Moodle’s advantages and disadvantages

 

Moodle’s advantages

• Lower total cost for ownership
• Higher levels of security
• Peer review
• Greater flexibility
• Ability to customize by modifying code
• Audit ability and code availability 
• Technical support
• Well-tested updates and plug-ins
• Variety of capabilities and tools

Moodle’s disadvantages

• The ability to integrate with human resource systems
• The ability to integrate well between student administration systems and Moodle student information
• The ability to support specific and complex business-process models
• The ability to use a distributed administration model to support multiple “schools” and “departments”
• The polished look of proprietary software, (it has a flat structure for organizing and navigating learning materials)
• Sophisticated assessment and grading capabilities
• Efficient use of space, e.g., a fixed block at the top that wastes valuable screen “real estate”