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Colleges and universities throughout the world became more reliant on online learning management systems (LMSs) and videoconferencing tools like ‘Zoom’ and ‘Microsoft Teams’ during the 2020- 2021 campus’ lockdowns. The transition from traditional face-to-face teaching to online learning presented significant difficulties for universities, particularly those that depended heavily on international students. The project reported in this paper was undertaken in Australia in 2021 at the request of a private higher education institution. A new student-centric version of the Moodle learning management system (LMS) was created to maximise the platform’s pedagogical, communicative, and informational capabilities. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how online learning platforms that are flexible, utilise embedded interactive features and resources, and are freely available can enhance and support the delivery of quality online education. The paper discusses how welldesigned learning management systems have the capacity to motivate, engage and retain students in online learning. Academics, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as those working in curriculum development and information technology at institutions of higher learning, may find this article tobe of interest and value.  \nKeywords: online, Moodle, Learning Management System (LMS), pandemic  \nIntroduction  \nRecent years have seen an adoption by educators and educational experts of active learning styles which stem from a growing understanding of the importance of emotional, behavioural, psychological, and social aspects in the learning process and in students’ overall well-being and development. There is almost universal acceptance that ‘participative learning’, which focuses on the learner is superior to‘didactic learning’, which focuses on teacher-presentation of information, for achieving most educational goals.  \nAgainst the backdrop of the world-wide pandemic and the mandatory switch to online and remote learning, this paper provides insight into the benefits of development and enhancement of a Moodle learning management system (LMS) which applied a student-centric design to improve the platform’s pedagogical, communicative, and informational capabilities. In addition, the paper demonstrateshow a well utilised Moodle platform can help teachers motivate, involve, and retain students by providing them with a flexible and publicly accessible online learning option. Furthermore, it illustrates how the use of educational technology  \n∗Course Coordinator-Business and Higher Education Lecturer, Kent Institute, Australia.  \n±Managing Director, Lorraine Bennett Learning and Teaching Consultancy, Australia.°  \nHigher Education Lecturer, Kent Institute Australia, Australia.  \nin the classroom offers numerous opportunities to transition students into active‘learners,’ as opposed to passive ‘listeners’.  \nAim  \nThe aim of the project was to research, consult, design, develop, and implement pedagogically-based improvements to an online Moodle Learning Management System which would provide added support for, and engagement with, online students.  \nScope  \nThe project was supported by a competitive grant from the Australia English Fund. The designated funds were intended to encourage and assist Englishlanguage universities and colleges in making the shift to online education delivery to maintain their attractiveness to, and retention of, foreign students.  \nThe grant was awarded to an independent Australian higher education provider which commissioned external consultants, with extensive senior-level academic experience directing and working in university-wide centres for learning and teaching, to lead the project. 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