{"id":1720,"date":"2023-05-13T16:45:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T20:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2023-05-23T17:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T21:15:35","slug":"what-is-moodle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/what-is-moodle\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Moodle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2014\/12\/moodle-logo-copy-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-358\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2014\/12\/moodle-logo-copy-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a>Moodle<\/strong> is a Learning Management System (LMS) that allows instructors to expand the boundaries of their classroom outside the traditional face-to-face classroom. \u00a0It is a web-based system where course materials (such as documents, assignments, and audio and video files) can be posted online, making them more convenient for students at all times of the day. \u00a0This reduces the use of paper and other resources and allows for the development of activities that incorporate a wide variety of delivery modes. In addition, Moodle easily allows forums and discussion boards, which can expand conversations outside of class into a more in-depth and dynamic interaction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/05\/login.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/05\/login.bmp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1325\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/05\/login.bmp 1325w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/05\/login-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/05\/login-1024x378.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/05\/login-768x283.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/05\/login-1200x443.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(FYI for geeks:\u00a0The word Moodle is an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment!)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moodle is a Learning Management System (LMS) that allows instructors to expand the boundaries of their classroom outside the traditional face-to-face classroom. \u00a0It is a web-based system where course materials (such as documents, assignments, and audio and video files) can be posted online, making them more convenient for students at all times of the day. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/what-is-moodle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is Moodle?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":866,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,15,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}