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Getting Started with your Course
Staff Guide
Turn Editing OnClick either the link or the button as below:
Course StructureCourse Summary:Area to introduce your course.
Course Topics:Each topic could relate to a subject, week or unit.
Blocks:Blocks appear on the sides of your course and contain menus and additional course content.
Topic Summary:Area to introduce each topic.
Course Structure
Moodle treats each course summary, topic summary, block, topic, activity or resource as a separate object.
Each object has it’s own editing options as shown in the next slide...
Editing Options
Move Icon:Click to move an object.
Delete Icon:Click to move an object.
Edit the course settings
See what the course looks like as a student
Edit Icon:Click to edit an object.
Hide Icon:Click to hide an object.
Assign Roles:Control who can see / access an object.
Add a new block
Add an activity or resource (such as label / file / website link)
Make a topic the current topic.
Hide a topic.
Adding Files
Click Add an Activity or Resource
With the course in editing mode...
Adding Files
Click File
Scroll down to RESOURCES
Click Add
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Adding FilesEnter the name
of the file.
1
Enter the description of
the file.
2
Tick if you would like the
description displayed on the course
page.
3
Click Add4
Adding Files
Click Upload a File1
Click Browse2
Browse for the file using the Choose File to Upload pop up box
3
Enter a name to save the
file with
4
Click Upload this File
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Adding Files
Click Save and Return to Course
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Scroll down to the bottom of
the screen
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Adding FilesThe file will appear on the course page
as shown.
You can edit the file if required as shown below...
Edit the title of the file
Move the file to the right
Move the file to another location on
the course Edit the fileDuplicate
the fileDelete the
file
Hide the file
Control who can see / access the file
Adding a Label
Click Add an Activity or Resource
With the course in editing mode...
Adding a Label
Click Label
Scroll down to RESOURCES
Click Add
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Adding a Label
Enter the required text into
the box
Formatting a Label
Select Font
Select Size
Undo changes
Redo changes
Find text Find and Replace
Toggle Full Screen Mode
Make text Bold
Make text Italic Make text Underlined
Make text Strikethrough
Bullet List
Numbered List
Make text Subscript
Make text Superscript Make text
Left AlignedMake text
Centre Aligned
Make text Right
Aligned
Format Painter
Remove Formatting
Paste as Plain Text
Paste from Word
Change text colour
Highlight text in chosen colour
Text direction Left to Right
Text direction Right to Left
Outdent
Indent
Link highlighted text / Image to a
website
Remove link
Remove automatic
linking
Insert Image
Upload a video or sound
Non breaking
space
Insert special
characters
Insert table
Toggle HTML mode
Spellchecker
Adding a Label
Press Save and Return to Course
Adding a Label
Edit the title of the file
Move the file to the right
Move the file to another location on
the course Edit the fileDuplicate
the fileDelete the
file
Hide the file
Control who can see / access the file
The label will appear on the
course page as shown.
You can edit the label if required
as shown below...
Adding a Website Link
Click Add an Activity or Resource
With the course in editing mode...
Adding a Website Link
Click URL
Scroll down to RESOURCES
Click Add
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2
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Adding a Website LinkEnter the name of
the link
1
Enter a description of the website
linking to
2
Tick if you would like the description displayed on the
course page.
3
Enter or paste the URL of the website
linking to
4
Click Save and return to course
5
Adding a Website Link
Edit the title of the file
Move the file to the right
Move the file to another location on
the course Edit the fileDuplicate
the fileDelete the
file
Hide the file
Control who can see / access the file
The URL will appear on the course page
as shown.
The ticked description is shown below as
shown.
You can edit the URL if required as shown
below...
Collapsed Topics
Click Edit Settings to change the course
settings
Collapsed Topics
Click the drop down list for format and choose
Collapsed Topics
Collapsed Topics
Click Save Changes
Scroll down to the bottom
Add an OU Blog
Click Add an Activity or Resource
With the course in editing mode...
Add an OU Blog
Click OU blog
Click Add
Add an OU Blog
Enter a blog name
Enter a blog summary
Allow comments
Individual blogs or group blog
Set the visibility
Add an OU Blog
Click to view your Blog
Add an OU Blog
Click New Blog Post to create a blog post.
Add an OU BlogClick to add the title of
your blog post.
Click to enter your Blog entry. Use the options to format your text and add
multimedia.
Click to add tags to describe post.
Click to allow comments.
Click to upload file(s) if required.
Click to add blog post
Add an OU Blog
The blog post appears as shown with options to
edit/delete/add comments
Add an OU Blog
Click to add comments
From the learner’s point of view...
Add an OU BlogClick to allow comments.
Click to allow comments.
Click to add comment
Add an OU Blog
Posted comment is shown here.
Click to view
Add an OU Blog
Posted comment is shown here.
There is an option to delete if required.
