Moodle - How to edit a course schedule (staff/faculty)

If you're frustrated with trying to format a table correctly or you're hoping to do something more complicated than what is listed here, please contact Studio or the Learning Technologist assigned to your course for further assistance.

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How to insert a new table row

Rows can be inserted after the currently selected row, and it will insert an empty row below the selected row. Rows that span multiple columns, such as the 'Week 1' row in the example below, cannot be added this way (contact Studio).

Select the table cell in the column on the far left in the row you'd like the new row to appear under.
Note that you cannot select rows that span multiple columns such as the 'Week 1' row shown below. If you need to add a new row just under a row that spans multiple columns, add the new row two down and them use 'move row up' to move it into place.
Select the Table button in the editor toolbar. Select Insert row after from the menu.
Note: If the correct menu doesn't appear, ensure that you're selecting a table cell in the left column, selecting everything in the table cell, and that the table cell does not span multiple columns.
A new table row will appear.

How to delete a row

The currently selected row may be deleted as long as it's not a row that spans multiple columns, such as 'Week 1' in the example below. To delete a row that spans multiple columns contact Studio.

Select the table cell on the far left in the row you'd like to delete.
Note that you cannot select rows that span multiple columns such as the 'Week 1' row shown below.
Select the Table button in the editor toolbar. Select Delete row from the menu.
Note: If the correct menu doesn't appear, ensure that you're selecting a table cell in the left column, selecting everything in the table cell, and that the table cell does not span multiple columns.
The table row will be deleted.

How to move a table row

The currently selected table rows may be moved up or down. Table rows that include cells that span multiple columns such as 'Week 1' in the example below may not be moved, but rows around them can be.

Select the table cell on the far left in the row you'd like to move.
Select the Table button in the editor toolbar. Select either Move row up or Move row down depending on what you want.
Note: If the correct menu doesn't appear, ensure that you're selecting a table cell in the left column and that the table cell does not span multiple columns.
The table row will move either up or down.

How to add activity and resource icons

Activity and resource icons are added the same way that emoticons (e.g., smiley face) are added.

To add an emoticon, select the location in the schedule that you would like to insert the emoticon.
Select the emoticon menu button from the editor toolbar.
Select the desired emoticon. Activity and resource icons are at the bottom of the emoticon list. If you cannot see the bottom of the list use control-minus to shrink your display (control-zero to reset this).

Note that emoticons use placeholder text that will convert into the emoticon once your save. So if you insert an assignment icon you will see (assignment-icon) while editing the document, but it will show the assignment icon once you save.

Schedule Editing Tips

Plain Text Paste: If you want to paste content into the Moodle text editor without any formatting (no text sizes, bold, etc.), you can do a 'plain text paste'. In Windows with Chrome or Firefox you can achieve this by using Control+Shift+V when pasting in content. On a Mac the key combination is Option+Shift+Command+V.
Pasting Content Into The Schedule Creates Extra Table Cells: If you find that pasting content into a table is creating additional table cells within the table and messing up the formatting, consider the following:
- Try pasting the content into Word and then copy and paste it into Moodle.
- If on Chrome, using a plain text paste or copying from a plain text editor such as notepad can cause this.
- Temporarily switching to Firefox for editing in Moodle appears to avoid this problem.