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	==What are Moodle's features?==		==What are Moodle's features?==

	* Developed in PHP/MySQL.		* Developed in PHP/MySQL
	* ~~It was first~~ released in 2002.		* First released in 2002
	* Can support thousands of courses.		* Can support thousands of courses
	* Provides so-called activity modules. Examples of modules are:		* Provides so-called activity modules. Examples of modules are:
	assignments, glossary, forums, databases, chats, and wikis.		calendar, assignments, glossary, forums, databases, chats, grading and wikis
	* The administrator chooses which modules to install.		* The administrator chooses which modules to install
	* Course listing shows all courses on the server making them available to guests.		* Course listing shows all courses on the server making them available to guests
	* There are tens of thousands of registered Moodle sites.		* There are tens of thousands of registered Moodle sites: as of October 2010 it had a user base of 49,952 registered and verified sites.
	* Wide community support		* Wide community support via Moodle's Community Website
	* Users of the system are assigned a role which specifies their priviliges on		* Users of the system are assigned a role which specifies their priviliges on the site:
	the site: Administrators, Teachers, Assistant Teachers, Students and Guests		Administrators, Teachers, Assistant Teachers, Students and Guests
			* Allows for the creation of custom plugins
			* Runs of GNU/Linux(a Debian package for Moodle exists) and Windows

	==Advantages of Moodle==		==Advantages of Moodle==

	* It is an Open Source System (released under the GNU Public License), which		* It is an Open Source System (released under the GNU Public License), which costs no money to implement and is being continually developed by a community of developers world-wide.
	costs no money to implement and is being continually developed by a community		* A large number of modules are available and custom plugins can be developed
	of developers world-wide.

	==Requirements==		==Requirements==
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	* As any other system, it needs to be monitored and maintained.		* As any other system, it needs to be monitored and maintained.

	==Note:==		==Note==

	moodle.org provides a demonstration site with sample courses:		moodle.org provides a demonstration site with sample courses:
	http://demo.moodle.net/		http://demo.moodle.net/

			introduction of Moodle to educators:
			http://moodle.org/mod/page/view.php?id=7736

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	* As any other system, it needs to be monitored and maintained.		* As any other system, it needs to be monitored and maintained.

	Note:		==Note:==

	moodle.org provides a demonstration site with sample courses:		moodle.org provides a demonstration site with sample courses:
	http://demo.moodle.net/		http://demo.moodle.net/

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	* It was first released in 2002.		* It was first released in 2002.
	* Can support thousands of courses.		* Can support thousands of courses.
	* Provides so-called activity modules. Examples of modules are:		* Provides so-called activity modules. Examples of modules are:
	assignments, glossary, forums, databases, chats, and wikis.		assignments, glossary, forums, databases, chats, and wikis.
	* The administrator chooses which modules to install.		* The administrator chooses which modules to install.
	* Course listing shows all courses on the server making them available to		* Course listing shows all courses on the server making them available to guests.
	guests.
	* There are tens of thousands of registered Moodle sites.		* There are tens of thousands of registered Moodle sites.
	* Wide community support		* Wide community support

imported>Martin: Created Moodle page

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Created Moodle page

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==What is Moodle?==

Moodle is an Open Source Course Management System. It can be used to conduct
online courses as well as to supplement existing traditional classroom courses.

==What are Moodle's features?==

* Developed in PHP/MySQL.
* It was first released in 2002.
* Can support thousands of courses.
* Provides so-called activity modules. Examples of modules are:
assignments, glossary, forums, databases, chats, and wikis.
* The administrator chooses which modules to install.
* Course listing shows all courses on the server making them available to
guests.
* There are tens of thousands of registered Moodle sites.
* Wide community support
* Users of the system are assigned a role which specifies their priviliges on
the site: Administrators, Teachers, Assistant Teachers, Students and Guests

==Advantages of Moodle==

* It is an Open Source System (released under the GNU Public License), which
costs no money to implement and is being continually developed by a community
of developers world-wide.

==Requirements==

* Needs to be installed on a web server.
* As any other system, it needs to be monitored and maintained.

Note:

moodle.org provides a demonstration site with sample courses:
http://demo.moodle.net/