What is Moodle?

Moodle is our online learning environment. Moodle is designed to enhance your learning experience by providing access to online course materials, and has a number of built-in features, designed to engage learners and promote collaborative learning.

With Moodle you can:

  • Access a variety of resources and information, including your personalised timetable, coursework deadlines and library resources
  • Review, reflect and discuss content with tutors and peers
  • Carry out various online activities including interactive assignments and quizzes
  • Submit your work
  • Receive feedback from your tutor
  • More information about Moodle

    Thanks to Moodle materials essential to your course - from slides and podcasts to lecture notes - are now at your fingertips whenever you need them. With Moodle you can work collaboratively wherever you are, communicating with fellow students and tutors through forums, wikis and live chat rooms.

    Your Moodle areas will give you access to each of the Units that you are studying as well as your programme of study and any supplementary resources and information from your faculty.

    If you cannot see the units that you are studying then please contact the Student Hub.

    Moodle is comprised of individual areas, where each area relates to an individual unit or programme that you are studying.

    Moodle areas may contain a structured set of files e.g. Word documents and PowerPoint presentations or may have been developed as fully interactive online classrooms where you may be involved in online group discussions, collaborative group work and be assessed online.

    Different lecturers will use and structure Moodle in different ways to support their own units and programmes, so the different Moodle areas you have access to will appear in different ways.

    The structure will depend on your lecturer, the learning material, and the best way to deliver the unit or programme.

How to access Moodle

You can log in via the MyMMU dashboard at my.mmu.ac.uk, or go directly to Moodle at moodle.mmu.ac.uk.

To log in, enter your username in the format 8digitID@stu.mmu.ac.uk, eg. 12345678@stu.mmu.ac.uk, and your password.

Returning students may need to refresh the app by logging out and in again.

How to use Moodle

To make the most effective use of Moodle, you should:

  • Log in regularly
  • Ensure you know how Moodle is to be used within a specific unit/programme by discussing this with tutors
  • Utilise the opportunities provided - follow reading links, participate in discussion forums, complete quizzes, read documents and view files etc.
  • Use Moodle as additional support, not as a failsafe if you have to miss classes
  • Not leave online work to the last minute

You can find Moodle guides & resources within Moodle itself: Moodle guides & resources (login required)