A Moodle™ site rarely works alone. Learners sign in with the same account they use for email, enrolments arrive from an HR or membership system, sessions run on video conferencing, purchases come through a storefront, and managers want results in their own dashboards. Integrations are what make Moodle part of your systems rather than another login.
This guide covers the main types of Moodle integration, how each one works, and how to plan them so they survive upgrades.
Moodle connects to other software in five main ways:
Each integration is code that has to keep working through Moodle’s two major releases a year, so fewer, well-chosen integrations are easier to run than many small ones.
Single sign-on lets learners use their existing work, school or member account instead of a separate Moodle password. Moodle supports several methods:
| Method | Common use |
|---|---|
| SAML 2.0 | Enterprise identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta and ADFS |
| OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect | Microsoft, Google and other identity services |
| LDAP | Active Directory and other on-premise directories |
| CAS and Shibboleth | Higher education federations |
Plan which user fields the identity provider will send (name, email, department, member ID), how new accounts are created on first login, and what happens when someone leaves. The SAML2 single sign-on plugin is widely used for SAML connections.
An HR or membership system integration keeps Moodle accounts and enrolments in step with the system of record. Typical flows:
Workday and similar HR platforms usually connect through scheduled data exchanges or APIs. Associations often connect an association management system so membership status controls access and pricing.
Connecting Moodle to a CRM such as Salesforce or HubSpot gives sales and account teams visibility of training activity: which customers have completed onboarding, which partners are certified and which accounts are inactive. It also lets marketing trigger campaigns from learning events, such as a course completion or an expiring certification.
Live sessions run inside Moodle courses through activity plugins:
For classroom and in-person sessions, see our guide to the Moodle face-to-face plugin.
LTI lets you add external content and tools to a Moodle course without leaving the platform: content libraries such as LinkedIn Learning, publisher content, simulations, coding environments and assessment tools. Moodle supports LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage, which can pass grades and roster information securely.
Moodle also plays SCORM 1.2 packages natively, while xAPI tracking relies on additional plugins and a learning record store.
To sell courses, Moodle needs a commerce layer. Core Moodle includes payment gateways for paid enrolment in individual courses. For catalogues, bundles, memberships, discount codes, invoices and B2B seat sales, a dedicated storefront is more practical. Lambda Store connects natively to Moodle for this.
Moodle’s built-in reports and Report builder cover course-level questions. When you need cross-course dashboards, time spent learning, or LMS data combined with HR, CRM or finance data, a reporting integration takes over. Read our guide to Moodle analytics and reporting, or see Zoola Analytics, our reporting platform built for Moodle and Totara.
Yes. Moodle supports SAML 2.0, OAuth 2 and OpenID Connect, LDAP, CAS and Shibboleth, so learners can sign in with Microsoft, Google, Okta, Active Directory and other identity providers. Some methods are built in and others use widely installed plugins.
Yes. Moodle can exchange data with Salesforce through its web services and APIs, typically to share course completions, certifications and activity with account records. The details depend on which data you need and how often it should sync.
LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) is a standard for connecting external learning tools to an LMS. In Moodle it lets teachers add tools and content libraries to a course, with secure sign-in and grade passback, and lets Moodle publish its own activities to other platforms.
Only those that work without installing plugins, such as LTI tools and API access. Integrations that need a plugin or server configuration require self-hosted or managed Moodle hosting.
Lambda Learning connects Moodle to identity providers, HR and membership systems, CRMs, commerce and reporting for organizations across North America. See our managed Moodle LMS or book a call with our team to map your integrations.