Quick Reference Guide for Building Moodle eLearning Websites

A Wikipedia resource for the ever-growing Moodle eLearning community!

Using the “Build a Site” Pulldown Menu

The “Build a Site” pulldown menu is a brief step by step learning guide to building, optimizing, and maintaining a Moodle eLearning website. Relevant links to Tutorial Videos, Wikipedia definitions, resource websites, and articles from industry professionals are embedded throughout the guide.

Free Themes and Plugins

Links to Free Themes (Moodle Templates) and Plugins (to add functionality and customization to your site).

Free Web Graphics Design Software

We’ve provided links to 100% free graphical editing programs.

There’s no need to go out and buy expensive web graphical editing and coding software packages. We’ve linked to several high quality, open source (100% free) programs. You will find software programs similar to PhotoShop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and MS Office Suite; all for free. All without trial periods, or advertisement embedding.

Learn to manage SEO, Analytics, and Backups

Learn about performing SEO (search engine optimization),  Google Analytics and tracking, as well as how to back up your site, so that all of your hard work is not lost forever!

Learn to create Courses, Quizzes, and more

Learn how to create various types of course pages,  different quiz formats, ecommerce solutions, and using Moodle plugins such as one for creating course certificates.

Educational Resources

There will soon be links to free Math, Science, Art, History resources, on which to build your classes.

Tips, Tools, Resources, and much More!

You will also find many other helpful suggestions and Designer/Developer resources to aid in building well functioning, well-built eLearning websites.