Moodle Training Course

Lesson 1 • Moodle History and Architecture

Covers Moodle's open-source origins, version history, and technical architecture. Provides context for understanding why Moodle behaves the way it does.

Lesson 2 • Navigating the Moodle Interface

Introduces the dashboard, navigation bar, and block regions of a Moodle site. Learners gain the orientation needed to explore any Moodle installation independently.

Lesson 3 • User Roles and Permissions Overview

Explains Moodle's role-based access model including admin, educator, and learner roles. Sets expectations for what each role can see and do throughout the course.

Lesson 4 • Accessing and Customising Your Profile

Guides learners through setting up their Moodle user profile and personal preferences. Establishes good habits for identity and notification management from the start.

Lesson 1 • Creating a New Course

Walks through the course creation form, key settings, and category placement. Directly enables learners to build the course environment used throughout training.

Lesson 2 • Enrolling and Managing Participants

Explains manual enrolment, self-enrolment, and cohort sync methods. Ensures learners can populate their course with the right users in the right roles.

Lesson 3 • Organising Sections and Topics

Covers adding, renaming, hiding, and reordering course sections. Builds the structural skeleton that holds all future course content.

Lesson 4 • Course Settings and Appearance

Covers course summary, image, theme overrides, and completion tracking toggles. Learners finalise course settings to match organisational branding and policy.

Lesson 1 • Embedding Multimedia Content

Teaches embedding video, audio, and interactive H5P content within Moodle pages. Learners increase engagement by integrating rich media into course materials.

Lesson 2 • Using the Moodle Text Editor

Provides hands-on practise with Atto and TinyMCE editors for formatting course content. Learners produce professional, accessible text throughout their course.

Lesson 3 • Adding Text and File Resources

Covers the Page, Label, File, and Folder resource types for delivering static content. Learners build the informational backbone of their course.

Lesson 4 • Understanding Resources vs. Activities

Distinguishes static resources from interactive activities in Moodle's content model. Frames all subsequent content decisions within a clear instructional taxonomy.

Lesson 1 • Creating Core Question Types

Covers multiple choice, true/false, short answer, matching, and essay question creation. Learners build a diverse question bank covering multiple cognitive levels.

Lesson 2 • Configuring Quiz Settings

Walks through quiz timing, attempt limits, shuffling, and feedback display options. Learners control the assessment experience to match instructional intent.

Lesson 3 • Adding Questions to a Quiz

Demonstrates adding questions manually, from the bank, and using random selection. Learners assemble quizzes that draw from categorised question pools.

Lesson 4 • Introduction to the Question Bank

Explains the question bank structure, categories, and question types available in Moodle. Establishes the repository that powers all quiz-based assessments.

Lesson 1 • Configuring Group and Grouping Settings

Teaches creating groups, assigning members, and applying groupings to activities. Learners manage differentiated learning paths and team-based tasks.

Lesson 2 • Using Wikis for Collaborative Writing

Explains wiki modes, page creation, and version history in Moodle's wiki activity. Learners facilitate group knowledge-building through shared document editing.

Lesson 3 • Setting Up Discussion Forums

Covers forum types, subscription settings, and moderation options in Moodle. Learners create structured discussion spaces that drive meaningful peer interaction.

Lesson 4 • Assignments and Submission Management

Covers assignment types, submission settings, and file upload configurations. Learners collect and manage learner work efficiently within Moodle.

Lesson 1 • Entering and Overriding Marks

Demonstrates the grader report, single-view grading, and manual mark entry. Learners efficiently manage mark data for large and small cohorts alike.

Lesson 2 • Understanding the Gradebook Structure

Explains grade categories, grade items, and aggregation methods in the gradebook. Learners map their assessment plan to a coherent gradebook architecture.

Lesson 3 • Configuring Grade Scales and Letters

Covers numeric marks, custom scales, and letter grade boundaries in Moodle. Learners align grading output to institutional or programme standards.

Lesson 4 • Reporting and Exporting Mark Data

Explains grade history, user reports, and export formats for external systems. Learners produce accurate mark records for reporting and compliance needs.

Lesson 1 • Configuring Activity Completion

Covers manual and automatic completion conditions for individual activities. Learners set precise triggers that reflect genuine engagement with each resource.

Lesson 2 • Setting Up Course Completion

Explains course completion criteria, dependencies, and the completion report. Learners define what constitutes successful course completion for certification.

Lesson 3 • Monitoring Learner Activity Logs

Covers the Moodle logs, live logs, and activity report for tracking learner behaviour. Learners identify at-risk learners and engagement patterns from log data.

Lesson 4 • Using Conditional Access and Restrictions

Teaches restricting access to activities based on marks, dates, groups, and completion. Learners build adaptive learning paths that respond to individual progress.

Lesson 1 • Configuring Site Appearance and Themes

Explains theme selection, Boost customisation, and front-page layout settings. Learners align the Moodle site's visual identity with organisational branding.

Lesson 2 • Installing and Managing Plugins

Covers plugin installation, updates, and the plugin directory for extending Moodle. Learners safely expand site functionality without compromising stability.

Lesson 3 • Managing Users and Authentication

Covers bulk user creation, authentication methods, and account management policies. Learners control who can access the Moodle site and how they log in.

Lesson 4 • Security, Backup, and Maintenance

Addresses security settings, automated backups, and scheduled maintenance tasks. Learners protect site data and ensure continuous availability for all users.