Moodle-Learning-Management-System/C2/Admin-dashboard/English-timed
From Script | Spoken-Tutorial
| Time | Narration |
| 00:01 | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Admin’s dashboard in Moodle. |
| 00:07 | In this tutorial, we will learn about:
various blocks on the Admin’s dashboard, Admin’s profile page and how to edit preferences. |
| 00:22 | To record this tutorial, I am using:
Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04, Apache, MariaDB and PHP obtained through XAMPP 5.6.30, Moodle 3.3 and Firefox web browser. |
| 00:46 | You may use any web browser of your choice. |
| 00:50 | However, Internet Explorer should be avoided as it causes some display inconsistencies. |
| 00:59 | Learners of this tutorial should have Moodle 3.3 installed on their system.
If not, please refer to the relevant Moodle tutorials on this website. |
| 01:13 | Switch to the browser and open your moodle site. Make sure that the XAMPP service is running. |
| 01:21 | You can see a blank page with only the headers. This is because we have not set any front page for our installation. |
| 01:33 | Click on Log in link at the top right corner of the window. |
| 01:39 | Log in using your admin username and password that you had given when you installed Moodle. |
| 01:47 | I will enter admin as the username and Spokentutorial1@ as the password. Then click on Log in button. |
| 01:59 | The page that we see now is called the dashboard. |
| 02:04 | We can see that our dashboard is divided into 2 columns. |
| 02:08 | The wider one on the left, is the main Content column. |
| 02:13 | The one on the right is the Blocks column. |
| 02:17 | Blocks are items in these columns that serve a specific purpose or information. |
| 02:25 | Blocks are found on all pages of Moodle.
You can think of them as shortcuts to critical parts of your course. |
| 02:35 | For eg. Private Files, Online Users, Course Overview etc. are the blocks on my dashboard. |
| 02:46 | Notice that there are no activities or courses here. |
| 02:50 | This is because we have not created any course yet. |
| 02:56 | A list of all courses will be seen- if a user (i.e a teacher or student or admin) is enrolled or assigned a role in courses. |
| 03:08 | Also notice that the Online Users block shows Admin User which is our current login. |
| 03:17 | This block shows all the logged in users at any given point of time. |
| 03:23 | Every block in Moodle has a specific purpose. We can add blocks to any column of any page in Moodle. |
| 03:34 | Let us now look at the header of the page. |
| 03:38 | On the top left corner, we can see a Navigation Drawer or Navigation menu. This helps us to access Calendar and other Administration links. This is a toggle menu |
| 03:55 | which means it changes its status from open to close and vice-versa when clicked. |
| 04:04 | We then have the placeholder for the logo. |
| 04:08 | By default, this is the short site name. Clicking on this, will get us to the dashboard from any page. |
| 04:18 | At the top right, there are quick access icons for notifications and messages. |
| 04:26 | Next to that is the drop-down user menu. It is also called the quick access user menu. |
| 04:35 | We will discuss the Profile and Preferences page in brief, in this tutorial. |
| 04:41 | All these menu items are also toggle menus, similar to the one on the left. |
| 04:48 | Next, click on the Profile link. |
| 04:52 | Every user in Moodle has a profile page. |
| 04:57 | It has links to allow users to edit their profile information, view their forum or blog posts, |
| 05:07 | check any reports they have access to and view their access logs and the IP address that was used to login the last time. |
| 05:18 | Now let’s click on the Edit Profile link. The Edit Profile page opens up. |
| 05:26 | This page is divided into 5 sections:
General, User Picture, Additional Names, Interests, Optional. |
| 05:39 | The General section is expanded, by default. |
| 05:43 | Clicking on any section name expands or collapses it. |
| 05:49 | The ‘Expand all’ link on the right, expands all the sections. |
| 05:55 | All fields here are editable. |
| 05:59 | Let’s add City / Town. I will type Mumbai. |
| 06:04 | Ensure that India is selected in the Select a country drop-down. And, timezone is set to Asia/Kolkata. |
| 06:13 | Only Admins can change password from this profile page. |
| 06:18 | Let me add a few fields in the Optional section. |
| 06:22 | I will enter IIT Bombay in the Institution field. Also, Mathematics in Department and a valid phone number in the Phone number field. |
| 06:36 | Then click on Update Profile button to save the page. |
| 06:42 | Now, click on the quick access user menu at the top right, again.
Click on the Preferences link. |
| 06:51 | The Preferences page gives users quick access to various settings they may wish to edit. |
| 06:59 | Preferences page for an admin account is divided into 4 sections:
User account, Roles, Blogs, and Badges. |
| 07:12 | The User Account section allows the user to Edit Profile and Change Password. |
| 07:19 | It also sets preferences for Language, Forum, Calendar, Message, Notification etc. |
| 07:30 | Let’s click on the Calendar preferences. |
| 07:34 | We will set the calendar to display time in 24 hour format. |
| 07:40 | Also, we will set the Upcoming events look-ahead to 2 weeks. |
| 07:46 | This means we’ll see notifications for all events happening in the next 2 weeks on the calendar. |
| 07:55 | I want to highlight the help icon next to all the fields. |
| 08:00 | Clicking on this, will open a help box with a short description of what the field stands for. |
| 08:08 | When in doubt about any field, always click on the help icon to understand its significance. |
| 08:16 | Let all the other options remain as they are. Click on Save Changes button. |
| 08:23 | We will go through the rest of the preferences when we discuss those features later in this series. |
| 08:30 | Notice the information here. |
| 08:33 | This is the breadcrumb navigation. It’s a visual aid that indicates which page we are on, within the Moodle site’s hierarchy. |
| 08:45 | It helps us to go back to a higher-level page with a single click. |
| 08:51 | Click on the Dashboard link in the breadcrumbs to go to the dashboard. |
| 08:57 | With this, we come to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize. |
| 09:03 | In this tutorial, we learnt about:
various blocks on the admin’s dashboard, Admin’s profile page and how to edit preferences. |
| 09:16 | Here is a small assignment for you.
Click on the Message Preferences. Users in Moodle can send private messages to each other. |
| 09:27 | I do not want my messages to be delivered as email, even when I am offline. |
| 09:33 | Look at the online and offline help box and ensure that the settings are correct. |
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| 10:15 | This script has been contributed by Priyanka. And this is Nancy Varkey along with the Spoken Tutorial team, signing off. |
| 10:24 | Thanks for joining. |
