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“Comparison between Moodle and Edmodo”

Grup G:
1. Benny Farizal (A1B217027)
2. Deby Priscilla (A1B217025)
3. Rini Safitri (A1B217037)
4. Winda (A1B217013)

Lecturer:
Dedy Kurniawan, S.S., M.

English Language Education

Faculty of Teacher Training and Education
Universitas Jambi
2019
 Introduction

Advances in science and technology, especially information technology have a lot of

positive impacts on the progress of the world in education today. Formal, informal and non-
formal education can enjoy increasingly sophisticated information technology facilities. The
course management system also called a learning management system or virtual learning
environment, is a software system designed to assist in the management of educational
courses for students, especially by helping teachers and students with administrative courses.
Although usually considered to be the main tools for distance education, they are also used to
support face-to-face classes. The course management system allows teachers to manage their
classes, assignments, activities, quizzes and tests, resources and more in an accessible online
environment. Students can enter and work anytime, anywhere. Ullman and Rabinowitz
(2004) more concisely define the course management system as "Internet-based software that
manages student registration, tracks student performance, and creates and distributes course
content." Course management systems commonly used are WebCT and Blackboard.
 Definition

Edmodo: Edmodo is a learning management platform that augments classroom learning

with social learning for students and teachers in kindergarten to 12th grades. It has “freemium”
pricing – meaning parents, teachers, students and even school districts can create their own
accounts for free.

Edmodo is set up like a social networking feed, similar to Facebook. Students, teachers
and parents can communicate with posts, and other users can like or comment on them.

Moodle: Moodle is an open-source learning management platform designed to help

schools educate their students. Moodle is based on a modular design that lets teachers and
administrators build their own curriculum using plug-ins for various workflows, content and
activities.

Users have a choice of installing their Moodle accounts on their servers or in the
cloud. The cloud-based platform, called Moodle Cloud, has several benefits, such as
accessibility anytime, scalability and a very short implementation process

Two Core Differences

1.) Deployment

Edmodo: Edmodo is strictly a cloud-hosted solution. Schools won’t need to worry

about the expense and resources of maintaining the solution. The only expenses of Edmodo are
the premium plan (if desired) and any onsite or online training.

Moodle: Because Moodle is an open-source solution, users can simply download it for
free onto their servers. However, they will need to consider the expenses of maintaining the
solution, such as purchasing the server or hiring dedicated IT staff to perform maintenance.
Schools will also have to contact a certified Moodle Partner for training and additional
implementation needs. For schools that don’t want the headaches of in-house solution hosting,
Moodle offers its Moodle Cloud.
 Bottom Line: Both vendors offer cloud hosting if a school doesn’t have the time or
money to maintain the solution itself. But if your school needs an on-premise solution,
Moodle’s open-source platform may be the better bet.

2.) Content Authoring

Edmodo: Edmodo doesn’t offer content authoring tools for teachers to create their own
curriculum. Nor is the content SCORM-compliant. However, teachers can upload original
content from a variety of sources. Edmodo does offer a library of existing content (e.g., lesson
plans, tests) via its Snapshot and Spotlight tools.

Moodle: Moodle has a variety of plug-ins for creating SCORM-compliant content.

Some examples include the eXe OPEN SOURCE SCORM Development Package, Courselab,
Easygenerator and iSpring. Note that Courselab, Easygenerator and iSpring are free apps to
download, but they’re not available in an open-source format. Moodle also has many existing
plug-ins for users who prefer not to create their own content.

Bottom Line: Both vendors offer an array of resources for downloading content.
However, Moodle’s plug-ins are available for teachers who wish to create tests, lesson plans
and other content from scratch.

Comparing Services and Offerings

Here, we’ll compare several different aspects of Edmodo and Moodle, including price,
training, customer service and shortcomings.

Price

Edmodo: Teachers, students and parents can create a “freemium” account that includes many
of Edmodo’s basic features.

