Mobile
Moodle Mobile is an important milestone in the evolution of Moodle LMS. Here’s a breakdown of the mobile projects and products available to you and your site.
| Mobile Service | Website | Cost | Operating System | Web/Native | Features | Notes |
| New/Untested: Mobile from HQ |
Docs/Mobile_App | NA | iOS | Native | Simple start page Polished interface Moodle 2.1 only Officially maintained |
[link] |
| New/Untested: MyMobile Alpha |
myMobile.stabinger.us | NA | All | Web | No download necessary Installs as a theme Moodle 2 only Polished look Platform independent |
[link] |
| New/Untested: moodlEZ |
moodlEZ@PragmaTouch | $2.99 | iOS/iPad | Native | No download necessary Runs as a browser Provides upload support/functionality Polished look Platform dependent |
[link] |
| mBook | mBook.hk | $3.99 | iPad | Hybrid¹ | Simple start page Inbox (all new messages from forums) Barriers to viewing activities/resources No Block support Topic format not supported Useful display/usability for Forums |
[link] |
| mBot | Codeguild.com | Free (ad supported) | Android | Native | Easy setup Remembers accounts Flat navigation Consistent use of Breadcrumb nav |
[link] |
| mPage | mPage.hk | $0.99(iOS) $1.93 (Android) |
iOS/Android | Hybrid¹ | Simple start page Barriers to viewing activities/resources no Block support |
[link] |
| Mobile Learning Environment (MLE) |
mle.sourceforge.net | Free/Open Source | All web enabled operating systems | Web | Supports all standard modules (except SCORM) Easy to install Great navigation Free/Open Source No Block support Usability of modules is excellent Difficulty with linked files other than images |
[link] |
| Moodbile | Moodbile | coming soon | ||||
| mTouch | MoodleTouch.com | $2.99 | Android/iOS/iPad² | Native | Polished design Easy navigation Button clutter Nicely renders modules No Block support Good usability |
[link] |
| mTouch-U | mTouch.pragmasql.com | N/A | All web enabled operating systems | Web | coming soon |
¹While this requires a download/app purchase, it also requires an installation to your Moodle server.
²mTouch is working to develop a comprehensive, all OS application [source]
I can’t find any reference to Android on the mTouch website. Have you tried the Android version?
mPage doesn’t have an Android version just yet, by the looks of it. The website says “Android (coming)”.
Cheers,
Minh-Tam
I’ve tried both the mPage and mBot apps for Android (they are available in the Android Marketplace). Reviews are based on those experiences unless otherwise stated. For mTouch you can create a shortcut to the mtouch-U site which I used to test as a web app for Android via the browser.
Need to make a correction. mTouch does not have a native Android version. mTouch-U which is located at http://mtouch.pragmasql.com is our mobile web application which can be used from Android devices through the web browser.
Ali, you’re correct, what I had done is created a shortcut to the mTouch-U landing page (so it looks and feels like an app on my home screens). I just use that shortcut to access mTouch-U through the standard browser.
Thanks to Moodlenews for summing up all mobile-solution for moodle.
I’m using the Mobile Learning Environment (MLE) for my Moodle server (1.9.12) and it works pretty good. It runs on all plattforms and devices and the users don’t need to install/buy an app. I only customize the design and it was ready to go.
For Moodle 2.0 i tested the ‘mymobile’ theme:
http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/mymobile-alpha-2-released/
It is the best mobile solution i have seen by now and i will use this one when i switch to Moodle 2.0
I think it’s very important that the users do not need to install an app and the mobile access has to work on all plattforms.
Ralf, I’d be interested in seeing your themed MLE for Moodle 1.9. It’s one of my favorite mobile apps/services for Moodle, seeing what someone else has done with it would be great.
If you want to target iOS devices and support file uploads native app is a must until Apple allows file uploads from Mobile Safari. Other platforms has their own limitations about file uploads and downloads as well.
Hello Joseph
Like Ralph I used MLE up until the mymobile theme became available.
We now have our Moodle 2 site running and John Stabinger’s theme is being tried. While it represents a significant improvement it is not the finished article, and I am looking forward to seeing what the ‘official’ mobile moodle will bring.
The question I’m asking myself now is,(after a couple of years concerning myself with the php!) how can students make the most of mobile moodle access? What resources and activities are best suited to mobile use? And how can teachers and students make the most of the interactive social tools on the phone, camera, video, IM, Twitter etc? Unless we come up with some good ideas the back room work will go to waste.
Once again many thanks for keeping us all up to speed on this.
Please add my Moodle Android app to the list:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ivoid.droodle