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Title of the script: Moodle 4.5 – Uploading and Editing Resources

Author: Nancy Varkey

Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, add Moodle resources, resource management, configure resource settings, access restrictions, resource organization, course layout customization

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! style="width:450px;" | Narration

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| Slide: Title
| Welcome to this spoken tutorial on '''Moodle 4.5 - Uploading and Editing Resources in Moodle'''.

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| Slide: Learning Objectives
| In this tutorial, we will learn how to:
* Upload '''Book''', '''File''', and '''URL''' resources
* Edit and organize resources in '''Moodle'''

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| Slide: Target Audience
| This tutorial is intended for '''teachers''' who want to upload and edit their '''course materials''' in '''Moodle'''.

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| Slide: System Requirements

This tutorial is recorded using:
* Ubuntu Linux OS version 22.04
* Moodle version 4.5
* Firefox browser

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.

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| Slide: Prerequisites
To follow this tutorial, you should have:
* Moodle 4.5 installed
* Teacher access to a Moodle course
* For the prerequisite Moodle tutorials, please visit https://EduPyramids.org
| Here are the prerequisites of this tutorial.

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| Point to the user icon
| We are logged in as '''teacher Nitya Jeevan'''.

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| Click Home → scroll down to My Courses → click on Advanced Algebra
| Click '''Home''', scroll down to '''My Courses''' and click on '''Advanced Algebra course.'''

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| Screen: Moodle Course Page
| Let’s begin by adding a '''Book''' resource to this '''course'''.

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| Click “Turn editing on”
| Turn '''editing on''' at the top-right corner.

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| Click “Add an activity or resource” → select Book
| Click '''Add an activity or resource''', select '''Book''', and click '''Expand all'''.

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| Book settings page Name: Yet Another Calculus Text

Description: A short introduction to evolutes and involutes.

Click on Display description on course page checkbox
| Enter the '''Name''' and '''Description''' of the book.

Optionally, display the description on the course page.

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| Click Save and return to course
| Click '''Save and return to course.'''

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| Click on "Yet Another Calculus Text"
| Click on '''Yet Another Calculus Text''' which appears as a '''hyperlink'''.

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| Click on "Import Chapter"
| Click on '''Import Chapter'''.

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| Click on "Import from Microsoft Word"
| Click on '''Import from Microsoft Word.'''

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| Click Choose a file → click Browse.
| Click '''Choose a file''', then click '''Browse'''.

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| Select the book you saved on your machine earlier.

"Book-IteratingEvolutesAndInvolutes.docx"
| Navigate to the folder where the doc file you want to upload is and select it.

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| Point to Author field
| The uploader’s name will appear in '''Author'''.

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| Choose CCBYSA 4.0

Click on Upload this file
| This doc is available under the '''CC BY SA license'''.

So choose that in '''Choose License''' field. Then click on '''Upload this file'''.

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| Click Import → click Continue.
| Click '''Import'''. Then click '''Continue'''.

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| Point to the text Click on the pencil icon next to index.htm → change the name to '''Yet Another Calculus Text'''

Click on the pencil icon next to index.htm → change the entire text to sentence-case → change the alignment to the left for the entire text → click on Save Changes
| The chapter is uploaded but requires some renaming and formatting.

On the right, click on the pencil icon next to '''index.htm.'''

Do the needful alignment and formatting and click '''Save Changes'''.

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| It looks better now! Click Maths-104 the '''course short name''' in the '''breadcrumbs'''.

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| Click “Add an activity or resource” → Select Folder
| Next, let’s add a '''Folder'''.

Click '''Add an activity or resource''', choose '''Folder''', and click '''Expand All'''.

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| Folder settings Name: Reference reading

Description: 3 reference docs for additional reading

"Reference reading"(''upload from the Code Files link'' )
| Enter the '''Name''' as "'''Reference reading'''".

Add a description, and upload the folder containing multiple files.

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| Click Save and return to course
| Once files are uploaded, click '''Save and return to course'''.

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| Click “Add an activity or resource” → Select URL Name: Single Variable Calculus External link: https://youtu.be/ryLdyDrBfvI?feature=shared

Description: Single Variable Calculus is a short video that introduces the basics of Limits, continuity, Trigonometric limits —how it works and its importance.
| Now, let’s add a '''URL''' resource.

Select '''URL''', click '''Expand all'''.

Type the '''Name''' and copy-paste the '''external link'''.

Then add the appropriate description.

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| Scroll down to Restriction access. Click Add restriction and Activity completion. In the Activity Completion dropdown, choose Previous activity with completion.
| Scroll down to '''Restrict access'''.

Click '''Add restriction''' and '''Activity completion'''.

In the '''Activity Completion''' dropdown, choose '''Previous activity with completion.'''

