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Title of the script: Moodle 4.5 – Student’s Dashboard in Moodle
  
 
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Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, student dashboard navigation, enrolled courses, messaging in Moodle, profile editing, student dashboard
  
 
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| '''Slide: Title'''  
 
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| Welcome to this spoken tutorial on '''Moodle 4.5 – Accessing Materials and Participating in Forums'''.
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| Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on '''Moodle 4.5 - Student’s Dashboard in Moodle'''.
  
 
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| '''Slide: Learning Objectives'''  
 
| '''Slide: Learning Objectives'''  
 
| In this tutorial, we will learn:
 
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* How students can access '''enrolled courses''' & navigate within
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* The layout of the '''Student's dashboard'''
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* How students can find & download attachments or '''course''' materials
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* Key '''blocks''' and their functions
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* What a '''forum''' is in '''Moodle'''
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* Viewing '''enrolled courses'''
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* How students can access '''forum discussions'''  
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* Editing '''user profile'''
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* Sending and viewing '''messages'''  
  
 
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| '''Slide: Target Audience'''  
 
| '''Slide: Target Audience'''  
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| This tutorial is for '''students''' enrolled in '''Moodle courses'''.  
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| This tutorial is for '''students''' who are accessing their '''Student Dashboard''' in '''Moodle'''.  
  
 
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| '''Slide: Prerequisites'''  
 
| '''Slide: Prerequisites'''  
 
To follow this tutorial, you should:
 
To follow this tutorial, you should:
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* Have a student login
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* Moodle 4.5 installed
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* Be enrolled in a course with course material and an active ''forum discussion
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* Have student access in Moodle
 
* For the prerequisite Moodle tutorials, please visit https://EduPyramids.org  
 
* For the prerequisite Moodle tutorials, please visit https://EduPyramids.org  
 
| Here are the prerequisites for this tutorial.  
 
| Here are the prerequisites for this tutorial.  
  
 
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| Login as Mahima Singh with username mahima.singh and password Mahima@123  
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| Login as Mahima Singh with username = mahima.singh and password = Mahima@123
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| '''Login''' to '''Moodle''' with your '''student Mahima’s account.'''  
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| '''Login''' to '''Moodle''' with your '''student Mahima’s account'''.
  
 
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| Screen: Dashboard → My Courses → list of courses
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| '''Screen: Dashboard'''
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| In the top menu, click on '''My Courses'''.
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| After '''login''', you will land on the '''Dashboard'''.  
  
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We can see that '''Mahima''' is '''enrolled''' into 3 different '''courses'''.  
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This is the personalized '''homepage''' for each '''student'''.  
  
 
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| Screen: Click on Advanced Algebra course
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| '''Click Edit mode'''  
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| Click on the '''course''' named '''Advanced Algebra''' to open its page.  
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| Turn on the '''Edit mode''' at the top right.  
  
 
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| Screen: Course Page → Course Index (Left) Refer to screenshot 1 at the end of the script
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| '''Screen: Block Drawer – Calendar, Online Users'''
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| Observe the '''Course Index''' on the left side.  
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| Click on the '''block drawer''' arrow at the top right side.  
  
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This '''index''' helps in navigating through the various '''course''' sections.  
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You will see '''blocks''' like '''Online users''' and '''Calendar'''.  
  
 
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| Hover your mouse over the accessible hyperlinked resources | Notice that some resources in the centre of the page are '''hyperlinked'''.  
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| Screen: Add a Block below Dashboard→ Latest Announcements
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| To add more '''blocks''', click '''Add a block''' below '''Dashboard'''.  
  
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This means you can click and access them.  
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Let’s select the '''Latest Announcements block'''.  
  
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This is a useful '''block''' for students that shows '''course'''-wise '''announcements'''.  
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| Continue the same screenshot
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Point to the lock icons in the index and the centre of the page
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Highlight '''Assignment 2''' and its condition
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Highlight '''Assignment 1''' and its condition
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| Notice '''lock icons''' on certain resources in the '''index''' and the centre of the page.
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These resources display a '''condition''' to be fulfilled to open the access.
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For example - In order to access '''Assignment 2''',  we need to complete '''Assignment 1'''.
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And in order to access '''Assignment 1''',  we need to complete '''“Polynomials, Rational Expressions, and Their Applications”'''.  
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| Click on “Polynomials, Rational Expressions, and Their Applications” → click on “Mark as done” → point to “Done”
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| Click on "My courses" in the top menu
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| Scroll up and click on '''“Polynomials, Rational Expressions, and Their Applications”'''.
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| Now, let’s look at '''Mahima’s enrolled courses'''.  Click on '''My courses''' in the top menu.  
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Once you have read it, click on '''“Mark as done”'''.   
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The '''status''' now changes to '''“Done”'''.  
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| Click on “Yet Another Calculus Text”
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| Point to the 3 courses one by one
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| Next, click on the book chapter '''“Yet Another Calculus Text”''' in the '''index''' and read it.  
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| This is the list of all '''courses''' the '''student''' is '''enrolled''' in.  
  
