Future

As Moodle gains in maturity, its directions are increasingly influenced by the community of developers and users. A dynamic database of proposed features and their status can be found at moodle.org/bugs. Your contributions in the form of ideas, code, feedback and promotion are all very welcome - see the Developers manual for more details.

Here is a rough map of the future (subject to change):

Version 1.2 - Late 2003

The major targets for this version include:

• Support for groups/cohorts within courses
• New architecture for Enrolments with plugins (similar to the existing Authentication architecture) so that external systems (eg Student Records, Paypal, LDAP etc) can control student access within courses
• Miscellaneous contributed code and bug fixes

Version 2.0 - Early 2004

This major release will include some major changes in internal structure designed to add flexibility and scalability in many areas. Among the major targets are:

• Rewritten display layer using XHTML-compatible code and complete implementation of templates for increased standards-compliance, flexibility and accessibility
• Wider use of PHP classes in key areas of the Moodle code, to make some things easier for programmers writing new modules or integrating with external systems
• Stronger pedagogical support for both teachers and students
• New access-control system allowing finely-defined roles and rights
• Basic support for IMS and SCORM
• Better integration of Moodle with moodle.org
• Whatever else comes along :-)

Moodle Documentation

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