Themes are good, but they don't allow you to load the site for offline use, or take advantage of smartphone features like the camera. For this you need an app. Moodle does have an official Moodle Mobile app. This is a HTML5 app that works on both Android and Apple devices. The developers of the app have purposely not chosen to simply recreate Moodle for a mobile device, but have selected a number of specific tasks that the learners are mostly likely to do on their mobile devices.
The Moodle Mobile app allows learners to capture and upload images, audio, and video; view course participants; and use Moodle messaging and enable push notifications. This chapter will show you how to download and set up the official Moodle app.
There are also a number of unofficial apps available in the Android and Apple app stores that could work with your Moodle site, including one that works with Moodle 1.9. We will wrap up this chapter with an overview of the alternative apps...