Frequently Asked Questions

What is Oodle?

Oodle is a learning management system that takes many of the features of already existing programs and offers them in an easier to use and cleaner manner. Oodle is still currently a work in progress, but more will be added to this section as it is developed.

Our Vision Statement

For students and educators who want to be able to manage, learn, and teach in online classrooms. Cleanliness and efficiency would be paramount vs current solutions. Our system would not have to rely on the support of IT or outside resources. The Oodle System is a web-based learning management system that can provide a clean and simple user interface for students and educators to create an online classroom quickly and easily. The system gives anyone the ability to create a class hosted in thecloud that gives teachers of a class the ability to provide quizzes, post andgrade assignments, communicate with students efficiently all while providing a simple and clean user interface. The Oodle system will save time and effort by setting up a more simplified, efficient, and user friendly learning management system compared to the current software such as Blackboard or Moodle. Unlike the current learning management systems, our product and its classrooms are hosted in the cloud and will give the ability to easily create and enroll in a class. In addition, eliminates the need for an IT department or external set up and configuration. Oodle is not open to customization by end users and limits its core features to only the essentials to help give a more intuitive experience to the consumer.

How do I become a user?

Simple! To become a user of Oodle as either a teacher or a student all you need to do is register and either request to join a class or create your own under the "class" section. From there you will be able to work on assignments, take tests, and see your status as a student.

How do I join and use a class as a student?

To join a class simply select the class you wish to join and click "join". The teacher will then get a notifcation alerting them of your request to join. If the teacher accepts you into the class they will and you will then have access to the class and all of its reasources.

How do I create a class as a teacher?

Also Simple! To become a teacher all you have to do is create a class under the create a class section and you will automatically be assigned the role of teacher for that class where you can create assignments, post grades, quizzes and more.

What is Slack and how do I use it?

Oodle uses a 3rd party applicaion known as Slack. Slack is a great tool for class communication. To use it please follow the simple set ups steps:
1: Click "join slack" on the top navigation bar and follow the instructions to create your account making sure you use the same email you used to register with Oodle.
2: Once registered with Slack join a class. You will automatically see the new class in your slack.
3: If you are a teacher, to create a slack channel its as easy as clicking "create a slack channel on class creation" and the rest will be automatically handled by Oodle.

About the Oodle Developers

The Oodle Developers!


Oodle was Created by:
Koll Klienstuber, Leo Thalman, Sam Wetzel, and William Leingang
Oodle was created for the Computer Science Senior Capstone sequence at Western Oregon University during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Our Vision Statement:

For students and educators who want to be able to manage, learn, and teach in online classrooms. Cleanliness and efficiency would be paramount vs current solutions. Our system would not have to rely on the support of IT or outside resources. The Oodle System is a web-based learning management system that can provide a clean and simple user interface for students and educators to create an online classroom quickly and easily. The system gives anyone the ability to create a class hosted in thecloud that gives teachers of a class the ability to provide quizzes, post andgrade assignments, communicate with students efficiently all while providing a simple and clean user interface. The Oodle system will save time and effort by setting up a more simplified, efficient, and user friendly learning management system compared to the current software such as Blackboard or Moodle. Unlike the current learning management systems, our product and its classrooms are hosted in the cloud and will give the ability to easily create and enroll in a class. In addition, eliminates the need for an IT department or external set up and configuration. Oodle is not open to customization by end users and limits its core features to only the essentials to help give a more intuitive experience to the consumer.

Created using:

  • HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
  • Jquery, JavaScript, JSON
  • C#
  • MVC
  • ASP.NET
  • Git
  • Slack API
  • Slack as a communications tools internally
  • Two week Sprints using an Agile workflow
  • Visual Studios Team Services

Support at: OodleLearning@gmail.com

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