A Learning Management System for the Rest of Us

India Web Developers (Stylus Systems) provides value based E-learning solutions and is considering Moodle as an option. The product Moodle can be found at www.moodle.org .

What is Moodle?

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a software package, designed to help educators create quality online courses. Such e-learning systems are sometimes also called Learning Management Systems (LMS) , Virtual Learning Environments (VLE ), and education via computer -mediated communication (CMC) or education online .

The product has received excellent reviews:

(http://www.macupdate.com/reviews.php?id=12048) and has been improving ever since it evolved in 1999. Major improvements in accessibility and e-learning standards are planned for Moodle 2.0 and 2.1 by the middle of 2004. Current version is 1.3.3, which was released on Fri 16 July 2004.

Some Possible Uses of Moodle

• Corporate Computer Based Training (CBT)
• Colleges courses for non residential students
• Websites selling online courses
• Online courses to build website traffic and corporate good will.
• Corporate Universities providing ongoing distance education for employees
• Provide student collaboration for Home Schoolers

Features of Moodle

• Moodle is user-friendly and flexible
• Teacher has full control over all settings for a course
• Choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or discussion-focused
• Course activities - Forums, Journals, Quizzes, Resources, Choices, Surveys
• Course listing shows descriptions for every course on the server
• Strong security throughout
• Student can store online notes and a journal
• Testing true false, multiple choice, short answers
• Automatic or manual scoring of testing
• Grading kept in organized system
• Student can create a personal profile with list of the student's online comments.
• Students can upload their assignments
• Access can be assigned to instructors, student, administrators and guests
• Instructors can keep track of student interaction with content
• Instructors can get instructional design help from within the software
• Browser-based and runs on Linux, Php and mySql
• 30 language translations are available as plug-in packs
• Easy to modify to meet specific needs
• Social constructionist pedagogy (collaboration, activities, critical reflection, etc)

For a more complete list of features click here http://moodle.org/doc/?frame=release.html

Contact us

As mentioned we are interesting in implementing this project. Ideally we would like to find a customer interesting in contracting with us to install and implement this product. Please contact us if you are interested. From our offices in Bangalore India we can provide quality web development at a reasonable cost.  Click here