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Moodle is a free software/open source e-learning platform (also known as a Course Management System (CMS), or Learning Management Systems (LMS), or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)). It has a significant user base with 18,204 registered sites with 7,270,260 users in 712,531 courses (as of November 15, 2006)

Moodle is designed to help educators create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Its open source license and modular design means that many people can develop additional functionality, and development is undertaken by a globally diffuse network of commercial and non-commercial users, spearheaded by the Moodle company based in Perth, Western Australia.

Origin of the name
The word Moodle is actually an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, although originally the M stood for "Martin", named after Martin Dougiamas, the original developer.

Moodle sounds much like the verb noodle, which describes the improvisational process of doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity. As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course.

Joining Moodle
Once you have registered for your law classes, you are invited to join moodle. You only have to signup one time. To do that go to http://moodle.lamission.edu/login/signup.php and set up your account. Type in a username, passcode (of your own choosing), along with your "real name", and a real "email address". Once you do that, you will receive an email at your home email address. You then click on the "confirmation link", and now you have joined moodle. You will receive emails from your classes at that email address. If you change your email during the semester you should then go to your "profile" and change your email address to ensure you receive emails from your class instructors.

The moodle classroom is where you will submit your online course assignments and quizzes. First you need to sign up in Moodle. Go to http://moodle.lamission.edu/login/signup.php and type in a username and password, and a real email address - Please also use your real name to get credit for your work.

You may decide to not make your email avaiable to anyone (if you would like to maintain your privacy). You can do this once you have logged into moodle, under "edit profile" on the left side. We would recommend allowing other students in class to see your email so that you can form online study groups, or communicate with others in class. You can get a free email account at yahoo.com or hotmail.com just for your moodle classroom and then configure that email to forward emails to your home account. That way you only have one email account, your home email to check for emails

To complete your registration process, you will receive a confirming email at the email address you gave, and you need to click on it to complete your registration process. Once you have registered with Moodle, then you may login and enroll in your online classes. Please make sure you are registered for the online class before joining the moodle classroom. If you are not registered for the class by the first day of class, you will be excluded from the Moodle classroom until you can get registered. If you need more information on moodle look at http://moodle-network.pbwiki.com under "student resources".

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