Pros and Cons of Moodle 2025

Name: Get to know Moodle Workplace 4.0
Uploaded: 2022-09-19T04:00:12.000Z
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Description: What's new in Moodle Workplace 4.0?

Overview

What is Moodle?

Moodle 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.

Learn from top reviewers

Comprehensive and powerful tool, needs UX improvements

Rating: 7 out of 10

June 17, 2024

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

As a teaching assistant at the university, I found Moodle to be an invaluable tool for facilitating communication with students, distributing and collecting class materials, a...

Pierre Tassel

Engineer - Other

Phd, Researcher

Universität Klagenfurt

4 years of experience

Verified on LinkedIn

Moodle More Than Gets the Job Done

Rating: 9 out of 10

June 11, 2024

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

I have used Moodle in my work over the last 15 years at a variety of organizations. In one case, we had a local instance on our own server, which worked fine. It just requires...

Verified user

Director

12 years of experience

Review from a GTA

Rating: 8 out of 10

June 10, 2024

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

I use Moodle as a Graduate teaching assistant to share materials with students, as well as other activities, submission links for assignments, reading lists, a wide range of m...

Verified user

Employee

5 years of experience

A simple and useful online method for distant learning

Rating: 10 out of 10

November 4, 2022

Vetted ReviewVerified User

I've been using Moodle for more than two years, and I'm happy of it. Its continual development and capacity to provide a paid rollout demonstrate how much this learning manage...

Mehmet Kanat

Engineer - Information Technology

CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)

Muğla Büyükşehir Belediyesi

2 years of experience

Moodle in a Mid-Sized Company - Great Value

Rating: 10 out of 10

May 25, 2021

Vetted ReviewVerified User

Moodle was put in place to augment our existing training systems, which are two different LMS systems for two very different divisions of the company. Moodle was the software ...

Joe Foran

Director - Information Technology

Director Of Information Technology and HIPAA Privacy Officer

Continuum of Care

3 years of experience

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What is Moodle?

Moodle 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.

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Setup fee optional

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Free Trial
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Study Island, from the e-learning company Edmentum, is a learning management system plus e-learning content package (math, ELA, science, and social studies) for K-12 schools. Study Island is built for whole classroom and group sessions as well as individual practice/assessments. The platform allows…

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Product Demos

How to take Demo Assignment and appear in ESE-2020 by Moodle App from Mobile

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MEDIAL Plugin for Moodle - Demo Video

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Moodle Demo | Account Creation | Teacher View | Student View | Adding Resources | Joining Courses

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Moodle Webex Integration Demo

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French on an e-learning platform - Clip Class' Moodle

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Moodle Google Hangout Demo

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Features

Learning Management

Features of LMS and LCMS systems, related to designing, administering, and consuming learning content in an educational, corporate, or on-the-job context.

8

Avg 8.2

8.7
Course authoring
(25) Ratings
Users can develop and assemble online learning content.
8
Course catalog or library
(26) Ratings
Learning content is organized into a course catalog or browsable library.
8.3
Player/Portal
(26) Ratings
Students or employees can engage with content and take courses using this interface, which may be called a player or portal.
7.7
Learning content
(24) Ratings
The vendor offers high quality pre-made courses or assets. These may be specific to certain industries or technologies.
5.7
Mobile friendly
(26) Ratings
Students or employees can access content from mobile devices. Course authors can develop responsive learning content.
8.5
Progress tracking & certifications
(27) Ratings
The system tracks individuals’ progress on courses, scores, transcripts, certificates, etc.
8.7
Assignments
(29) Ratings
Users can assign courses/curricula to individuals or groups, with due dates.
9
Compliance management
(22) Ratings
Users can identify potential risks and ensure that requirements are met and that certifications are up to date.
8.7
Learning administration
(27) Ratings
Administrators can manage the content and people (students/employees, course authors, instructors, etc.) on the platform.
9
Learning reporting & analytics
(24) Ratings
Provides insights into course completion, engagement with learning content, etc.
7.4
Social learning
(26) Ratings
Includes features for collaboration and knowledge sharing among peers.
6
Gamification
(3) Ratings
Presents course material in a game-like format to increase engagement and enjoyment.
8.5
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning
(2) Ratings
Utilizes SSO technology to ease the login process for users.

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Product Details

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What is Moodle?

