Word list
This word list contains guidelines on how we use specific terms at Moodle. If you can't find a word here, check the dictionary or use the search function to see if we've addressed it somewhere else in the guide.
| Term | Notes | Description | Do | Don't |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATTO text editor | The text editor that comes by default with Moodle. | |||
| BigBlueButton | ||||
| Brickfield Accessibility Starter Toolkit | This is the accessibility toolkit that comes with Moodle LMS by default. | |||
| Brickfield Education Labs | One of our Moodle Certified Integrations. | |||
| EdTech | ||||
| eLearning | ||||
| HTML | ||||
| ID | ||||
| IntelliBoard | One of our Moodle Certified Integrations. | |||
| Invalid | Don't use | Invalid is not an inclusive word, so try to use "wrong", or "not working" or "incorrect" instead. If possible, use not valid instead of invalid to avoid wrong machine translations. | Wrong username or password. | Invalid username or password. |
| JavaScript | ||||
| learning management platform | Sometimes we use this instead of "learning management system" | |||
| learning management system | We can abbreviate this as LMS | |||
| learning platform | ||||
| login | Login should be one word when used as a noun. If you're using it as a verb, leave a space. | You can log in with your email and password. | Login with your email and password. | |
| Moodle | Are you talking about one of our products? If so, add the product name after Moodle: Moodle LMS, Moodle Workplace, Moodle Academy, etc. | Moodle is a great to place to work. | ||
| Moodle Academy | Moodle Academy is the learning hub for the global Moodle community. We refer to it in full and don't say "Academy" or "the Academy". | |||
| Moodle App | Moodle App allows learners to access Moodle both online and offline from anywhere and on any device. | |||
| Moodle Certified Integration | Software that integrates with Moodle LMS to add extra functionality. | |||
| Moodle Certified Partner | You can use this to refer to our Moodle Certified Partners and also as an umbrella term for Moodle Certified Partners and Moodle Premium Certified Partners. | |||
| Moodle Educator Certification | The Moodle Educator Certification (MEC) is a certification program for educators, or learning and development professional | |||
| Moodle HQ | ||||
| Moodle HQ Marketing | ||||
| Moodle LMS | Moodle LMS is an open source learning management system that can be customised for any course or teaching method you choose. | |||
| Moodle LMS 4.0 | ||||
| Moodle Partner | If this is the first time you're mentioning this in a text or blog, use the official term Moodle Certified Partner. | |||
| Moodle Premium Certified Partner | "Moodle" comes first in this description, not Premium Certified Moodle Partner. | |||
| Moodle Premium Certified Service Provider | Don't use | If you're referring to a Moodle Partner, use Moodle Premium Certified Partner instead. | ||
| Moodle Premium Partner | If this is the first time you're mentioning this in a text or blog, use the official term Moodle Premium Certified Partner. | |||
| Moodle Service Providers | This term is used to refer to Moodle HQ's service companies located in key regions (e.g. Moodle India, Moodle US). | |||
| Moodle US | Moodle US is our services company in the US | |||
| Moodle Workplace | Moodle Workplace is a customisable enterprise learning management platform streamlining workplace onboarding, learning, and compliance training. | |||
| moodle.com | This is Moodle's commercial website for people to learn more about our products and services. | |||
| moodle.org | moodle.org is our community site, where people can get involved with Moodle by contributing to the project in many different ways: support forums, translations, writing documentation. | |||
| MoodleCloud | MoodleCloud is our off-the-shelf LMS solution that's ready to go with Moodle's most popular features built-in. | |||
| MoodleMoot | MoodleMoot conferences are held around the world, with a focus on encouraging collaboration and sharing of best practices of the open source learning platform. | |||
| MoodleNet | MoodleNet is our global network to share and curate open educational resources. | |||
| online learning | ||||
| open source | We don't capitalise open source | |||
| Partner | If this is the first time you're mentioning this in a text or blog, use the official term Moodle Certified Partner. You can sparingly use 'Partner' without Moodle in front if you use the possessive article 'our'. | Our Partner in Guatemala are hosting MootGT22. | ||
| Please | Save the word "please" for when you're asking the user to do something inconvenient or an extra effort, or in situations where our product is to blame. In calls-to-action, try to explain why the user should do something rather than saying please. E.g. "Please sign up for updates" can be "Sign up to get the latest updates" | Your device is offline. Connect to a Wi-Fi network and try again. We couldn't fetch your information. Please log out and log in to synchronise this site. Sign up to get the latest updates. | Please sign up for updates. | |
| Safe Exam Browser (SEB) | Safe Exam Browser (SEB) is an open source lockdown browser that allows teachers to carry out e-assessments safely. It can be abbreviated as SEB. | |||
| See | When talking about the interface, use the words view or show instead of see (not everyone can see). | |||
| Sorry | Use the word sorry only when something unexpected happens and our product fails to meet expectations. Apologising doesn't help fix the problem, so we try to focus on giving the user a solution. | Only logged in users can post to this forum. No matching results for your search. | Sorry, guests can't post to this forum. Sorry, there are no matching results for your search. | |
| WCAG 2.1 AA | Moodle LMS follows the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines and is certified as WCAG 2.1 AA compliant | |||
| Wi-Fi |