Getting started with moodle
Remarks#
Moodle is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments. You can download the software onto your own web server.
Moodle is built by the Moodle project which is led and coordinated by Moodle HQ, an Australian company of 30 developers which is financially supported by a network of over 60 Moodle Partner service companies worldwide.
Moodle is an Open Source Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).It has become very popular among educators around the world as a tool for creating online dynamic web sites for their students. To work, it needs to be installed on a web server somewhere, either on one of your own computers or one at a web hosting company.
Useful links
Useful Developer Links
Distributions
Versions#
Moodle 3.1
| Version | Release Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Moodle 3.1 | Notes | 2016-05-23 |
| Moodle 3.1.1 | Notes | 2016-07-11 |
| Moodle 3.1.2 | Notes | 2016-09-12 |
Moodle 3.0
| Version | Release Notes | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Moodle 3.0 | Notes | 2015-11-16 |
| Moodle 3.0.1 | Notes | 2015-12-21 |
| Moodle 3.0.2 | Notes | 2016-01-11 |
| Moodle 3.0.3 | Notes | 2016-03-14 |
| Moodle 3.0.4 | Notes | 2016-05-09 |
| Moodle 3.0.5 | Notes | 2016-07-11 |
| Moodle 3.0.6 | Notes | 2016-09-12 |
For all official releases of Moodle, grouped by branch in reverse chronological order visit the Official page
Installation or Setup
Detailed instructions on getting moodle set up or installed are in the official Moodle page in the section Installing Moodle
For administrators who are experienced with installing web server applications and are in a hurry to get up and running visit Installation Quickstart
Platform specific instructions
Note: Much of this information is provided by the community. It may not have been checked and may be out of date. Please read in conjunction with the above installation instructions.