Investigating students’ perceptions of moodle LMS in terms of its features and usability

Abstract EN

This research investigates students’ perceptions of Moodle LMS in terms of its features and usability on both desktop and mobile interfaces.

The results present six features of Moodle frequently used by the students and 18 other features which are required by students but which are not provided by the local instance of Moodle used by the university where the study took place.

The results also reveal 17 usability problems on Moodle’s interfaces.

Finally, the results present ten improvements to Moodle suggested by the students to make it more usable from their point of view.

The results of this research provide empirical evidences regarding the usefulness of Moodle in terms of its inclusion of features which are required by the students.

The results of this research provide useful guidance for academic institutions and universities in general who employ Moodle or other LMSs in terms of considering students’ requirements when deciding features to provide in Moodle.