An alternative way to create content for Moodle

While Moodle is a versatile platform with rich authoring features, its interface can be, well, not really difficult but somewhat overwhelming, especially if you’re new to the system. Forget the need to check whether the editing mode is on every time you want to change something. Its design capabilities are also limited. So if you need to develop professional eLearning content quicker and easier, there’s iSpring Suite, a fully Moodle-compatible authoring tool.

iSpring Suite works as an add-in to PowerPoint. It enriches a familiar PowerPoint interface with special features for developing eLearning content. With its help, you can create interactive e-courses, quizzes, software simulations, YouTube-style video lectures, and dialog simulations — each of the items can be published as a SCORM package and easily uploaded to Moodle.

In this blog post, you’ll find a detailed step-by-step tutorial on making a course with Moodle and the same course with iSpring Suite.

Preview of a quiz made in Moodle and the same quiz created with iSpring Suite

Managing Learners

Now, when your course is ready, it’s time to invite some learners to explore the content.

Step 1 - First, let’s set up the enrollment methods. Within a course, choose the Participants tab in the left menu, then click a gear icon in the upper right and select Enrolment methods from a drop-down menu.

There are three enrollment methods available:

Manual enrolment
Guest access
Self enrolment

By default, the only option enabled is manual enrollment. If you’d like to activate self enrolment or guest access,

Step 2 - Click the eye icon. If you also click the icon next to the eye , you’ll be able to set up some additional settings such as enrolment duration, enrolment password, or the maximum number of users.