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Please note: Only '''published courses''' are visible to '''students'''.  
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| Click Math-202 in the breadcrumbs
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| Click '''Math-202''' in the '''breadcrumbs''' to go back to the course page.  
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| Point to Assignment 1
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| Notice that the lock icon disappeared for '''Assignment 1'''.  
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|Recall '''Mahima''' was '''enrolled''' earlier to these '''courses''' by the '''teacher''' and the '''Site admin'''.  
  
 
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| Click on “Exponential and Logarithmic Functions” → click on “Mark as done”
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| Screen: Profile Dropdown → Profile
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| You can also move to any '''section''' by clicking directly on it in the '''index'''.  
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| Now let’s look at the personal details '''settings'''.  
  
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Read and click on '''“Mark as done”'''.  
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To edit your '''profile''', click on your '''username''' at the top right.
  
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Then click '''Profile'''.  
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| Click on “Group Theory and Basic Algebraic Structures” → click on “Mark as done”
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| Click on '''“Group Theory and Basic Algebraic Structures”'''.   
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Read and click on '''“Mark as done”'''.  
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| Screen: Edit Profile Page
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| Click '''Math-202''' in the '''breadcrumbs''' to go back to the course page.
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Add any city (Pune and country (India) → click on Update Profile
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| Point to “Single Variable Calculus” and then click  
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| Click on '''Edit profile''' and '''Expand all'''.  
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| Notice that the lock icon for '''Single Variable Calculus''' disappears.  
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Let’s click it.  
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You can update name, city, description, or upload or update your '''profile photo'''.  
  
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Once done, save the changes by clicking on the '''Update Profile''' button.  
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| Click on the link → YouTube video
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| Now click on the '''link''' provided therein which leads to a '''YouTube''' video.  
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| Click the back arrow of the browser → click “Mark as done”
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| After watching it, click the back arrow of the '''browser''' and click '''“Mark as done”'''.  
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| Now, let’s learn to send some '''messages'''.  
  
 
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| Click Math-202 in the breadcrumbs
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| Click on Dashboard → look at Online Users block
  
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Scroll and look at all the resources & statuses
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Point to Mahima (you will see her online if you followed my instructions at the beginning of the script)
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| Click '''Math-202''' in the '''breadcrumbs'''.  
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|Click on '''Dashboard''' and look at the '''Online Users''' block.  
  
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Scroll and look at all the resources and their '''statuses'''.  
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You can see other '''students''' here when they are '''logged in'''.  
  
 
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| Point to the green marker in the index for the completed resources
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| Click on the callout icon
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| Resources that have a green marker in the index indicate they have been completed.  
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| Click on the '''callout icon''' next to '''Amina Hasan'''.  
  
 
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| Click on My courses → Calculus
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| Type "Hello Amina" → Enter
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| Now, let’s look at another '''course - Calculus'''.  
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| Type “'''Hello Amina'''” and press '''Enter'''.  
  
 
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| Below General, click on Announcements → Click on All students
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| Type “Can I meet you at 4pm today in the library?”  → Enter
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| Here, below '''General''', click on '''Announcements'''.
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| Then type '''“Can I meet you at 4pm today in the library?”''' and press '''Enter'''.  
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Click on '''All students''' to read the '''announcement''' from '''teacher Nitya'''.  
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| Just perform the below steps 
  
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Scroll to the forum discussion
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Switch to the private browser window where '''Amina''' is logged in.  
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| Click '''Math-101''' in the '''breadcrumbs'''.  
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Scroll to find the '''forum''' activity on this page.  
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Click on '''Dashboard''' and look at the '''Online Users''' block.  
  
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Click on the '''callout icon''' next to '''Mahima'''.  
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| Click on Introduce ourselves → Click on Reply link of the teacher’s post → type “Hello mam, happy to be in your class”.
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Here, click on the '''Reply link''' below '''teacher Nitya’s post''' and type a reply.
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| Click Math-101 in the breadcrumbs
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|Point to Amina's messages
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| Click '''Math-101''' in the '''breadcrumbs''' to return to the '''Calculus course page.'''.  
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| Let’s look at '''student Amina’s dashboard''' now.  
  
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Here are '''Mahima’s messages'''.  
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| Click the callout icon at the top right → click teacher Nitya’s message about a guest lecturer → close drawer by clicking the left arrow above
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Read '''teacher Nitya’s''' message about a guest lecturer. 
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Close the message drawer.  
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| So this is how a student can access course materials and participate in '''forums'''!  
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| So that’s a quick overview of the '''Student’s dashboard'''!  
  
