Sunday, May 16, 2010

Bad & Good Points About MOODLE

GOOD POINTS
  • Free
  • Easy to set up courses (for admin only)
  • Easy to upload resources if Internet connection is good (all users)
  • Easy to download resources (all users)
  • Can create many different types of multimedia resources and embed them in MOODLE
  • Basic default features are useful for beginners (intermediate and advanced users can go to the next stage)
  • Can now embed YouTube movies in MOODLE
  • Constantly being updated
  • Cloud storage available

BAD POINTS
  • Not easy to set up folders and server for novice (need a server and IT staff to do setup).
  • No alert system to provide statistics of how long users have used MOODLE; resources can become stale without alert.
  • Cannot integrate popular Web 2.0 tools within MOODLE
  • Can be quite routine unless resources are updated and new modes are embedded
  • Easy to abuse hosted resources
  • Many users but very few good resources by developers
  • Need constant updating for added features and capabilities
  • Cloud storage is a paid service (not free if above 200Mb).

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