Moodle features for students

The following table shows a comparison between Moodle LMS and the Moodle App including
whether the feature is supported offline in the Moodle app. (Last updated: January 2022)

- Available Offline

Site Features
Moodle LMS
Site features Moodle App
(web)

Site home

View custom content ✔ ✔

View blocks ✔ ✔
View default dashboard ✔ ✔
Dashboard

View blocks ✔ ✔
Customise dashboard ✔ X

Order and filter courses by completion status ✔ ✔

Star courses ✔ ✔
Login

Standard login ✔ ✔
SSO login ✔ ✔
Guest login ✔ X

Forgot password ✔ ✔
Create account / Signup including user age consent ✔ ✔
Recaptcha support ✔ ✔
Google, Facebook, Microsoft login ✔ ✔
QR-LoginPRO* X ✔

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Moodle LMS
Site features Moodle App
(web)

Calendar

View upcoming events ✔ ✔

Calendar view ✔ ✔
Create calendar events ✔ ✔
Filter events by course ✔ ✔
Set event reminders X ✔
Messages

Private messages between users ✔ ✔

Group conversations ✔ ✔
Star conversations ✔ ✔
Change preferences ✔ ✔
Find contacts ✔ ✔
Mute/Unmute and block conversations ✔ ✔
Personal space ✔ ✔
Notifications

View notifications ✔ ✔
Change preferences ✔ ✔
Mark all read ✔ ✔
Push Notifications X ✔
Grades

View the list of course grades ✔ ✔

View course gradebook ✔ ✔

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Moodle LMS
Site features Moodle App
(web)

Badges

View badges ✔ ✔
Blogs

View blogs ✔ ✔
Add, edit blog entries ✔ X

Tags

View tags cloud ✔ ✔

Browse by tag ✔ ✔
Search tags ✔ ✔
Learning plans

View learning plans ✔ ✔

View competencies ✔ ✔
View evidences ✔ ✔
Request review ✔ X

Comments

View comments ✔ ✔
Add comments ✔ ✔
Delete comments ✔ ✔
Ratings

View ratings ✔ ✔
Add ratings ✔ ✔
Rich Text Editor

Basic text formatting ✔ ✔

QR scan text X ✔

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Moodle LMS
Site features Moodle App
(web)

Advanced text formatting ✔ X

Inline media (images, video, sound) ✔ X

File attachments

Attach local files ✔ ✔

Attach files from external repositories ✔ X

Take a picture, video or record audio X ✔

Portfolio

Export content to external portfolio ✔ X

User interface

Custom themesPREMIUM* ✔ ✔
Responsive ✔ ✔
Dark mode X ✔
RTL ✔ ✔
Multi language ✔ ✔
Search

Courses search ✔ ✔
Recent searches X ✔
Global search ✔ X

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User Features
Moodle LMS
User features Moodle App
(web)

Profile

View my details ✔ ✔

View other user profile ✔ ✔

View privacy and policies ✔ X

View my forum posts ✔ X

View my blog entries ✔ X

My files

View my private files ✔ ✔

Upload private files ✔ ✔

Delete my private files ✔ X

Preferences

Change profile preferences ✔ X

Change blog preferences ✔ X

Change badges preferences ✔ X

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Course Features

Moodle LMS
Course features Moodle App
(web)

Course navigation

Browse sections ✔ ✔
Browse contents ✔ ✔
View course blocks ✔ ✔
Course Download

Content download for offlineNEW in Moodle LMS 3.10! ✔ ✔

Content and activities download for offline X ✔
Synchronisation of offline work X ✔
Participants

View participants ✔ ✔
Search participants by name ✔ ✔
Filter participants ✔ X

Completion

View completion status ✔ ✔

Mark course completed ✔ ✔
Mark activities completed ✔ ✔
Enrolment

Self-enrolment ✔ ✔
Paypal enrolment ✔ ✔

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Resources and activities features

Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)

Page

View pages ✔ ✔
File

View files ✔ ✔
View files from external repositories ✔ ✔
Folder

View files ✔ ✔
Download complete folder ✔ ✔
Book

Browse chapters ✔ ✔
Display index ✔ ✔
Print book/chapter ✔ X

URL

Open URLs ✔ ✔
IMS

Browse chapters ✔ ✔
Display index ✔ ✔
Label

View labels ✔ ✔
Assignment

View submissions ✔ ✔
Edit submissions ✔ ✔

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Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)

