Moodle is the grader utility currently in use by Cal Poly, having replaced Blackboard in 2012. Based on experience and other student testimony, it is powerful despite its relatively simple UI. Featuring many standard grading/classroom administration tools, such as a gradebook, bulletin updates, forum, &c., it is one of the current standards of online grading utilities for education. Among the many features it supplies is the ability to add plugins to courses at the instructor's choosing. Plugins include file and folder attachments for sharing and bulletins, activities for students, and various extra question types for online quizzes (multiple choice, true/false, &c.)

While Moodle boasts most features prominent in modern grading tools, its gradebook is lacking. The functionality is rather limited, serving only assignments and grades, and the interface is very simple but neither clean nor intuitive.

Good Features:

• Online assignment submission
• Personalized dashboard for instructors
• Student-student and student-teacher collaboration tools
• Easy grade access for individual students
• Integrated course calendar for different sections
• File manager and uploader
• Web text editor including autosave
• Automatic notifications (if chosen)
• Progress tracking for students
• User role and position management in the class
• Reporting and logs for troubleshooting
• Multimedia integration including video file support
• Numerous automatically generated reports including missing assignments, grades, and attendance
• Regular security updates

Bad Features:

• Limited gradebook functionality
• Unimportant features displayed on home page of courses
• Some features are more difficult to locate

Missing Features:

• TA Access
• Administration access
• Grade prediction
• Late-grading policy