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| Scroll down to Completion Conditions.

Select "Students must manually mark the activity as done"

Enable checkbox → 5 July
| Scroll down to '''Completion Conditions'''.

Here select '''Students must manually mark the activity as done.'''

Select the '''Enable checkbox''' and choose '''5 July''' as the date.

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| Click Save and return to course
| Then click '''Save and return to course'''.

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| View how the '''URL''' appears on the '''course page'''.

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| Hover over the URL resource till a handle appears → move it
| Let us now move this '''URL resource''' below the 3 pages of '''Polynomial and Rational Functions'''.

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| Select Actions menu → click Move right
| Select the '''Actions menu''' and click the '''Move right''' option to indent.

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| Click “Hide” or “Show”
| You can also '''Hide''' a resource from students or '''Show''' it again.

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| Delete all the New sections below
| Let’s delete all the '''New sections''' below.

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| View the course page.

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| Slide: Summary To summarise, we learnt how to:
* Upload and edit '''Book''', '''File''', and '''URL''' resources
* Modify, rearrange and manage various resources in Moodle
| Here is the summary of this tutorial.

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| Slide: Assignment

As an assignment:
* Move "Yet Another Calculus Text" and place it below "Polynomials, Rational Expressions, and Their Applications"
* Then indent it
| We encourage you to try out this assignment.

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| Slide: Acknowledgement

Domain Expert: Nancy Varkey
|This tutorial is brought to you by '''EduPyramids Educational Services, SINE, IIT Bombay.'''

Thank you for watching!

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 Author: Nancy Varkey
-Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, add Moodle resources, resource management, configure resource settings, access restrictions, resource organization, course layout customization
+Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, add Moodle resources, resource management, configure resource settings, access restrictions, resource organization, course layout customization, video tutorial.
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 * Moodle 4.5 installed
 * Teacher access to a Moodle course
-* For the prerequisite Moodle tutorials, please visit https://EduPyramids.org
+* For the prerequisite Moodle tutorials, please visit https://EduPyramids.org.
 | Here are the prerequisites of this tutorial.
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 | This doc is available under the '''CC BY SA license'''.
-So choose that in '''Choose License''' field. Then click on '''Upload this file'''.
+So choose that in '''Choose License''' field.
 |-

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 |-
+| Click Math-202 in the breadcrumbs
-| It looks better now! Click Maths-104 the '''course short name''' in the '''breadcrumbs'''.
+| It looks better now!
-|-
+Click the '''course short name''' in the '''breadcrumbs'''.
-| Click “Add an activity or resource” → Select Folder
-| Next, let’s add a '''Folder'''.
-−
-Click '''Add an activity or resource''', choose '''Folder''', and click '''Expand All'''.
 |-
-| Folder settings Name: Reference reading
+| Now, let’s add a '''URL''' resource.
-Description: 3 reference docs for additional reading
-−
-"Reference reading"(''upload from the Code Files link'' )
-| Enter the '''Name''' as "'''Reference reading'''".
-−
-Add a description, and upload the folder containing multiple files.
-−
-|-
-| Click Save and return to course
-| Once files are uploaded, click '''Save and return to course'''.
 |-
 | Click “Add an activity or resource” → Select URL Name: Single Variable Calculus External link: https://youtu.be/ryLdyDrBfvI?feature=shared
-Description: Single Variable Calculus is a short video that introduces the basics of Limits, continuity, Trigonometric limits —how it works and its importance.
+Click '''Expand all'''.
-| Now, let’s add a '''URL''' resource.
-−
-Select '''URL''', click '''Expand all'''.
 Type the '''Name''' and copy-paste the '''external link'''.
-Then add the appropriate description.
+|-
 |-
-| Scroll down to Restriction access. Click Add restriction and Activity completion. In the Activity Completion dropdown, choose Previous activity with completion.
+| Scroll down to Restriction access.
 | Scroll down to '''Restrict access'''.
 Click '''Add restriction''' and '''Activity completion'''.
-In the '''Activity Completion''' dropdown, choose '''Previous activity with completion.'''
+|-
 |-
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 Select "Students must manually mark the activity as done"
 | Scroll down to '''Completion Conditions'''.
 Here select '''Students must manually mark the activity as done.'''
-Select the '''Enable checkbox''' and choose '''5 July''' as the date.
+|-
 |-
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 |-
+| Point to the URL on the course page
 | View how the '''URL''' appears on the '''course page'''.

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 | Select the book you saved on your machine earlier.
-"Book-IteratingEvolutesAndInvolutes.docx"
+"Book-IteratingEvolutesAndInvolutes.docx" ''(upload from the Code files link)''
 | Navigate to the folder where the doc file you want to upload is and select it.