Moodle is a course management system for producing high-quality Internet-based courses that promote connected knowing and meaningful collaboration. This Open Source application offers a Free alternative to commercial software such as WebCT and Blackboard. Written in PHP, it runs on Linux, Unix, Windows, Mac OS X or Netware 6, using MySQL or PostgreSQL. Courses are easily built up using activity modules such as forums, chat, journals, quizzes, surveys, assignments, resources, choices, glossaries, lessons and workshops. Moodle has native support for easily displaying multimedia including Flash, MP3, video etc. The interface can be used in over 70 native language translations. New languages, plug-in modules and CSS-based themes are being actively developed by a growing community. See our site for details.
