Moodle is an open source course management system (sometimes called a "learning management system"). Academic ITS launched the Moodle service in the fall of 2008. Following are examples of how some faculty members have used Moodle to help conduct their courses.

View Moodle Course Page	D. Whitney King Whitney uses an RSS feeds block in Moodle to keep students up to date on Chemistry news from the American Chemical Society.  He added a second RSS feeds block to display dynamic content from Colby's Chemistry department.
View Moodle Course Page	Tereza M. Szeghi Tereza used Moodle forums in which her students were able to compose rich and detailed responses to course readings.  Forum posts represent a permanent record of discussion and debate.  Tereza writes, "I did find Moodle to be a particularly effective tool for extending conversations beyond the classroom, providing more reserved students with a vehicle for participation, and sparking discussions we could carry into the classroom as well. I found that students responded better to the requirement to post to the forum every other week rather than every week. It seems the every week requirement felt a bit burdensome and caused them some anxiety (as they sometimes forgot to post in time and feared how this would impact their grades). I also found the "Web Resources" element of Moodle useful, as students and I could post links to articles, websites, etc. that related to class content."
View Moodle Course Page	G. Russell Danner Russell used Moodle to provide a structural outline for his course.  Russell writes, "I got the most praise from students about Moodle simply because all articles, PowerPoint lectures, old exams, lab handouts were available."
View Moodle Course Page	Cyrus Shahan Cyrus used Moodle as a natural extension of his Radio2Rave course. He provided a terrific example of using Moodle to teach language.  He writes, "Student response to the Moodle site was great. They were particularly pleased with the ease of access and clear layout. The syllabus-like layout I set up made it easy for them to find the texts that they needed for any particular session, and the texts remained available throughout the semester in case a student lost his/her copy. The new forum worked well for the discussion we continued online, which also gave students flexibility (time-wise) for formulating their thoughts. Of course, there was not problem with German characters which is always a plus. For me as an instructor, Moodle saved me time because I didn't have to set up a free-standing website with password protection (since I was distributing portions of texts online.)"
View Moodle Course Page	Jennifer Coane Jennifer organized her course using the weekly format.  She added a RSS feeds block to display dynamic content within her Moodle course.  She writes, "I did get positive feedback from several students who expressed an appreciation of the fact that all the info was available and they seemed to like the organization as well."
View Moodle Course Page	W. Herbert Wilson Herb used the Moodle quiz module extensively.  He writes, "I think Moodle is a fantastic resource. It makes it easy to post files, lecture notes and photographs that students can download anywhere. In years past, students had to come to the lab computers in Biology to view the pictures I know include in lightbox galleries.  I haven't seen the course evaluations yet but my sense is that the BI271 really enjoyed using Moodle for BI271."
View Moodle Course Page	Leo Livshits Leo used a variety of different fonts to make his Moodle course visually appealing.  He chose the topics format to organize his course.