 
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| '''Slide: Summary'''  
 
| '''Slide: Summary'''  
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In this tutorial, we learnt:
 
In this tutorial, we learnt:
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* How to access '''enrolled courses''' & navigate within
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* How a student accesses their Moodle dashboard
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* How to find & download attachments or '''course''' materials
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* Key blocks and their functions
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* What a '''Moodle forum''' is
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* Accessing enrolled courses & navigating within
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* How students can access '''forum discussions'''
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* Editing user profile
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* Sending and viewing messages
 
| Here is the summary of this tutorial.  
 
| Here is the summary of this tutorial.  
  
 
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| '''Slide: Assignment'''  
 
| '''Slide: Assignment'''  
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As an assignment:
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* Login as the other student Amina
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* Log in as '''student Amina'''
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* Reply to the “Let’s introduce ourselves” discussion started by teacher Nitya
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* Reply to '''Mahima’s message''' - “Sure Mahima”
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* Login as Mahima
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* Access all the course material and mark as Done
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| We encourage you to try out this assignment.  
 
| We encourage you to try out this assignment.  
  

Latest revision as of 08:53, 7 March 2026

Title of the script: Moodle 4.5 – Student’s Dashboard in Moodle

Author: Nancy Varkey

Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, student dashboard navigation, enrolled courses, messaging in Moodle, profile editing, student dashboard

Visual Cues Narration
Slide: Title Welcome to this Spoken Tutorial on Moodle 4.5 - Student’s Dashboard in Moodle.
Slide: Learning Objectives In this tutorial, we will learn:
  • The layout of the Student's dashboard
  • Key blocks and their functions
  • Viewing enrolled courses
  • Editing user profile
  • Sending and viewing messages
Slide: Target Audience This tutorial is for students who are accessing their Student Dashboard in Moodle.
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.

Slide: Prerequisites

To follow this tutorial, you should:

  • Moodle 4.5 installed
  • Have student access in Moodle
  • For the prerequisite Moodle tutorials, please visit https://EduPyramids.org
Here are the prerequisites for this tutorial.
Login as Mahima Singh with username = mahima.singh and password = Mahima@123 Login to Moodle with your student Mahima’s account.
Screen: Dashboard After login, you will land on the Dashboard.

This is the personalized homepage for each student.

Click Edit mode Turn on the Edit mode at the top right.
Screen: Block Drawer – Calendar, Online Users Click on the block drawer arrow at the top right side.

You will see blocks like Online users and Calendar.

Screen: Add a Block below Dashboard→ Latest Announcements To add more blocks, click Add a block below Dashboard.

Let’s select the Latest Announcements block.

This is a useful block for students that shows course-wise announcements.

Click on "My courses" in the top menu Now, let’s look at Mahima’s enrolled courses. Click on My courses in the top menu.
Point to the 3 courses one by one This is the list of all courses the student is enrolled in.

Please note: Only published courses are visible to students.

Recall Mahima was enrolled earlier to these courses by the teacher and the Site admin.
Screen: Profile Dropdown → Profile Now let’s look at the personal details settings.

To edit your profile, click on your username at the top right.

Then click Profile.

Screen: Edit Profile Page

Add any city (Pune and country (India) → click on Update Profile

Click on Edit profile and Expand all.

You can update name, city, description, or upload or update your profile photo.

Once done, save the changes by clicking on the Update Profile button.

Now, let’s learn to send some messages.
Click on Dashboard → look at Online Users block

Point to Mahima (you will see her online if you followed my instructions at the beginning of the script)

Click on Dashboard and look at the Online Users block.

You can see other students here when they are logged in.

Click on the callout icon Click on the callout icon next to Amina Hasan.
Type "Hello Amina" → Enter Type “Hello Amina” and press Enter.
Type “Can I meet you at 4pm today in the library?” → Enter Then type “Can I meet you at 4pm today in the library?” and press Enter.
Just perform the below steps

Switch to the private browser window where Amina is logged in.

Click on Dashboard and look at the Online Users block.

Click on the callout icon next to Mahima.

Point to Amina's messages Let’s look at student Amina’s dashboard now.

Here are Mahima’s messages.

So that’s a quick overview of the Student’s dashboard!
Slide: Summary

In this tutorial, we learnt:

  • How a student accesses their Moodle dashboard
  • Key blocks and their functions
  • Accessing enrolled courses & navigating within
  • Editing user profile
  • Sending and viewing messages
Here is the summary of this tutorial.
Slide: Assignment

As an assignment:

  • Log in as student Amina
  • Reply to Mahima’s message - “Sure Mahima”
We encourage you to try out this assignment.
Slide: Acknowledgement

Domain Expert: Nancy Varkey

This tutorial is brought to you by EduPyramids Educational Services, SINE, IIT Bombay.

Thank you for watching!

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey

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