Moodle is open-source software for creating online courses and websites. It allows users to copy, modify, and share content under its open license as long as proper attribution is given. Moodle can be installed on computers running PHP and supporting SQL databases. Major universities like the Open University and University of Illinois are using Moodle to support online learning for students.

1. Moodle is a software package for producing Internet-based courses and web sites. It is a global development project designed to support a social constructionist framework of education. Great Wide Open: Moodle

2. Moodle is provided freely as Open Source software (under the GNU Public License). Basically this means Moodle is copyrighted, but that you have additional freedoms. You are allowed to copy, use and modify Moodle provided that you agree to: provide the source to others; not modify or remove the original license and copyrights, and apply this same license to any derivative work. Read the license for full details and please contact the copyright holder directly if you have any questions.

3. Moodle can be installed on any computer that can run PHP, and can support an SQL type database (for example MySQL). It can be run on Windows and Mac operating systems and many flavors of linux (for example Red Hat or Debian GNU). There are many knowledgeable Moodle Partners to assist you, even host your Moodle site.

4. What do they say about moodle? UK-based The Open University is currently in the midst of implementing Moodle to the end result of “the largest use of Moodle in the world,” namely a complete student online environment. Moodle is currently employed in some aspects of Open’s distance-learning program and the “comprehensive online student learning environment” promises to be fully operational by February. Meanwhile, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Education has now in place a full-on “Moodle Service”, which acts as supplement to course material available to College of Education faculty and students and a resource to other university workgroups, workshop participants and communities.

5. How does it work? For example you want to do a mock exam to know where you stand.

6. Personal Thoughs The whole idea of sharing information to help each other is usually very complex, but moogle manages to make it simple. You can add information and retrieve information easily. Moogle however, has a lot of topics, therefore it is easy to get lost.It took me quite some time to navigate and figure which links were for which topics, and some links were invalid, along with the gateway via the application.