E-Learning Website provides various excellent features and is also referred as Course Management System (CMS) or Learning Management System (LMS) in most of the cases. Following are few good features provided by Moodle
- Databases
- Assignments
- Charts
- Resources
- Wiki
- Lessons
- Quizzes
- Surveys
- Forums
- Chats
- SCORM
- Surveys
Moodle can run on any platform without any modifications to the existing Operating System framework and can runs with the support of PHP and a single database and data goes across this database. In this modern higher education system everyone is using internet, so the moodle learning system is increasing day by day and it become an important part of the strategy for online delivering and flexible e-learning. The main aspect of this learning system is giving opportunity for students to interact with their teacher through e-mail and chat rooms. Now a day’s Moodle is getting worldwide popularity for its leaning system.
The word Moodle was originally an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists. It’s also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity.
As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course. Anyone who uses Moodle is a Moodler. The project is regarding the development of a self learning system for the supplementary school. The web application on the home page displays the various events that occurred in the school and the contact information. The home page provides information on a general purpose need to know basis. The home page does have the login windows with the tabs named login id and password. The students of the school will be given specific login ids and passwords with the help of which they can log in into the system.
Only the students who are currently associated or enrolled in the school can login into the system and access it. Once the student logs in into the system he is provided the facility to track his academic performances. He can contact or ask for doubt clearances with the respective teachers through chat sessions that can be booked on prior hand. Groups of students can form communities and share their interests on the various topics. The student is also provided with the information of competitive examinations and the programs that provide scholarships. The system on the whole will provide a whole new experience of learning and interaction among the students.