Moodle - Great for Non-Profits
Extremely Customizable
Open Source
Moodle is an opensource web application that can be used as a course management website or as a social community driven website. Because it is open source, you can customize your Moodle in any way. There are many resources, themes, and plugins that are easy to use. The various forums and discussions on Moodle.org are enough create a great Moodle specific to any non-profit organization's needs.
Various Types of Moodle
Weekly Driven
Each section is denoted by weeks and each week can pertain to a specific topic or idea. Each section contains a subset of information about the course as well as any resources and activities. This type of Moodle is perfect for non-profit organizations that want to have an online-class or an online-component for a classroom setting. Various organzations, like the St. Anthony Foundation and Network Ministries have a class that could benefit from Moodle. The organzations could link their students directly to course materials, and online lecture discussions between instructors as well as students.
Topic Driven
This format allows you to take a section and base it on a particular topic. You can include any number of resources and activities for any section you like. This format could be used in any way. Topics are special because they could refer to a course topic or it could refer to a topic discussion for internal organzation purposes. You can get very creative with this type of Moodle.
Social Driven
The social format is unique in that a course is based on a message forum displayed on the main page. This type of format best suits FAQ and non-topical communities. This could be good for internal organzational purposes, or for informational websites. Like the featured Social Moodle, other social driven Moodles aim to create a community based atmosphere. For non-profits who want an easy website to maintain that can be updated by anyone in their community, this type of Moodle would be perfect for them.
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