Moodle is an Open Source Learning Management System (LMS)
Introduction to Moodle
Moodle is an Open Source LMS Server, built on PHP. Moodle stands for:
Modular
Object-Oriented
Dynamic
Learning
Environment
How can Moodle be used in Video Games.
You could use Moodle as a backend for your game to handle:
- Authentication
- Content Management System (CMS)
Moodle SCORM
Navigate to a course
Click on “Turn editing on”:
Add an activity of resource:
Select SCORM Package:
How to create a Moodle Plugin
The best (and most up to date resource) is the Moodle Dev Tutorial page.
There are 24 different category types of Plugins in Moodle:
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Plugin_types
Some Youtube tutorials:
Host Moodle on AWS
Moodle Hosting Tutorial 1 - How to host a Moodle site in AWS Lightsail
https://github.com/kristian-94/moodle-local_message/wiki/Hosting-Moodle-Commands
https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-refarch-moodle
How to create an Moodle EC2 Server on AWS
Select the ubuntu server AMI
Connect to the server
Upgrade all packages
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Best Moodle Plugins
The official Moodle Plugins Directory, has over 2000 plugins.
Below are some Plugins we recommend:
H5P Interactive Content
H5P allows creators to create interactive HTML5 Package (H5P) for their courses. This might include games, images with hotspots, video overlays, branching scenarios and quizzes to name just a few.
Link to Plugin: Interactive Content – H5P Moodle plugin
Custom Certificate
The Custom certificate automatically generates PDF certificates when students completed your courses.
Link to Plugin: Custom Certificate plugin
Content Pages
The content pages plugin, allows creators to easily create new course pages.
Link to Plugin: Content Pages plugin
Big Blue Button
BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for online learning
Link to Plugin: BigBlueButtonBN
Face-to-Face
Link to Plugin: face-to-face plugin
Zoom meeting
Link to Plugin: Zoom Meeting plugin
Global Chat Plugin
Link to Plugin: Global Chat plugin
References
Websites
https://docs.moodle.org/38/en/Using_SCORM
YouTube Videos
SCORM Setup in Moodle
https://youtu.be/aM8N5LWB7gA?t=255
Courses
LinkedIn Learning Moodle Courses
Oliver Schinkten seems to be the SME for Moodle at LinkedIn Learning, here are some of his excellent courses: