Plugins for Moodle

This video course of Moodle highlights the main areas that can be extended by plugins in Moodle. It will be useful to PHP developers and to non-technical managers/administrators who would like to understand the areas that can be enhanced by plugin developers.

Moodle is an online learning environment application. It is a modular system and plugins allow users and organisations to extend and customise the functionality beyond what the core installation provides. Moodle development involves two types of developers. The first type includes those who maintain the core code-base and work for Moodle Pty Ltd known as Moodle HQ and third-party developers. These latter work in organisations worldwide or on their own developing custom plugins to extend the application, some of which are released into the community via the Moodle plugins directory.

The course consists of 5 approximately 5-minute each videos covering the following areas:

1. Authentication, users and roles

2. Blocks, course formats and enrolments

3. Groups, course modules and repositories

4. Resources, activities and completions

5. Reports, themes and other plugins

If you are a PHP developer just curious or one just contemplating adding Moodle development to your skills or a manager or administrator in charge of a department that manages your learning environment, then this course will help you get a better understanding of the possibilities.