Moodle/C2/Courses-in-Moodle/English
Title of the script: Moodle 4.5 – Courses in Moodle
Author: Nancy Varkey
Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, create courses, course management, edit course settings, duplicate courses, course visibility, course list
| Visual Cues | Narration |
| Slide: Title: Moodle 4.5 - Courses in Moodle | Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Moodle 4.5 – Courses in Moodle. |
| Slide: Learning Objectives | In this tutorial, we will learn:
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| Slide: Target Audience | This tutorial is for Moodle Administrators who manage courses on Moodle installations. |
| Slide: System Requirements
This tutorial is recorded using:
You can use any OS or web browser of your choice. |
Recorded with Ubuntu, Moodle 4.5, and Firefox.
Use any OS or web browser of your choice. |
| Slide: Prerequisites
To follow this tutorial, ensure you have:
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Here are the prerequisites to learn this video. |
| Login as admin | We are logged in as the Admin user. |
| Screen: Site Administration >> Courses >> Manage courses and categories | Let us begin with creating a course.
Most institutions organize courses by campus or department. |
| Click on Create new course Course name: type Calculus. | On the right side, click on Create new course.
In the Course name field, type Calculus. |
| Short name: Math-101 | You can add the Course short name. |
| Change the Course category to 1st year Maths. | Change the Course category to 1st year Maths. |
| Course Start date >> 15 June 2025
Uncheck "Course end date" box |
Then define the Course start date.
Uncheck the box to disable Course end date. |
| Screen: Course summary >> type: "Topics covered in this Calculus course are: Limits, Graph of a function, Factorial." | In the Course Summary box, type a description for the course. |
| Screen: Save and return | Scroll down and click Save and return. |
| Screen: Course list page | The newly created Calculus course appears in the list. |
| Screen: Edit options for Calculus course | To edit, click the pencil icon next to the course name Calculus.
You can update course settings here. |
| Click Home >> Scroll to the course >> Highlight Course summary | Please note: The course summary is also shown along with the course list on the Home page. |
| Back to My courses >> Manage courses >> Hide a course | To hide a course, click the eye icon Hide.
This makes the course invisible to students. |
| Screen: Unhide the course >> click Show | To unhide, click the eye icon Show. |
| Screen: Copy course >> click Copy course >> select settings >> add content >> click Copy and return | To make a copy of the course, click Copy course.
This opens a pop-up box to copy the course. Add content, select the settings, and click on Copy and return. |
| Please note: The copied course may take a few minutes to appear on the Moodle interface. | |
| Screen: Reorder courses >> Move Duplicate course above Calculus | Use the move icon to change the order of the courses within the list. |
| Screen: Duplicate course >> point to Delete icon and click | To delete a course, click the Delete icon.
⚠️ Deleting a course will remove all its materials, question banks, quizzes, users, and submissions. |
| So, that’s the quick demo of adding and managing a course in Moodle. | |
| Slide: Summary
To summarise, we learnt how to:
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Here is the summary of this tutorial. |
| Slide: Assignment
"Assignment 1":
"Assignment 2":
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Now it's your turn to do this assignment. |
| Slide: Acknowledgement
Domain Expert: Nancy Varkey |
This tutorial is brought to you by EduPyramids, SINE, IIT Bombay.
Thank you for watching! |
