I’m enrolled in a Moodle administration course through remote-learner, and my focus today is on the student experience rather than technicalities.

Observations on Course Design and Delivery:

• The site URL, http://pathfinder.remote-learner.net/, is clever and memorable.
• Content is broken down into manageable sections.
• The homepage is clean, concise, and avoids being text-heavy.
• Visual elements are used sparingly but effectively.
• Labels go beyond describing content, highlighting the learning experience.

The image below shows “Getting Started” and “Learning Community” labels—short, descriptive, well-positioned, and even suggestive of teaching strategies.

Activity links are kept brief for easy integration into Moodle navigation blocks. Check marks visually indicate completed tasks, a course-wide setting for completion tracking. Note the single, effective graphic.

Clicking a link like “Course Guide” reveals further chunked content. Instead of one long page, it’s divided into smaller sections with “Previous” and “Next” buttons—an excellent design choice.

The highlighted unread forum posts are a great visual cue. Users can enable this by adjusting their profile’s Forum tracking settings.

The “Teacher” block in the top right corner is well-designed, offering a personal touch and useful information.

Each concise topic section includes clear objectives and a visually clear set of activities:

• Choice
• Forum
• Lesson
• Quiz
• Assignment

However, activities within a topic are hidden until previous tasks are marked complete. While this creates a clean homepage and encourages a linear progression, it prevents students from seeing the full scope of the topic initially.

For instance, this is how the next topic appears until the “Reflection Journal|Users activity” is marked as complete.