I use the solution to manage module demonstrations for the customers.
Teacher & Advisor at SC3
Has efficient features for demonstration and integration
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is stable."
- "Its interface design could be more user-friendly."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
The solution facilitates students with an efficient learning platform.
What is most valuable?
The solution's most valuable features are LTI and integration with various platforms.
What needs improvement?
The solution's navigation features need improvement. Its interface design could be more user-friendly.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support could be better. I have to access the manual in case of queries.
What was our ROI?
The solution is good in terms of investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is free of cost.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend the solution to others and rate it a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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Senior Systems Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It's an impressive product with very comprehensive functionality.
What is most valuable?
The course management feature, and the community plug-in that comes with it, is most helpful.
How has it helped my organization?
The product allows the organization to have a cost effective solution to track the training progress of 2000 staff members. At the same time, it allows a collaborative environment between trainee and trainer.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used it for one year and four months.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
The use of Moodle with Bitnami’s LAMP stack has been very smooth, and it has easy support and maintenance.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We chose to deploy after a couple of minor releases, thus we were careful in our version choice, and that has resulted in a very stable product.
How are customer service and technical support?
We can easily search for any issues and resolutions from the web, in particular the Moodle website, to resolve all our technical issues. I would say that a very effective self service environment exists to support Moodle.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We were using a commercial product, a SaaS model. However, the need to quickly deploy a solution to five global service centers in three different regions was too costly, and too time consuming, for the initial deployment assessment.
How was the initial setup?
Using Bitnami’s LAMP stack with Moodle helped simplify the deployment, and made it very simple and straightforward
What about the implementation team?
Because of the readily available information, and knowledge from the Moodle website, about the deployment architecture design, we were able to deploy the solution fully in house within a very tight time line . We were able to a very small, and compact team of five members.
What was our ROI?
We see, and estimated, a 60% productivity improvement in managing trainee learning progress. In addition, with the low cost of setup and ownership, the organization is able to save on capital expenditure.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The original hardware cost is about US$10,000 for setting up the virtualized environment. The implementation cost was about 100 man days for the five global centers. Day to day running costs are pretty negligible as the platform has been stable, and has run with no major incidents since deployment.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated the options of going with the group solution (SaaS model), or to develop in house. Neither option was chosen, either because the cost was high or the time taken to deploy it would be too long.
What other advice do I have?
Be open minded about open source solutions. Be clear about the requirements, and needs of your organization. Last, but not least, start small but be aggressive on the time-line, and preferably take an agile project approach.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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system admin
Stable and scalable but should have more student-centric details in the modules
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is straightforward."
- "The solution should have more student-centric details in the modules."
What needs improvement?
The solution should have more student-centric details in the modules.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for six months and are currently using the latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is scalable, and over 100 users are utilizing it in our organization.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
Implementation was done in-house.
What other advice do I have?
I rate the solution a seven out of ten. I advise new users considering the solution to try the free version first because they have free trials available, so they can test drive the solution before adopting it.
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CEO and co-founder at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Flexible learning platform that can be easily expanded and scaled
Pros and Cons
- "The fact that it's modular means you can easily expand with thousands of plugins that you can freely download from Moodle headquarters, and adding or removing functionality is easy."
- "Moodle's weakest point is the user interface."
What is our primary use case?
Moodle is used to supply learning management systems to companies, both big and small organizations. Normally, people load learning materials that are compulsory for their business environment and use Moodle to do all the activation.
What is most valuable?
Moodle allows a lot of flexibility - you can load and create the environment exactly as you like. The fact that it's modular means you can easily expand with thousands of plugins that you can freely download from Moodle headquarters, and adding or removing functionality is easy.
What needs improvement?
Moodle's weakest point is the user interface (although this is being addressed in upcoming releases). The reporting in the corporate version could also be improved. In addition, if you like to customize the platform with many plugins, you may need to spend a lot of time double-checking your plugins and code when upgrading to a new version.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Moodle for eight years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
If your implementation strategy is good, then Moodle will run smoothly. It updates on a six-month cycle and doesn't need much maintenance outside of that.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I haven't encountered any issues with scalability. Moodle is used by some of the world's leading educators (including the Open University and Sapienza University), which have thousands of connected users with no problems.
How are customer service and support?
For most users, Moodle offers support through its community instead of a technical support team. Its community is the best I have found, better than other major shared software like WordPress. The big advantage is that the support is provided by competent people and not just by an organization. Normally, you just have to wait a couple of hours for help.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is reasonably straightforward, but you require a bit of tech skill. You have to know what a database is, how to set up a PHP version, and so on. There is plenty of information available online to help with this, and with it, you should be able to build a Moodle version in a few hours.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
In the case of Moodle Workplace, you can pay for direct support.
What other advice do I have?
For those wanting to start using Moodle, I would advise clearly defining your objectives and how you want the content to be displayed. I would also recommend trying the free version you can connect to on MoodleNet to see directly how it functions before installing. In addition, since Moodle is a large and complex software, I would say it's best to start slowly and learn as you need in order to avoid being overwhelmed. I would give Moodle a rating of nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
IT Project Analyst at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Great open source LMS worth considering though documentation could be improved. Recommend LAMP, not Windows environ.
Valuable Features:
Upgrade feature and git to upgrade the core code - love it.
Room for Improvement:
Needs to be better documented especially the database schema.
Use of Solution:
11 years
Deployment Issues:
Just stale data which can be hard to troubleshoot.
Stability Issues:
Not really. Very stable as it is a lamp stack.
Initial Setup:
Good. Easy setup.
Cost and Licensing Advice:
Just staff and hardware resources + maintaining and improving the application.
Other Advice:
Well worth looking into as a CMS though Canvas is starting to pick up a lot of steam (paid though).
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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