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: October 2020

Site features Web App Offline

Site home

View custom content ✔ ✔ ✔

View blocks ✔ ✔ ✔

View default dashboard ✔ ✔ ✔

Dashboard

View blocks ✔ ✔ ✔

Customise dashboard ✔

Order and filter courses by completion status ✔ ✔ ✔

Star courses ✔ ✔

Login

Standard login ✔ ✔

SSO login ✔ ✔

Guest login ✔

Forgot password ✔ ✔

Create account / Signup including user age consent ✔ ✔

Recaptcha support ✔ ✔

Google, Facebook, Microsoft login ✔ ✔

QR-Login​PRO* ✔

Calendar

View upcoming events ✔ ✔ ✔

Calendar view ✔ ✔ ✔

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 Create calendar events ✔ ✔ ✔

Filter events by course ✔ ✔ ✔

Set event reminders ✔ ✔

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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 ✔

Grades

View the list of course grades ✔ ✔ ✔

View course gradebook ✔ ✔ ✔

Badges

View badges ✔ ✔ ✔

Blogs

View blogs ✔ ✔ ✔

Add, edit blog entries ✔

Tags

View tags cloud ✔ ✔ ✔

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 Browse by tag ✔ ✔ ✔

Search tags ✔ ✔

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Learning plans

View learning plans ✔ ✔ ✔

View competencies ✔ ✔ ✔

View evidences ✔ ✔ ✔

Request review ✔

Comments

View comments ✔ ✔ ✔

Add comments ✔ ✔ ✔

Delete comments ✔ ✔ ✔

Ratings

View ratings ✔ ✔ ✔

Add ratings ✔ ✔ ✔

Rich Text Editor

Basic text formatting ✔ ✔ ✔

QR scan text ✔ ✔

Advanced text formatting ✔

Inline media (images, video, sound) ✔

File attachments

Attach local files ✔ ✔ ✔

Attach files from external repositories ✔

Take a picture, video or record audio ✔ ✔

Portfolio

Export content to external portfolio ✔

User interface

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Responsive ✔ ✔ ✔

Dark mode ✔ ✔

RTL ✔ ✔ ✔

Multi language ✔ ✔ ✔

Search

Courses search ✔ ✔

Recent searches ✔

Global search ✔

User features Web App Offline

Profile

View my details ✔ ✔ ✔

View other user profile ✔ ✔ ✔

View privacy and policies ✔

View my forum posts ✔

View my blog entries ✔

My files

View my private files ✔ ✔ ✔

Upload private files ✔ ✔ ✔

Delete my private files ✔

Preferences

Change profile preferences ✔

Change blog preferences ✔

Change badges preferences ✔

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 Course features Web App Offline

Course navigation

Browse sections ✔ ✔ ✔

Browse contents ✔ ✔ ✔

View course blocks ✔ ✔ ✔

Course Download

Content download for offline​NEW in Moodle LMS 3.10! ✔ ✔ ✔

Content and activities download for offline ✔ ✔

Synchronisation of offline work ✔

Participants

View participants ✔ ✔ ✔

Search participants by name ✔ ✔

Filter participants ✔

Completion

View completion status ✔ ✔ ✔

Mark course completed ✔ ✔ ✔

Mark activities completed ✔ ✔ ✔

Enrolment

Self-enrolment ✔ ✔

Paypal enrolment ✔ ✔

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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 ✔

URL

Open URLs ✔ ✔

IMS

Browse chapters ✔ ✔ ✔

Display index ✔ ✔ ✔

Label

View labels ✔ ✔ ✔

Assignment

View submissions ✔ ✔ ✔

Edit submissions ✔ ✔

Submit for grading ✔ ✔ ✔

Submissions based on previous attempts ✔ ✔

Chat

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 Send and receive messages ✔ ✔

See connected users, beep and talk to ✔ ✔

View previous conversations ✔ ✔ ✔

Different displays ✔

Resources and activities features Web App Offline

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 ✔ ✔

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 ✔ ✔ ✔

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 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 ✔

Search ✔

Resources and activities features Web App Offline

Glossary

View glossary items ✔ ✔ ✔

Filter/Search glossary items ✔ ✔ ✔

Create new entries ✔ ✔ ✔

Edit entries ✔

Delete entries ✔

View comments ✔ ✔ ✔

Add ratings ✔ ✔ ✔

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 ✔

Review previous attempts and results ✔ ✔ ✔

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 SCORM

Play a SCORM (preview/attempt) ✔ ✔ ✔

Review attempts ✔ ✔ ✔

Resources and activities features Web App Offline

Survey

Answer questions ✔ ✔ ✔

View results ✔

Wiki

View wiki ✔ ✔ ✔

View subwikis ✔ ✔ ✔

Navigate table of contents ✔ ✔ ✔

View wiki map ✔ ✔ ✔

Create pages ✔ ✔ ✔

Edit pages ✔ ✔

Edit sections ✔ ✔

View history ✔

View comments ✔ ✔ ✔

Workshop

Submit ✔ ✔ ✔

Assess other submissions ✔ ✔ ✔

View assessments received ✔ ✔ ✔

View grades ✔ ✔ ✔

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 Blocks Web App Offline

Activity modules ✔ ✔ ✔

Activity results ✔ ✔ ✔

Badges ✔ ✔ ✔

Blog menu ✔ ✔ ✔

Blog recent ✔ ✔ ✔

Blog tags ✔ ✔ ✔

Calendar month ✔ ✔ ✔

Calendar upcoming ✔ ✔ ✔

Comments ✔ ✔ ✔

Completion status ✔ ✔ ✔

Course list ✔

Course overview (Dashboard) ✔ ✔ ✔

Course summary ✔ ✔ ✔

Feedback ✔

Flickr ✔

Global search ✔

Glossary random ✔ ✔ ✔

HTML block ✔ ✔ ✔

Learning plans ✔ ✔ ✔

Latests announcements ✔

Latests badges ✔

Logged in user ✔

News items ✔ ✔ ✔

Online Users ✔ ✔ ✔

Private files ✔ ✔ ✔

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 Quiz results ✔

RSS Client ✔ ✔ ✔

Recent Activity ✔ ✔ ✔

Recently accessed courses (Dashboard) ✔ ✔ ✔

Recently accessed items (Dashboard) ✔ ✔ ✔

Search forums ✔

Section links ✔ ✔ ✔

Self completion ✔ ✔ ✔

Site Main menu (Site home) ✔ ✔ ✔

Social activities ✔

Starred courses (Dashboard) ✔ ✔ ✔

Tags ✔ ✔ ✔

Timeline (Dashboard) ✔ ✔ ✔

Upcoming events ✔

Youtube ✔

Notes:
Indicates that the feature is only available for sites with a ​Moodle App Premium/Pro
PREMIUM* and 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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