The mobile phone model used to make the first call was over 30 centimetres tall and weighed almost a kilo. 3 April marks International Mobile Phone Day, an event that is not explicitly recognised by ... As more and more students access courses from their smartphones, tablets or other mobile devices, it is increasingly important to ensure your courses are mobile-friendly.

Understanding the Context

Encouraging students to install the official Moodle mobile app is one way to improve their learning experience. Below are some suggestions for optimising your course materials for students both using the app and accessing ... Features Moodle Mobile is the Moodle official mobile application for Android and iOs. It's available in Google Play and Apple Market.

Key Insights

Responsive design for phone and tablets Upload a picture into your private file area Record an audio file and upload it into your private file area Send a private message to a course participant (can be done offline) Take a personal note about a course ... Submit assignments - Upload images, audio, videos and other files from your mobile device Track your progress - View your grades, check completion progress in courses and browse your learning plans Complete activities anywhere, anytime - attempt quizzes, post in forums, play SCORM packages, edit wiki pages and more - both on and off-line ... About the official Moodle app, plus anything else related to Moodle on mobile devices. If your organisation needs an app with custom branding please check the Branded Moodle app. Documentation: Moodle app, Moodle app FAQ, Moodle app dev docs Plugins related to mobile Plugins with Moodle app support Forum moderators: Juan Leyva, Daniel Palou, Berta Maroto and Isabel Rendo Enabling mobile web services To enable mobile web services Go to Site administration > Advanced features.

Final Thoughts

Check 'Enable web services for mobile devices' and save changes. The rest of this page explains the "behind the scenes". What happens when the service is enabled Enabling the mobile web services will automatically: enable the web services system (in Site administration > Advanced features ... Secondly mobile web services must be enabled. See Enable mobile web services for details. Where can I select a theme for mobile devices?

In Site administration > Appearance > Themes > Theme selector. New in Moodle 2.2 onwards is the MyMobile theme especially designed for mobile devices. See also Moodle for mobile forum Auto-login between the Mobile app and the Moodle site (for example, for displaying embedded content from the Moodle site) is not permitted for site administrations for security reasons. If you are experiencing issues, please try first with a non-privileged user account.