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by jimmar 977 days ago
It's not clear what is really different about your approach. You have courses, courses have chapters, chapters have content. Content can be text, videos, quizzes, etc.

Moodle has courses. Courses have topics. Topics have content. Content can be text, videos, quizzes, etc.

As an educator, I'm not seeing the differentiation that would motivate me to investigate further. Am I missing it?

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The project is still in early stages (pre-alpha) but there is areas where we think we can contribute : user experience, dev experience, new features & AI.

For example Collaboration can be great for teachers who want to collaborate live on documents (just like Google Docs), a Blocks-based editor (like Notion) would mean unlimited content possibilities not just multimedia content, AI search can help students grasp notions easily..

We would love to know if you have any ideas that you would want to see added to the roadmap ^^

Today's learning management systems are largely content management systems with grading.

Make the case that your system will help learning, not just manage content better. That could include a better way to assess learning outcomes, engagement, adaptable learning paths, etc.

Moodle is pretty flexible. I'm currently enrolled in a university, in two departments, and both between departments and between courses within a department there are huge differences in presentation, structure and kinds of learning items.

People simply dislike their course web site and conclude "it's Moodle". Most of the time it's not, but just how their lecturers are using Moodle. Every alternative will be the same, just with much fewer possibilities (at least in the beginning).