Moodle is Free (but there is a price)
September 25, 2015
Moodle is Free (but there is a price)
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
2.8+
Modules Used
- Most of them.
Overall Satisfaction with Moodle
Moodle is used to track the training delivery of state employees who are part of the Medicaid Team. It offers a onestop shop for online training modules, and reports scores to managers.
- Easy to upload Captivate learning modules.
- Reliable reports.
- Good security.
- Easy to upload user accounts.
- Locked into a general appearance. Templates are available, but they are all basically variations on a theme.
- Have to go through the back door to clean up European spellings, so you need to be comfortable editing database objects.
- Moodle is generally built for academia. To make it more a corporate tool, you have to massage the product quite heavily. It's important to know HTML to do this.
- Positive: Can track the completion of a training module, and then determine the effectiveness of the training.
- Positive: State employees can now go to one source for all training-related materials. There is no need to search throughout the department for appropriate education.
- Negative: Company was surprised that the "free" LMS actually cost a lot in man hours. However, this was still cheaper than purchasing a commercial product.
I was not at the company when the decision was made, so I don't know the parameters of the evaluation.
It's clear, however, that the choice was made due to costs. Most commercial LMS products are very expensive, which forces corporations to look at Moodle as a solution.