Moodle LMS

Mark Aberdour, Head of Open Source Solutions

Craig Taylor, Solutions Consultant
 Agenda
• Moodle overview (5 mins)
• Live demo (30 mins)
• Moodle follow up (10 mins)
• Questions (10 mins)

Please ask questions as we go…

Introduction to
Moodle
 Wh a t i s M o od le ?

• The world’s leading LMS in terms of

satisfaction and market share
• Open source – zero license fees, large
community, freedom to amend
• Mature, robust, scalable platform
• Fully re-brandable
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• Top 3: Moodle, Blackboard, TotalLMS
• Moodle has highest satisfaction for:
 Ease of installation
 Cost
 Reporting capabilities
 Time to implement
 Living up to promises
 Assessment capabilities
 Migrating content and customization.
 Cor e fe a tu r es
• User management
• Course management
• Content assignment
• Content access (e-learning, m-learning, files)
• Activity access (wiki, workshop, forum, chat, blog)
• Assessment (quiz, assignments)
• Learner/course tracking
• Reporting and analytics
• Content authoring
• Content management
 la r ex te n s io ns
Popu
• Classroom courses
• Webinars
• E-commerce
• Certificates
• Organisation structure
• Enhanced reporting
• Continuing Professional Development
 Poll
How familiar are you with Moodle?
• Not at all
• I have basic familiarity
• I am an expert user
Demo
 le co m m uni ty
Mood
 l e v e r s io n?
Which Mood
• Moodle 2.1 is latest version
• Moodle 1.9 support being phased out
• Major release every 6 months, each receives 18
months of official support
• Some commercial distributions have emerged, but are
lagging 12 months behind and lack open community
benefits
• ‘Flavours’ now launched, featuring Moodle core +
packaged extensions
 s ou r ce a d va nta ge
T he op en
• No license costs
• Avoid vendor lock in
• Mitigation of vendor collapse
• Mitigation of product discontinuation
• Enhanced reliability
• Rapid fixes and patches
• Ease of customisation
 Poll
What stage in the LMS implementation
cycle are you?
• Short-listing
• Final evaluations/selection
• Implementation
• Already rolled out
• Considering a replacement
 Impl e m en t a ti o n
c ons i d er a ti on s

• E-learning, face-to-face, blend

• Content authoring / libraries
• Learner journey / instructional design
• Desktop, tablet, mobile
• LMS setup, customisation, hosting,
support – in-house / external
 Contact our team:

Craig Taylor
Solutions Consultant
craig.taylor@epic.co.uk
Mark Aberdour
Head of Open Source Solutions
mark.aberdour@epic.co.uk
Questions?