Moodle - Course editing (staff/faculty)
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Editing Content
The Editing function within Moodle allows you to edit content and organize the units and activities within your course. To change or update your course you need to activate the editing mode.
Enable Edit mode at the top right.
Edit Options
Once you have turned editing on, existing resources and activities will display a vertical ellipsis button:
Selecting the ellipsis button opens a menu with the following options:
Edit settings - opens the settings window where you can edit the activity or resource.
Move - a new window will show options to move the activity.
Move right - Indents this activity/resource on the main course page
Hide - this option means that the activity/resource is currently visible to students; choosing it will hide the activity from student view.
Show - this means the activity is currently hidden from student view; choosing it will make it visible to students.
Duplicate - choose duplicate to make a copy of the resource/activity. Sections containing multiple activities/resources can also be duplicated using this menu from a section.
Assign roles - this option enables you to change the permission of the resource/activity.
Delete - choosing this option will remove the resource/activity from the course. Sections containing multiple activities/resources can also be deleted using this menu from a section. Note: A warning message will appear when you attempt to delete content.
Question Marks
As you navigate around Moodle you will find question marks next to settings and other tools. Select the question mark to find out more information.
Add an Activity or Resource
At the bottom of the sections/units you can see this selector
Selecting Add an activity or resource opens the following menu. To see a description of an activity or resource, select the button next to the activity or resource.
Select an activity or resource when you are ready to add it to your course.
Note: When you add a resource or activity to a section, it will appear at the bottom of the section. To move it, drag and drop it. When you move the mouse cursor over a resource or activity with editing turned on the mouse cursor will display as indicating that you can drag and drop the resource or activity.
Text Editor
The text editor has many icons to assist the user in entering content.
Many of these icons and functions will be similar to using a word processor. The text editor is used to edit content in resources and activities.
Insert Table
When you click on the table button in the text editor, there will be a number of options to configure when creating a new table. There are at least four basic settings that you will want to consider when creating a table:
Caption: the title of your table
Caption position: where on the table your caption will appear (top or bottom)
Define headers on: which axis of the table will appear bolded
Number of columns: The number of columns in the table
Number of rows: The number of rows in the the table
Uploading Files
When you want to upload a file to a resource or activity that accepts file uploads you have the option to select Add File which will open a file picker or you can use drag and drop.
After selecting Add File the File picker appears. There are a number of links listed on the left side. In most cases you'll want to select Upload a file and upload a file from your computer.
Renaming Activites and Resources
There are two common ways of renaming activities and resources: the pencil method and the edit settings method.
Pencil method
With Edit mode enabled, on the main course page, navigate to the activity or resource and select the pencil icon to the right of it, enter in the new name, and select the enter key on your keyboard. The enter key must be used to save your changes.
Edit settings method
Navigate to the activity or resource and select Settings.
Enter a new Name, scroll to the bottom, and select a Save option.
Moving Sections, Activities, and Resources
You can reposition your sections, activities, and resources. For example, you might move a Forum from week 1 to week 2 or you might move the week 4 section up to week 2.
To begin, enable Edit mode.
There are three methods to move:
Method 1. Drag and drop.
Steps
With Edit mode enabled, hover the mouse over the activity or resource you want to move and the mouse pointer will change to
.
Click and drag the activity into the new location. You will see a horizontal line indicating the new location.
Drop the activity in the desired location.
Method 2. Use the ellipsis menu of the activity you want to move
Steps
With Edit mode enabled, select the ellipsis menu to the right of the resource or activity you'd like to move, select Move from the dropdown menu, and then select the destination from the screen that appears.
Method 3. Use the course index
Steps
The course index is the navigation panel on the left. If you don't see it, select the Open course index button at the top left.
With Edit mode enabled, position the mouse pointer on the right side of the course index element that you want to move (to the right of the text but within the box) and you'll see the pointer change to . Drag and drop the element into position either by dragging it within the course index or dragging it into position on the main course page.