Moodle: Moodle offers its Moodle for Free plan that accommodates up to 50 users. It includes
features such as 200 MB of file storage, a dedicated mobile app, a customized account,
unlimited activities, video and screen-sharing, and immediate product upgrades.

The Moodle Starter package is intended for a single class, and costs $80 Australian
dollars (AUD) or $55 in American dollars (USD) per year. In addition to the features of the
Free plan, it includes inactive site retention, custom certificates, document converter and
automated backups.

In addition, there’s Moodle for School, with three pricing plans offered via MoodleCloud:

The Mini plan annually costs $250 Australian dollars (AUD) or $190 American dollars
(USD) and is intended for up to 100 users. It includes two additional features: an advanced
theme for the account and an extra plug-in pack.

The Small plan costs $500 AUD or $380 USD and includes all of the features in the Mini plan,
but accommodates up to 200 students and up to 400 MB of file uploads.

The Medium plan costs $1,000 AUD or $760 USD. It allows up to 500 users and up to 1,000
MB of file uploads.

Bottom Line: Both solutions include a freemium account – however, Edmodo’s is for unlimited
users, while Moodle only accommodates 50 users.

Training and Customer Service

Edmodo: Edmodo provides users with many training opportunities, both free and paid. Such
training includes a one-day onsite training ($2,500 for 25 users), a six-week customized online
training ($7,500 for 25 users), tutorials on Edmodo and its Snapshot feature, an on-demand
webinar and a four-hour certified learner course.

Edmodo’s support staff consists of former educators who are experienced in classroom
settings. There’s a dedicated help center for students, parents and teachers to find answers for
common troubleshooting issues and other questions. Users can also submit a support request,
ask questions to other users, send feedback to Edmodo or find out information on product
releases from the help center.

Moodle: Any training on Moodle is handled by a certified Moodle Partner. Moodle maintains
a community site where users can find information on product upgrades, download the latest
release, access documentation on software features and communicate with other users in a
forum. MoodleCloud users who need further support can contact their designated Moodle
Partner.
Moodle also hosts user conferences called MoodleMoots that allow users to network with
Moodle developers and partners, as well as learn new things about Moodle.

Bottom Line: Edmodo provides many training options, both free and paid. With Moodle, you’ll
have to work with your Moodle Partner for training (which could be an additional cost). Both
solutions include a help center for accessing information about product upgrades and
communicating with users on troubleshooting issues. However, Edmodo has a unique feature
where former educators are on hand to help teachers with education-specific queries.

Shortcomings

Edmodo: Edmodo is generally targeted to the K-12 market rather than higher education. It’s
also not aimed at businesses. Edmodo doesn’t include content authoring tools. It also doesn’t
integrate with other third-party systems aside from Google Apps and Microsoft Office.

Moodle: The Moodle for School plans only accommodate up to 500 users. This may be an
issue for those who require a solution for over 500 users.

Bottom Line: Edmodo is mainly for the K-12 market, while Moodle is available for K-12
learning, higher education and even businesses. Edmodo also doesn’t integrate with systems
other than Google Apps and Microsoft Office (and SiS, if you purchase its premium plan).
However, Moodle integrates with many different apps.
 Conclusion
The rapid advancement of technology facilitates learning activities with CMS. All the
information needed is easily available. The teacher is no longer the only source of knowledge
and information, but rather as a facilitator who facilitates the desires and desires of learning
of his students. Teachers, students, and educational goals will form a triangle, if one
component is missing, the nature of education will also be lost. In certain situations, the
teacher's task can be represented or assisted by other elements such as technology media, but
it cannot be replaced. Edmodo and Moodle provide teachers and students a safe place to
connect, collaborate and share content. Teachers can also send grades, assignments, and
quizzes to students. Students can submit homework and view their grades and teacher
comments may have been posted about their assignments. The teacher can also make polls
and post topics for discussion among students. The teacher can differentiate and individualize
learning through the creation of sub-groups in learning activities. After each learning period
is complete, the teacher closes out of the network and creates a new one for the next learning.
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