Getting Started with your Course Staff Guide

Turn Editing On Click either the link or the button as below:

Course Structure Course 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 its 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 1 2 3

Adding Files Enter 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 Add 4

Adding Files Click Upload a File 1 Click Browse 2 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 5

Adding Files Click Save and Return to Course 2 Scroll down to the bottom of the screen 1

Adding Files The 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 file Duplicate the file Delete 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 1 2 3

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 ItalicMake text Underlined Make text Strikethrough Bullet List Numbered List Make text Subscript Make text Superscript Make text Left Aligned Make 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 file Duplicate the file Delete 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 1 2 3

Adding a Website Link Enter 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 file Duplicate the file Delete 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 Blog Click 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 learners point of view...

Add an OU Blog 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.