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

3

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.