Moodle is an open source learning management system that integrates with other platforms and can be customised for any teaching or training method. Moodle has solutions suitable for K-12, higher education, vocational training, corporates, as well as enterprise learning. The solution aims to improve teaching and student outcomes, as well as streamline training, onboarding, and compliance management, helping users to build more active and engaging online learning spaces.

Moodle users can get support from community forums, access Moodle's certified integrations, and explore over 1900 open source plugins. Or, for expert advice and end-to-end support and service, users can reach Moodle Certified Partners and Service Providers.

Moodle Features

Learning Management Features

Supported: Course authoring
Supported: Course catalog or library
Supported: Player/Portal
Supported: Learning content
Supported: Mobile friendly
Supported: Progress tracking & certifications
Supported: Assignments
Supported: Compliance management
Supported: Learning administration
Supported: Learning reporting & analytics
Supported: eLearning
Supported: Assessments
Supported: Live online learning
Supported: In-person learning
Supported: Micro-learning
Supported: Video learning
Supported: eCommerce
Supported: AICC-compliant
Supported: SCORM-compliant
Supported: Tin Can (xAPI) compliant
Supported: Social learning
Supported: Gamification
Supported: GDPR Compliant Learning
Supported: Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning

Moodle Screenshots

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.

Moodle Videos

What's new in Moodle LMS 4.0?

What's new in Moodle Workplace 4.0?

Moodle Integrations

Moodle Competitors

Moodle Technical Details

Deployment Types	On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating Systems	Windows, Linux, Mac
Mobile Application	Apple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web
Supported Countries	Worldwide
Supported Languages	All languages

Frequently Asked Questions

Moodle 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.

Totara LMS, Canvas, and Docebo Learning Platform are common alternatives for Moodle.

Reviewers rate Compliance management and Learning reporting & analytics highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Moodle are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).

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Comprehensive and powerful tool, needs UX improvements

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

June 17, 2024

PT

Pierre Tassel

Phd, Researcher

Universität Klagenfurt (Research, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

4 years of experience

Verified on LinkedIn

Pros

Group students
File uploads including cutoff date
Forum
Grading

Cons

Classroom is not 100% reliable
Copying content from one semester to the other was not straightforward
Coderunner is not very intuitive, building exercises can be tricky sometimes
Outdated UI, especially on Mobile
Difficult to find specific settings, online documentation is sparse

Moodle More Than Gets the Job Done

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 11, 2024

Verified User

Director in Professional Services

Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

12 years of experience

Pros

Moodle provides data for days. You can find out whatever you need to make informed, data-driven decisions about outcomes and forecasting.
Moodle integrates with other platforms very well via LTI with gradebook pass back, plug-ins, and commerce.
Moodle has a robust completion tracking and gating function for learning paths.
Moodle does a great job of announcing pre-release updates, limiting functionality changes/surprises.

Cons

Moodle's last update was a little challenging because it was a pretty big change. However, they did share pre-release information early and often.
The interface can be considered a little dated, but it is part of the trade-off for such a work horse of a system.
The gradebook can be challenging. For very simple gradebook structures, it is fine, but when there are a number of weights, the learning curve can be a little frustrating.

Review from a GTA

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 10, 2024

Verified User

Employee in Research & Development

Research Company, 10,001+ employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

5 years of experience

Pros

Dealing with Submissions
Allowing for a wide range of media uploads
Allow for a good organisation of different labels and sections

Cons

Some activities like the workshop are difficult to grasp
Group assignments and limitations are not always working well
Some settings are quite mysterious and not very useful

A simple and useful online method for distant learning

Rating: 10 out of 10

November 04, 2022

MK

Mehmet Kanat

CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)

Muğla Büyükşehir Belediyesi (Government Relations, 5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

2 years of experience

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Pros

Online quizzes
LDAP integration
Certification system

Cons

Windows Server Installation is not stable like linux environment
Online "Scorm editor" module should be great
There is no Integration option with data visualization application

Moodle in a Mid-Sized Company - Great Value

Rating: 10 out of 10

May 25, 2021

JF

Joe Foran

Director Of Information Technology and HIPAA Privacy Officer

Continuum of Care (Hospital & Health Care, 501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

3 years of experience

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Pros

Course-driven learning delivery.
Reporting and status on learner progress.
Supporting asynchronous learning.

Cons

The interface is getting a little long in the tooth.
Some functions require drilling down multiple levels.
Reporting is basic, and requires a lot of manual collation across different learning groups.

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