Moodle Users

Navigating and Customizing Moodle

• Navigating and Customizing Moodle

  Tools for all users to edit the appearance and visibility of Moodle items, including how your preferred name

  • Select activity Add Moodle Calendar Events to Google Calendar (copy)

    

    Add Moodle Calendar Events to Google Calendar (copy) Page

    Follow the steps in this tutorial to have events in the Moodle calendar (including due dates instructors add to assignments and tasks) sent to Google Calendars.

  • Select activity Your Dashboard (Video)

    

    Your Dashboard (Video) Page

    When you logon to Moodle, you land at the dashboard. Open this page to see a video that gives you a brief tour of how it works.

  • Select activity Your Dashboard (Annotated Image)

    

    Your Dashboard (Annotated Image) Page

    When users log on to Moodle, they land at dashboard which can be customized to make it easy to find the courses you need.

  • Select activity Course Overview Block

    

    Course Overview Block Page

    The Moodle classrooms to which you have access are listed in the "Course overview" block on your dashboard. This page gives suggestions on how to customize the courses that are displayed there.

  • Select activity Change Your Preferred Name

    

    Change Your Preferred Name Page

    By updating their preferred name in MyGCC, users can change the names displayed to all users of Moodle.

  • Select activity Notifications

    

    Notifications Page

    Moodle sends notifications of several different types of events to users. These can be managed in your preferences.

  • Select activity CUSTOMIZATION TOOLS FOR FACULTY ------------------...

    Customization Tools for Faculty

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  • Select activity Course Visibility

    

    Course Visibility Page

    Faculty have control over the visibility of courses. If it is set to "Hide," then it will be unavailable to students.

  • Select activity Navigating Your Classroom

    

    Navigating Your Classroom Page

    Once inside their classroom, faculty use several controls for building the classroom.

  • Select activity Add a Course Image

    

    Add a Course Image Page

    By adding a course image, faculty can add a visual to students' (and their own) course overview block. 
  • Select activity Collapsed Topics

    

    Collapsed Topics Page

    This course format will minimize the amount of scrolling users must do to navigate your classroom.

  • Select activity Collapsed Weeks

    

    Collapsed Weeks Page
  • Select activity Options for collapsing your courses

    

    Options for collapsing your courses Page

    There are three choices for decreasing the amount scrolling needed to navigate your courses.

  • Select activity Adding a Course Image

    

    Adding a Course Image Page

    Use the Powerpoint presentation linked here to create an image that will be displayed on your (and your students') dashboard (s).

  • Select activity My Class Isn't Showing

    

    My Class Isn't Showing Page