Moodle features for students
The following table shows a comparison between Moodle LMS and the Moodle App including
whether the feature is supported offline in the Moodle app. (Last updated: January 2022)
- Available Offline
Site Features
Moodle LMS
Site features Moodle App
(web)
Site home
View custom content ✔ ✔
View blocks ✔ ✔
View default dashboard ✔ ✔
Dashboard
View blocks ✔ ✔
Customise dashboard ✔ X
Order and filter courses by completion status ✔ ✔
Star courses ✔ ✔
Login
Standard login ✔ ✔
SSO login ✔ ✔
Guest login ✔ X
Forgot password ✔ ✔
Create account / Signup including user age consent ✔ ✔
Recaptcha support ✔ ✔
Google, Facebook, Microsoft login ✔ ✔
QR-LoginPRO* X ✔
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Moodle LMS
Site features Moodle App
(web)
Calendar
View upcoming events ✔ ✔
Calendar view ✔ ✔
Create calendar events ✔ ✔
Filter events by course ✔ ✔
Set event reminders X ✔
Messages
Private messages between users ✔ ✔
Group conversations ✔ ✔
Star conversations ✔ ✔
Change preferences ✔ ✔
Find contacts ✔ ✔
Mute/Unmute and block conversations ✔ ✔
Personal space ✔ ✔
Notifications
View notifications ✔ ✔
Change preferences ✔ ✔
Mark all read ✔ ✔
Push Notifications X ✔
Grades
View the list of course grades ✔ ✔
View course gradebook ✔ ✔
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Moodle LMS
Site features Moodle App
(web)
Badges
View badges ✔ ✔
Blogs
View blogs ✔ ✔
Add, edit blog entries ✔ X
Tags
View tags cloud ✔ ✔
Browse by tag ✔ ✔
Search tags ✔ ✔
Learning plans
View learning plans ✔ ✔
View competencies ✔ ✔
View evidences ✔ ✔
Request review ✔ X
Comments
View comments ✔ ✔
Add comments ✔ ✔
Delete comments ✔ ✔
Ratings
View ratings ✔ ✔
Add ratings ✔ ✔
Rich Text Editor
Basic text formatting ✔ ✔
QR scan text X ✔
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Moodle LMS
Site features Moodle App
(web)
Advanced text formatting ✔ X
Inline media (images, video, sound) ✔ X
File attachments
Attach local files ✔ ✔
Attach files from external repositories ✔ X
Take a picture, video or record audio X ✔
Portfolio
Export content to external portfolio ✔ X
User interface
Custom themesPREMIUM* ✔ ✔
Responsive ✔ ✔
Dark mode X ✔
RTL ✔ ✔
Multi language ✔ ✔
Search
Courses search ✔ ✔
Recent searches X ✔
Global search ✔ X
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User Features
Moodle LMS
User features Moodle App
(web)
Profile
View my details ✔ ✔
View other user profile ✔ ✔
View privacy and policies ✔ X
View my forum posts ✔ X
View my blog entries ✔ X
My files
View my private files ✔ ✔
Upload private files ✔ ✔
Delete my private files ✔ X
Preferences
Change profile preferences ✔ X
Change blog preferences ✔ X
Change badges preferences ✔ X
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Course Features
Moodle LMS
Course features Moodle App
(web)
Course navigation
Browse sections ✔ ✔
Browse contents ✔ ✔
View course blocks ✔ ✔
Course Download
Content download for offlineNEW in Moodle LMS 3.10! ✔ ✔
Content and activities download for offline X ✔
Synchronisation of offline work X ✔
Participants
View participants ✔ ✔
Search participants by name ✔ ✔
Filter participants ✔ X
Completion
View completion status ✔ ✔
Mark course completed ✔ ✔
Mark activities completed ✔ ✔
Enrolment
Self-enrolment ✔ ✔
Paypal enrolment ✔ ✔
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Resources and activities features
Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)
Page
View pages ✔ ✔
File
View files ✔ ✔
View files from external repositories ✔ ✔
Folder
View files ✔ ✔
Download complete folder ✔ ✔
Book
Browse chapters ✔ ✔
Display index ✔ ✔
Print book/chapter ✔ X
URL
Open URLs ✔ ✔
IMS
Browse chapters ✔ ✔
