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).

External links:

Latest version 3.1.1 released on 11 July 2016:

https://moodle.com/2016/07/13/moodle-3-1-1-release/

Coming soon Moodle 3.3:

https://moodle.com/2017/

Hosting Moodle:

http://reliableaspnethosting.com/top-3-reliable-moodle-3-1-3-hosting-recommendation/