For Staff
...wanting to author e-learning materials
- Using the Course Materials Repository
- Using Online Coursework Submission
- Using the Plagiarism Detection Service
- Using Moodle
- Using WebCT
- Using Perception
- Using a Personal Response System
- SENDA
- Supporting Online Learning
- IPR and Copyright Guidance
- E-Learning Network (Mailing List)
- Training
- Learning and Teaching
In this section:
- Introduction
- What does Moodle offer?
- How to access Moodle
- Requesting a course
- A teacher view of Moodle
- Organising your Moodle course
- Adding resources to your Moodle course
- Adding activities to your Moodle course
- Supporting and monitoring students in Moodle
- Resources for learning about Moodle
Moodle
A teacher view of Moodle
When you are set up with a new course in Moodle, the homepage of your course will look similar to the screenshot below:
The home page of a Moodle course in the teacher view has three main features:
(1) The "Turn editing on" button
This button is located at the top of the right-hand side of the screen and allows you to make changes to your course, in particular add/alter activities and resources in the course content area.
When you click on this button, you will see a number of editing icons next to all the editable areas of the course. These icons allow you to add, delete, or modify course content.
The editing icons are listed below:
Allows you to edit whatever it is next to.
The open eye indicates that the resource is visible, while clicking
it changes it to be invisible (to students), and vice versa with the
closed eye.
The X deletes resources and activities (with a warning) whereas it
only removes blocks (which can be added at any time later).
This provides you with a popup help window specific to the activity or
element in question.
Means “indent” or move to the right.
Moves a resource or activity tool up or down.
The group determiner for the tool, which, by default, is set at "no
groups".
(2) The "Switch role to…" drop-down menu
This is located next to the "Turn editing on" button (top right-hand side). It allows you to toggle between different roles in your course. For example, selecting the Student option would present the course as a student would see it.
(3) The Administration block
This is one of a number of blocks that appear at the sides of the course content area. This block is located on the left-hand side of the screen and contains various options to assist you in the administration of your course. Most of these options cannot be seen by students. Please do not alter the settings in this block unless you know what you are doing, as you could potentially make your course unusable for your students!