Display index ✔ ✔
Label
View labels ✔ ✔
Assignment
View submissions ✔ ✔
Edit submissions ✔ ✔
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Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)
Submit for grading ✔ ✔
Submissions based on previous attempts ✔ ✔
Timed assignments ✔ ✔
BigBlueButton
Join meetings ✔ ✔
Chat
Send and receive messages ✔ ✔
See connected users, beep and talk to ✔ ✔
View previous conversations ✔ ✔
Different displays ✔ X
Choice
Answer ✔ ✔
Delete previous answers ✔ ✔
View results ✔ ✔
Database
Single view ✔ ✔
List view ✔ ✔
Search entries ✔ ✔
Manage entries ✔ ✔
Approve entries ✔ ✔
View comments ✔ ✔
Add ratings ✔ ✔
Geolocation for Latitude/longitude field types X ✔
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Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)
External tool (LTI)
Open external tools ✔ ✔
Display custom icons for external tools ✔ ✔
Feedback
View question preview ✔ ✔
Answer questions ✔ ✔
Forum
View discussions and posts ✔ ✔
Reply discussions and posts ✔ ✔
Change forum display mode / ordering ✔ ✔
Create a new post/discussion ✔ ✔
Edit a post/discussion ✔ ✔
Delete a post/discussion ✔ ✔
Star a discussion ✔ ✔
Add ratings ✔ ✔
Change forum/discussion subscription ✔ X
Search ✔ X
Glossary
View glossary items ✔ ✔
Filter/Search glossary items ✔ ✔
Create new entries ✔ ✔
Edit entries ✔ X
Delete entries ✔ X
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View comments ✔ ✔
Add ratings ✔ ✔
Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)
H5P
Play H5P packages ✔ ✔
View previous attempts ✔ ✔
Lesson
View a lesson ✔ ✔
Review a lesson attempt ✔ ✔
Quiz
Attempt a quiz (offline: only deferred behaviour) ✔ ✔
Flag questions ✔ X
Review previous attempts and results ✔ ✔
SCORM
Play a SCORM (preview/attempt) ✔ ✔
Review attempts ✔ ✔
Survey
Answer questions ✔ ✔
View results ✔ X
Wiki
View wiki ✔ ✔
View subwikis ✔ ✔
Navigate table of contents ✔ ✔
View wiki map ✔ ✔
Create pages ✔ ✔
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Edit pages ✔ ✔
Edit sections ✔ ✔
View history ✔ X
View comments ✔ ✔
Moodle LMS
Resources and activities features Moodle App
(web)
Workshop
Submit ✔ ✔
Assess other submissions ✔ ✔
View assessments received ✔ ✔
View grades ✔ ✔
View assessments received ✔ ✔
View grades ✔ ✔
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Blocks
Moodle LMS
Blocks Moodle App
(web)
Activity modules ✔ ✔
Activity results ✔ ✔
Badges ✔ ✔
Blog menu ✔ ✔
Blog recent ✔ ✔
Blog tags ✔ ✔
Calendar month ✔ ✔
Calendar upcoming ✔ ✔
Comments ✔ ✔
Completion status ✔ ✔
Course list ✔ X
Course overview (Dashboard) ✔ ✔
Course summary ✔ ✔
Feedback ✔ X
Flickr ✔ X
Global search ✔ X
Glossary random ✔ ✔
HTML block ✔ ✔
Learning plans ✔ ✔
Latests announcements ✔ X
Latests badges ✔ X
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Moodle LMS
Blocks Moodle App
(web)
Logged in user ✔ X
News items ✔ ✔
Online Users ✔ ✔
Private files ✔ ✔
Quiz results ✔ X
RSS Client ✔ ✔
Recent Activity ✔ ✔
Recently accessed courses (Dashboard) ✔ ✔
Recently accessed items (Dashboard) ✔ ✔
Search forums ✔ X
Section links ✔ ✔
Self completion ✔ ✔
Site Main menu (Site home) ✔ ✔
Social activities ✔ X
Starred courses (Dashboard) ✔ ✔
Tags ✔ ✔
Timeline (Dashboard) ✔ ✔
Upcoming events ✔ X
Youtube ✔ X
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Notes:
PREMIUM* and PRO*
Indicates that the feature is only available for sites with a Moodle App Premium/Pro
subscription
Moodle LMS Plugins (third party)
https://moodle.org/plugins/
Moodle LMS plugins with Moodle App support (third party)
https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=award&id=6
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