Moodle-Learning-Management-System/C2/Admin-dashboard/English-timed

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 dropdown. 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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