Create A Moodle Mobile App for Education Outside the Classroom

A good teacher is the one who continually supports you in your learning approach. 

But is this feasible even when you are outside your classroom? Yes of course, but the practice of knowledge transfer is up to you to master and gain benefits. With more than 70% of the global internet traffic coming from mobile devices, accessing your required program or learning course is no more a troublesome job.

How might you do that?  We are glad that you asked!

Here let us consider Moodle in general. Users can easily access your Moodle online course and continue their learning process both from the mobile device’s browser and also through the mobile app. It is by using this LMS platform that you can bring your courses closer to your students and help them to swiftly exchange information.  Uploading necessary materials for the students is easy and this becomes handy when learners have difficulties attending lectures in person or at times have jobs or long distances to commute.

Developing a Moodle mobile app will help in making all relevant reading materials of the course easily accessible through links and files. This not only saves the student’s time, but also shows them that you are concerned about their learning process and is willing to help them anytime. Besides these, you can organize some additional online consultations or lectures, offer some bonus hints and add extra credits.

How to optimize your Moodle mobile app?

Develop content for small screens: The first step that you should consider is to optimize your learning materials for the mobile screens. Since, reading is not ideal for small screens, but it can still function, if the content is brief and the text zoom is adaptable. A slide presentation or a video will also help to narrate the crucial points of the lecture and help in better understanding.

Also Read: Is It Time for Mobile Moodle E-Learning? Yes!

Basic explanation of the Moodle mobile app: Even though your learners may be apt in using the latest technology, but do not assume that everyone will have an idea of how to use Moodle.  For this, it is important to explain the basics of the Moodle mobile app and how they can start using it.  You can easily share some video links of Moodle app tutorials so that they can figure out the features themselves. It is suggested that before you begin with the course, every student should enable the notifications in their app, as this will reduce any excuses about missing crucial updates or any deadlines for the course.

Additional links should be mobile friendly:  If you are offering any additional links that lead to some extra content or reading materials, then make sure that the links to the sites are also mobile friendly.  Offering a short description of the material will help the students to know about what they are going to open.  Posting downloadable content should be avoided as it can clutter the student’s device also.  And last but not the least, make sure that you are using a Moodle theme that is also mobile friendly.

Today, learning is not confined to any space, event or time. Learners can learn anything from anywhere and anytime. To meet these changing learning environment, Moodle has focused a lot into its mobile app features. The innovative features can be used to create mobile friendly courses, enabling learners to engage better with mobile learning.