Editing Moodle (section)

== Overview ==
[[File:Martin Dougiamas.jpg|thumb|Martin Dougiamas]]
Moodle was originally developed by Martin Dougiamas to help educators and scholars create online courses and focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content. The first version of Moodle was released on {{start date and age|2002|8|20|df=y|paren=y}}, and it continues to be actively developed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Releases#Moodle_1.0|title=Releases - MoodleDocs|website=docs.moodle.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>

The Moodle Project is led and coordinated by Moodle HQ, an [[Australia]]n company, that is financially supported by a network of eighty Moodle Partner service companies worldwide. Development is also assisted by the [[open-source community]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://opensource.com/life/15/4/how-moodle-manages-community-feedback|title=How Moodle is driven by user and community feedback|date=1 Apr 2015|first=Samantha|last=Gartner|website=Opensource.com}}</ref>

Moodle is a learning platform used to augment and move existing learning environments online.<ref>{{cite news|title= Technology that puts the classroom in students' laptops|newspaper= The Globe and Mail|date= 18 November 2014|url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/technology-that-puts-the-classroom-in-students-laptops/article21627186/|publisher= Adam Stanley, The Globe and Mail|last1= Stanley|first1= Adam}}</ref> As an [[E-learning]] tool, Moodle developed several features<ref>{{cite journal|title=E-assessment: Past, present and future|journal = New Directions|first=Sally|last=Jordan|volume=9|issue=1|pages=87–106|doi=10.11120/ndir.2013.00009|year = 2013|url=http://oro.open.ac.uk/38536/3/SEJ%20New%20Directions%202013%20d3.pdf}}</ref> now considered standard for learning management systems, such as a [[calendar]] and gradebook.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elearningindustry.com/online-grading-make-teaching-life-easier|title=Online Grading to Make Teaching Life Easier with Moodle|date=19 November 2014}}</ref>

Plugins, custom [[Theme (computing)|graphical themes]], mobile responsive web design, and a Moodle [[mobile app]] are available to customize each individual's experience on the platform. Moodle's mobile app is available on [[Google Play]], the [[App Store (Apple)|App Store for iOS]], the [[F-Droid]] Android [[FLOSS]] repository, and the [[Windows Phone Store]].