Moodle is an open-source learning management system with over 50,000 registered sites in 215 countries. It has 35 million users, 3.6 million courses, and is translated into 85 languages. Moodle 2.0 is a major new release with improvements to file storage, roles, messaging, and other areas as well as new features like navigation, community hubs, portfolios, and web services.

1. Martin Dougiamas
Lead Moodler
Executive Director, Moodle Pty Ltd
Tuesday, 13 July 2010

2. Moodle 2.0
Martin Dougiamas
Lead Moodler
Executive Director, Moodle Pty Ltd
Tuesday, 13 July 2010

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4. Statistics
50,000 registered verified sites in 215 countries
Registered sites contain 35 million users,
3.6 million courses and 1.2 million teachers
At least 500 sites have more than 10,000 users
Interface translated into 85 languages
54 specialised Moodle Partners
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010

5. Statistics
50,000 registered verified sites in 215 countries
Registered sites contain 35 million users,
3.6 million courses and 1.2 million teachers
At least 500 sites have more than 10,000 users
Interface translated into 85 languages
54 specialised Moodle Partners
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010

6. Locations
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7. Locations
8733
4290
3082 3065
2248
1698
1452 1264 1149 1124
USA Spain UK Brazil Germany Mexico Portugal Australia Italy Colombia
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010

8. Moodle Economics
Software Moodle.org
Development, Discussion, Free
Documentation etc Support etc
moodle.com
Funded by Royalties
Developer Active User
Community Community
(250) (50,000+)
54 Support Companies Worldwide
Institutions, companies and individuals needing commercial services
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9. Our Community
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10. Our Community
Votes and
Bug
Discussion Ideas
reports
moodle.org
Quality
Priorities Information
Open Source Code
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11. History
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12. History
1999 0.0 First prototype versions
11 / 2001 0.9 First pre-release version on the web
8 / 2002 1.0 Forum, Survey, Journal, Resources, Quiz...
8 / 2003 1.1 Backups, Workshop, Chat, Scales...
3 / 2004 1.2 Filters, Groups, Glossary, Lesson ...
5 / 2004 1.3 Calendar, Blocks, RSS, Media plugins ...
8 / 2004 1.4 Installer, Resources, Enrolments, Wiki...
6 / 2005 1.5 XHTML, Themes, Blocks, Gradebook ...
6 / 2006 1.6 Unicode, Database, Docs, Blogs, Reports ..
11 / 2006 1.7 Roles, Admin, Oracle and MSSQL, AJAX ..
3 / 2007 1.8 Accessibility, MNet, Forms, Multi-auth...
3 / 2008 1.9 Gradebook, Outcomes, Performance, Tags, Notes..
7 / 2010 2.0 Biggest release yet
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13. 2.0
Improvements/Rewrites Major New Features
• File storage and handling • Navigation
• Roles and enrolments • Community hubs
• Messaging • Repository support
• Backup and Restore • Portfolio support
• Gradebook • Completion
• Blocks and Layout • Conditional activities
• Themes / AJAX / Interface • Cohorts
• Comments and Ratings • Web services API
• My Moodle • Secure RSS feeds
• Customisable User Profile pages • IMS CC
• Workshop / Chat / Lesson / Quiz • Blog associations and comments
• Wiki / SCORM / Resources • External blog support
• Database access / data handling
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14. 2.0
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15. 2.0
Demo
• Navigation
• Blocks
• My Moodle
• Files
• Repositories
• Messaging
• Blogs
• Workshop
• Community Hubs
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16. Development processes
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17. Development processes
Users Documentation,
Support, API
Bugs Ideas
Patch for core
Developer Core Developers
Review
Patches and
Modules
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Module Sub
Re Moodle
mit
Modules Core
Repository
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18. Mobile Apps
• Uses Moodle 2.0 Web Services API (secure)
• Use camera on the fly and post photos to
assignments, forums, database etc
• Update location field in profile to show on Google
maps
• Store all profiles of people in course, like contact
list, with pinchzoom on groups etc
• Full messaging, with notifications
• Calendar synch to phone
• Build on other Moodle mobile projects
• etc
• docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Mobile_app
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19. Moodle web sites
•Moodle.org
•Moodle.com
•Moodle.net
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20. 2.1, 2.2, 2.3...
• Reworking all standard modules (usability and pedagogy)
• Assignment
• Forum
• Survey (merging with Questionnaire and Feedback)
• Choice
• Lesson
• Quiz
• Glossary etc
• Integrating new modules (lots)
• Refinements in all areas based on your feedback
• Minimal changes to any core APIs
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21. Moodle 3.x
• Reconception from the ground up
• Years away
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22. Questions?
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23. Questions?
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