Moodle-Learning-Management-System/C2/Teachers-Dashboard-in-Moodle/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Teacher’s dashboard in Moodle.
00:07	In this tutorial, we will learn about a typical Moodle course overview.
00:14	Then we will learn about: the teachers’ dashboard , how to edit profile and how to edit preferences.
00:25	Lastly, we will learn to add some preliminary details pertaining to our course on Moodle.
00:33	This tutorial is recorded using: Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04, Apache, MariaDB and PHP obtained through XAMPP 5.6.30, Moodle 3.3 and Firefox web browser. You may use any web browser of your choice.
00:59	However, Internet Explorer should be avoided as it causes some display inconsistencies.
01:07	This tutorial assumes that your site administrator has set up a Moodle website and assigned you to a new, blank course where you have teacher privileges. My system administrator has already done the following.
01:26	Please note: Teacher role has been assigned to user “Rebecca Raymond” for the course “Calculus”.
01:34	Ask your site administrator to refer to the Moodle tutorials on this website.
01:41	And, create a user for you, who has teacher privileges for at least one course.
01:48	Moodle is one of the most flexible, creative and easy-to-use teaching and learning system.
01:56	Typically, Moodle can be used by teachers to - upload their teaching-learning resources, manage their collection of multimedia e-resources like files, videos etc.,
02:12	share web resources and open educational resources, embed YouTube / Vimeo videos,
02:22	administer quizzes and assignments, encourage the use of collaborative content like Wiki, Glossary etc.
02:34	interact and communicate with students synchronously and asynchronously and track students' learning progress.
02:44	I have with me, the course overview of my Calculus course.
02:50	I have- the topics that will be covered, number of lectures per week, total number of assignments for the course,
03:01	total number of quizzes (weekly or fortnightly), total number of end of course exams, marks distribution, course materials, book references.
03:18	I have to structure my course and upload all the materials accordingly on Moodle.
03:25	Switch to the browser and open the Moodle site.
03:30	A page with a header and Available courses will be displayed.
03:35	Click on the Login link at the top right corner of the window.
03:40	I will login as teacher Rebecca Raymond.
03:44	We are on a page that prompts us to change our password. This is because the Force password change option was activated by the admin earlier.
03:57	Type the current password followed by the new password. I will type Spokentutorial12 #.
04:07	Re-type the New password. And then, click on Save changes button at the bottom.
04:15	A success message appears confirming that the password has been changed. Click on the Continue button.
04:24	The page that we are in now, is called the dashboard.
04:29	Our dashboard is divided into 3 columns.
04:34	The one on the left is the Navigation menu. The wider one in the middle, is the main Course overview area with 'Timeline' and 'Courses' tabs.
04:47	The one on the right is the Blocks column.
04:51	Courses tab lists the courses you are enrolled in. Click on the Courses tab in the Course overview area.
05:02	In the In Progress tab, we see 2 courses here: Calculus and Linear Algebra. These are the courses assigned to teacher Rebecca Raymond by the admin.
05:17	Future courses assigned to her, will be visible in the Future tab. Likewise, any of her courses that are over, will be seen under the Past tab.
05:30	Let us now look at the header of the page. On the top left corner, we can see Navigation Drawer or Navigation menu.
05:41	This gives access to the Calendar, Private Files and My courses links.
05:48	This is a toggle menu which means it changes its status from open to close and vice-versa, when clicked.
05:58	At the top right, there are quick access icons for notifications and messages.
06:06	Clicking on the profile picture at the top right, will enable us to access the user menu. It is also called as the quick access user menu.
06:18	Click on it. All these menu items are also toggle menus, similar to the one on the left.
06:28	Click on the Profile option. Every user in Moodle has a profile page.
06:36	It has links to allow users to edit their profile information, see the courses they are enrolled in,
06:46	view their blog or forum posts, check any reports they have access to and view their access logs that was used to login the last time.
07:01	Now, let’s click on the Edit Profile link.
07:06	The Edit Profile page opens up. This page is divided into 5 sections: General, User Picture, Additional Names, Interests, Optional.
07:24	The General and User picture sections are expanded, by default.
07:30	The ‘Expand all’ link on the right, expands all the sections.
07:36	And clicking on any section name either expands or collapses it.
07:42	All fields here are editable.
07:45	You can enter your personal details in General section, as I have done now.
07:52	As a teacher, I’d like my students to know a little bit about me.
07:58	So, here in the Description field, I will fill out some details.
08:04	Pause the tutorial and fill out your details as I have done here.
08:10	You can also add some information in the other fields and sections. You can upload your picture as well.
08:19	I have added a few more details in General and Optional sections.
08:25	Then click on Update Profile button and save the page.
08:30	Now, click on the quick access user menu at the top right again. And, click on the Preferences link.
08:40	The Preferences page gives users quick access to various settings they may wish to edit.
08:48	Preferences page, for a teacher’s account , is divided into : User account, Blogs and Badges.
09:00	We have already seen Edit Profile and Change Password earlier.
09:06	There are some other preferences for Language, Forum, Editor, Course, Calendar, Message, Notification.
09:19	Let’s click on the Calendar preferences.
09:23	We will set the calendar to display time in 24- hour format.
09:29	Also, we will set the Upcoming events look-ahead to 2 weeks.
09:35	This means, we’ll see notifications for all events happening in the next 2 weeks, on the calendar.
09:43	Click on the Save Changes button.
09:46	We will go through the rest of the preferences when we discuss those features later in this series.
09:54	Notice the information here.
09:57	This is the breadcrumb navigation. It’s a visual aid that indicates which page we are on, within the Moodle site’s hierarchy.
10:09	It helps us to go back to a higher-level page with a single click.
10:15	Click on the Dashboard link in the breadcrumbs, to go to the dashboard.
10:21	Now, let us see how to add a topic and brief summary for the Calculus course.
10:28	Let’s click on the Calculus course in the Navigation menu at the left.
10:34	On the new page, click on the gear icon at the top right.
10:40	Then click on Turn editing on option.
10:45	The page now displays more edit options.
10:50	Click on the pencil icon next to Topic 1.
10:55	Now, in the text box that appears, type: Basic Calculus. Press Enter.
11:03	Notice the change of topic name.
11:06	Now, click on the Edit link at the extreme right of that topic.
11:11	And then click on Edit topic option.
11:15	This brings us to the Summary page.
11:18	Here, in the Summary field, we can give a brief summary of the topic. I will type as shown.
11:27	Scroll down and click on the Save Changes button.
11:32	Observe the change.
11:34	This is how we begin to add details of our course in Moodle.
11:40	We will now logout of Moodle. To do so, click on the user icon at the top right. Now choose Log out option.
11:50	With this, we come to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
11:56	In this tutorial, we learnt about: Course overview details, the teachers’ dashboard ,
12:05	Edit profile settings, Preferences settings and adding preliminary details of the course in Moodle.
12:16	As an assignment- change the names of all topics in Calculus course. Add respective summaries to all topics. Refer to the Assignment link of this tutorial for details.
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