Moodle service

What is Moodle?

Moodle is a highly innovative open-source Learning Management System (LMS) which has been under development for years within a worldwide and very active community. Moodle tools help instructors to design learning activities and learning content interactively and to frame them within an appropriate context. This facilitates effective, future oriented university teaching.

Who should use Moodle?

Moodle is suitable for every discipline and for all instructors. Its ready-to-use tools make starting quick and easy.

Persons involved in teaching at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich have access to the Moodle Service. If you have any questions please send an email to

Where do I start with Moodle?

ETH instructors can open a Moodle course directly when they enter the course in .

If you need further assistance, the course "Building an effective Moodle course" will guide you through the basics of how to use Moodle and will help you plan and build your course. This short self-paced course is accessible for members of ETH and University of Zurich.

How will Moodle enrich my teaching?

Moodle's greatest strength is its flexibility, which makes nearly all didactic scenarios possible. In particular, Moodle offers all the required tools for blended learning scenarios combined with classroom teaching. This strength can also be put to good use in project-based education.

Moodle motivates students to address learning content more actively. This makes it possible, for example, for you to create content with them, or have then process it alone or in small groups, include peer feedback or integrate Teams in your Moodle course.

With Moodle you can design learning content and assignments on a multimedia base. For example, quiz questions can be integrated directly into text and video; students can comment directly on videos; and instructors can answer potential questions.

The various comprehensive Moodle tools make it possible to display feedback effectively, efficiently and interestingly. Moodle is well suited for integrated performance assessments. The Digital Examinations Service supports you with performance assessments using Moodle on student devices and devices managed by ETH Zurich.

Further information about Moodle

Moodle is ETH's strategic teaching and learning platform. Educational IT Services are responsible for Moodle development, operation and support functions.

Development of Moodle is conducted by in-house and external developers in cooperation with other universities and the open-source community. This community is steered from Moodle headquarters in Perth and Barcelona. ETH's Moodle instances is generally updated with new functions once a year.

The Moodle Service is a member of the following institutions: