Education
Moodle
Moodle is the world's most widely deployed open-source learning management system, used by universities and schools to deliver online courses, quizzes, and assignments.
What is Moodle?
Moodle is the world's most widely used open-source learning management system, first released by Martin Dougiamas in 2002 in Perth, Australia, and built on a philosophy of social constructionist pedagogy. Unlike commercial LMS platforms, Moodle is free to download, modify, and deploy — making it the default choice for universities, schools, nonprofits, and governments worldwide that need full control over their educational infrastructure. Hundreds of millions of users across more than 240 countries interact with Moodle-based platforms.
Because Moodle is primarily self-hosted, its reliability depends heavily on the institution running it: server capacity, maintenance windows, and upgrade cycles all vary. However, MoodleCloud provides managed hosting for smaller institutions, and many universities run Moodle on shared infrastructure that becomes a single point of failure for thousands of students simultaneously. The Moodle mobile app connects to any institution's Moodle instance, making app availability tied to that specific server's health.
Moodle outages at the institutional level typically appear as course pages failing to load, quiz submissions timing out (sometimes losing answers already entered), assignment uploads refusing to complete, and grade records becoming inaccessible. For students mid-quiz, a Moodle server going down during an exam is among the most stressful possible technical failures in an academic context.
Outage.gg tracks Moodle-related service disruptions, particularly for managed instances. If your institution's Moodle is down, quiz submissions are failing, or the mobile app cannot connect, check the live status page and add a report to help others in your institution confirm the issue.
Common Moodle Problems
Issues users most frequently report when Moodle is having problems.
Login failures
Players are unable to sign in, receiving authentication errors or being stuck on loading screens.
Matchmaking problems
Unable to find or join matches, long queue times, or errors when trying to connect to game servers.
Disconnections mid-session
Getting unexpectedly kicked from active sessions, losing in-game progress or items.
In-game store & purchases
Cannot load the in-game store, complete purchases, or received items are not appearing in inventory.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Moodle outages and server status.
You can check the live Moodle server status at outage.gg/services/moodle. The page shows real-time community-submitted outage reports, an hourly trend chart, and the current health status.
Moodle can stop working for a number of reasons including scheduled maintenance windows, unexpected server failures, network infrastructure problems, or DDoS attacks. Check the live status page on Outage.gg for the latest community reports to see if others are experiencing the same issue.
Go to outage.gg/services/moodle and click the "Report an Issue" button. Your report is counted immediately and helps confirm whether a problem is widespread. Reports from multiple users trigger a status change visible to everyone watching the page.
Click the "Notify Me" bell button on the Moodle status page at outage.gg/services/moodle. Create a free account and we will send you an email the moment Moodle comes back online — no app download required.
Many services maintain official status pages with planned maintenance notices. Outage.gg aggregates real-time community-reported outages which often surface faster than official channels.
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