Submit for grading ✔ ✔

Submissions based on previous attempts ✔ ✔
Timed assignments ✔ ✔
BigBlueButton

Join meetings ✔ ✔
Chat

Send and receive messages ✔ ✔

See connected users, beep and talk to ✔ ✔
View previous conversations ✔ ✔
Different displays ✔ X

Choice

Answer ✔ ✔
Delete previous answers ✔ ✔
View results ✔ ✔
Database

Single view ✔ ✔
List view ✔ ✔
Search entries ✔ ✔
Manage entries ✔ ✔
Approve entries ✔ ✔
View comments ✔ ✔
Add ratings ✔ ✔
Geolocation for Latitude/longitude field types X ✔

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Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)

External tool (LTI)

Open external tools ✔ ✔

Display custom icons for external tools ✔ ✔
Feedback

View question preview ✔ ✔

Answer questions ✔ ✔
Forum

View discussions and posts ✔ ✔

Reply discussions and posts ✔ ✔
Change forum display mode / ordering ✔ ✔
Create a new post/discussion ✔ ✔
Edit a post/discussion ✔ ✔
Delete a post/discussion ✔ ✔
Star a discussion ✔ ✔
Add ratings ✔ ✔
Change forum/discussion subscription ✔ X

Search ✔ X

Glossary

View glossary items ✔ ✔

Filter/Search glossary items ✔ ✔
Create new entries ✔ ✔
Edit entries ✔ X

Delete entries ✔ X

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View comments ✔ ✔
Add ratings ✔ ✔
Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)

H5P

Play H5P packages ✔ ✔

View previous attempts ✔ ✔
Lesson

View a lesson ✔ ✔
Review a lesson attempt ✔ ✔
Quiz

Attempt a quiz (offline: only deferred behaviour) ✔ ✔

Flag questions ✔ X

Review previous attempts and results ✔ ✔

SCORM

Play a SCORM (preview/attempt) ✔ ✔

Review attempts ✔ ✔
Survey

Answer questions ✔ ✔
View results ✔ X

Wiki

View wiki ✔ ✔
View subwikis ✔ ✔
Navigate table of contents ✔ ✔
View wiki map ✔ ✔
Create pages ✔ ✔

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Edit pages ✔ ✔
Edit sections ✔ ✔
View history ✔ X

View comments ✔ ✔
Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)

Workshop

Submit ✔ ✔
Assess other submissions ✔ ✔
View assessments received ✔ ✔
View grades ✔ ✔
View assessments received ✔ ✔
View grades ✔ ✔

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Blocks
Moodle LMS
Blocks Moodle App
(web)

Activity modules ✔ ✔
Activity results ✔ ✔
Badges ✔ ✔
Blog menu ✔ ✔
Blog recent ✔ ✔
Blog tags ✔ ✔
Calendar month ✔ ✔
Calendar upcoming ✔ ✔
Comments ✔ ✔
Completion status ✔ ✔
Course list ✔ X

Course overview (Dashboard) ✔ ✔

Course summary ✔ ✔
Feedback ✔ X

Flickr ✔ X

Global search ✔ X

Glossary random ✔ ✔
HTML block ✔ ✔
Learning plans ✔ ✔
Latests announcements ✔ X

Latests badges ✔ X

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Moodle LMS
Blocks Moodle App
(web)

Logged in user ✔ X

News items ✔ ✔
Online Users ✔ ✔
Private files ✔ ✔
Quiz results ✔ X

RSS Client ✔ ✔
Recent Activity ✔ ✔
Recently accessed courses (Dashboard) ✔ ✔
Recently accessed items (Dashboard) ✔ ✔
Search forums ✔ X

Section links ✔ ✔
Self completion ✔ ✔
Site Main menu (Site home) ✔ ✔
Social activities ✔ X

Starred courses (Dashboard) ✔ ✔

Tags ✔ ✔
Timeline (Dashboard) ✔ ✔
Upcoming events ✔ X

Youtube ✔ X

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Notes:

PREMIUM* and PRO*

Indicates that the feature is only available for sites with a Moodle App Premium/Pro
subscription

Moodle LMS Plugins (third party)

https://moodle.org/plugins/

Moodle LMS plugins with Moodle App support (third party)

https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=award&id=6

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