Ratings
    Gamification6.03 Ratings
    Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning8.52 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Moodle
    Small Businesses
    Google Classroom
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Schoology Learning
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    D2L Brightspace
    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Moodle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (65 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (22 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (15 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.8
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Moodle
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Moodle
    Moodle is great for any environment where a class or other learning activity needs to be completed in an asynchronous manner. It can be used to post information, create interactive threads for discussion, issue quiz and exam work with grading, track and grade progress, and keep track of attendance. It is an overall wonderful solution for managing asynchronous learning.
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    Pros
    Moodle
    • Moodle's grade book works well. Assignments are integrated so the grades are recorded automatically.
    • Moodle is customizable by administrators, so our version only gives us the options we need. NO Clutter.
    • The discussion board offers several options for instructors that help with grading. I use "sum of points", but there are other options as well.
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    Cons
    Moodle
    • The interface is not very intuitive. You must know what you are looking for in order to navigate effectively.
    • Although installation of Moodle is easy, it is a little more difficult to configure it with your other Learning tools. As an example, LDAP synchronization is a little difficult.
    • The interface is a little dated, even though new releases keep coming out (which is great!) none of them really add value to the appearance of the platform.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Moodle
    We use it because it is what have committed to back in 2011. Perhaps Moodle will evolve and advance in a positive way that will alleviate most of our user-based gripes? Perhaps it will not appear to be as cost effective given the need for a certain level of engineering and support staff to maintain it at a future level of sustainability? It's hard to say. As an enterprise scale critical application, we like it, but don't love it. Our instructors don't particularly like it at all.
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    Usability
    Moodle
    Moodle can be used on a tablet, on a mobile phone, and on a PC. It is easy to navigate for learners and figure out for administrators. The learners can easily complete tasks and the administrators can easily track completion. The last thing about Moodle that one may not realize is that it somewhat resembles Facebook in its layout. This means that users are already familiar with the interface and therefore they are more comfortable using it.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Moodle
    Yes, Moodle is always available. We are self-hosted and Moodle is always up and available. The only time that it is not available is when we are upgrading it each semester. It is then down for just a few planned hours. That is in-between semesters and we let the faculty and students know. We do it on a Friday evening and it is back up within a few hours.
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    Performance
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    Moodle is an excellent LMS in relationship to any other one that I have seen or used. The pages load quickly and the reports complete in a reasonable time frame. Moodle has taken on Respondus, StudyMate, BigBlueButton, Turning Tech, Turnitin2, Certificates, Attendance, Tegrity, Questionnaire, Virtual Programming Lab, and Badges. All of these programs work right in with Moodle and do not cause any issues. Instructors may also use Camtasia and Snagit software as well as using webcams, downloading videos from the Internet, adding into books, or any of the many other areas within Moodle. Our instructors use the grade books without many problems and really don't ask questions much anymore. We upgrade Moodle every semester and are currently on 2.9+. Our instructors have basically learned to use most of the resources and activities.
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    Support Rating
    Moodle
    Moodle is open source, and must be evaluated in that context, but one also has to provide a fair comparison to competing products with commercial backing. Support varies depending on the component of Moodle. Bug reports in Moodle Core that affect security or stability are dealt with promptly. Functionality requests or features not working smoothly may or may not be addressed, depending on whether the functionality desired matches the "vision" of Moodle HQ. The user community provides excellent support for initial installation and configuration, but more complex questions may go unanswered, unless they are noticed by someone who happens to know the answer. The support forum feature at the Moodle site (the same feature used within Moodle itself) does not provide granular subscription to topic discussions, apparently by design, and Moodle HQ seems resistant to changing this feature.
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    Online Training
    Moodle
    I have used a few sites and they were adequate but my best learning experience was face to face and hands on.
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    Implementation Rating
    Moodle
    Find a partner who will work with you during the implementation process. Be sure to provide ample training for veteran users on the changes and for newbies on the overall product.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Moodle
    Blackboard has clear advantages in rubric management, and offers a content management system of its own. The largest barrier is cost for smaller or financially-disadvantaged organizations. However, as in any IT project, adequate resources must be made for even "free" software.
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    Scalability
    Moodle
    Well, I administer Moodle for a dozen of our divisions and there is a wide range of flexibility between offerings. I have course instructors who use every module i their course, chock full of videos, pictures, links to web tools for synchronous sessions within the asynchronous course. I also have others who are content with a syllabus, a few pdfs, links to podcast lectures and a few simple assignments. No matter if your organization is big or small, or if your requirements are strict for credentialing or non-existent (for internal know-how), Moodle can accommodate you.
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    Return on Investment
    Moodle
    • While it certainly takes more time to develop an online training vs a face-to-face we can offer the same content over and over again and meet a larger audience. There's no way we could have offered these trainings face-to-face to the same size audience. Economically it's just not feasible. Moodle allows us to share multiple trainings on a variety of topics over extended periods of time in a cost effective way.
    • The impact on early interventionists is still being evaluated, but we do know that early interventionist now have more ways to access professional development than in the past. The ability to customize the registration page has allowed us to track which agencies in Virginia are having their staff participate and we can see which topics are favored above others.
    • Other LMS's were far too costly. Aside from the monthly hosting fees (less than $200 a year), and the time it took to do the initial install and setup, Moodle is free. Once it's setup the only elearning costs are related to the development and creation of each training and then the setup of training on Moodle. This allows us to devote more time and money to the development and creation of more courses vs. the management of the system.
    • Minimal tech support for the users is required and most requests are limited to lost/userid passwords. The course designer is able to manage tech support needs for the users because so few requests are received.
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    ScreenShots

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    Screenshot of Moodle offers activities and resources to create courses.Screenshot of The course dashboard shows the courses which an student is enrolled in.Screenshot of Inside a course view shows the course complete index of activities and resources.
The course view can be customised to be cleaner allowing the student to focus on learning.Screenshot of Moodle Workplace includes all features in Moodle LMS and other exclusive features like multi-tenancy, dynamic rules, and report builder.Screenshot of Programs help users stay up-to-date with compliance, and help with designing learning paths for a teams so that they can develop the right competencies. Certificates can also be issued to validate learning and compliance.Screenshot of Dynamic Rules help to avoid the tedious tasks and create and manage automated rules for several groups of users. Learning experiences based on location, department, position, roles and other criteria are available.