Hello,
I did a quick search and didn’t find any previous posts on Moodle, but found this on a google search:
https://moodle.com/news/moodle-desktop-now-available-windows-macos-linux/I will pursue this later today with an older laptop I have running Linus lite 5.0 and another fine running LL 3.8. In the meantime I wondered if more knowledgeable members might have any experience, comments or advice.
Here’s a bit about it and I’m wondering if the desktop is really what my students need and can use:
“In line with our commitment to making Moodle accessible to all our global users who using various operating systems and devices, we are happy to be making Moodle Desktop available for other versions of Windows, macOS and Linux,” said Juan.
“Users of Moodle Desktop can access all the functionalities and experience the same look and feel as with the Moodle Mobile app.”
“This means learners, students, administrators, trainers and educators, of any kind, can still easily access course content and download materials for offline, engage in activities such as quizzes, get notifications, view work and learning progress through the dashboard and much more.”
You can view the compatibility specifications for Moodle Desktop and download it via Moodle downloads.
Basically my situation currently is that the students in my study group in South Africa have older laptops I’ve set up with LL and study material. Three of them have been accepted at universities and until they or I manage to get windows based laptops for their study they will use these current ones in the interim (although I’d love if the LL OS manages to do all they require as I LOVE LL it has proved to be priceless for me causing few if any headaches like other OSs!).
Another question - which I will investigate and play with later too - can the students access outlook (Microsoft 365) on a laptop running LL? I believe this second question is a basic question, but I have just been asked these questions and haven’t had a chance to look into it yet.
Thanks in advance,
Janet
