Moodle is an Open Source Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Moodle is simply a box of tools on a single, robust, easy to use and customisable platform.

  Moodle has several features considered typical of an e-learning platform, plus some original innovations (like its filtering system).[4] Moodle is very similar to a learning management system. Moodle can be used in many types of environments such as in education, training and development, and business settings.

  Some typical features of Moodle are, Assignment submission, Discussion forum, Files download, Grading Moodle instant messages, Online calendar, Online news and announcement (College and course level), Online quiz, Wiki.

 Developers can extend Moodle's modular construction by creating plug-ins for specific new functionality. Moodle's infrastructure supports many types of plug-ins:

Activities (including word and math games)

Resource types

Question types (multiple choice, true and false, fill in the blank, etc)

Data field types (for the database activity)

Graphical themes

Authentication methods (can require username and password accessibility)

Enrolment methods

content filters

Many freely-available third-parties Moodle plug-in make use of this infrastructure.

Moodle users can use PHP to write and contribute new modules. Moodle's development has been assisted by the work of open source programmers. This has contributed towards its rapid development and rapid bug fixes.