Moodle-Learning-Management-System/C2/Categories-in-Moodle/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Categories in Moodle.
00:06	In this tutorial, we will learn about: Course category, how to create categories & subcategories, how to perform actions on categories.
00:20	To record this tutorial, I will be using: Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04, Apache, MariaDB and PHP obtained through XAMPP 5.6.30, Moodle 3.3 and Firefox web browser.
00:43	You can use any web browser of your choice.
00:47	However, Internet Explorer should be avoided, as it causes some display inconsistencies.
00:55	Learners of this tutorial should have Moodle 3.3 installed on their system.
01:02	If not, please refer to the relevant Moodle tutorials on this website.
01:09	Switch to the browser and open your 'Moodle' homepage. Make sure that the XAMPP service is running.
01:18	Login with your admin username and password details.
01:23	We are now in the admin dashboard.
01:26	On the left side, click on Site Administration.
01:31	Click on the Courses tab and then Manage courses and categories.
01:38	We will be directed to a page with the title Course and category management. Let us understand what a course category is.
01:50	Course categories help to organize Moodle courses for the site users.
01:57	The default category for a new Moodle site is Miscellaneous.
02:03	Any new course will be assigned to this Miscellaneous category, by default.
02:09	However, it will be difficult for teachers and students to find their courses.
02:16	To make it easier to locate courses, they should be assigned in categories.
02:23	Most institutions organize courses by campus or department.
02:30	It is good to have descriptive names for better clarity.
02:35	We will go ahead and organize our courses by departments. For eg. our Maths category will have all the Math courses.
02:47	Let us switch back to the Moodle site.
02:51	First we will understand the Course and category management page layout.
02:57	On the left, we have the Navigation block. And on the right, we have the Content region.
03:05	The content region is divided into 2 columns: left column shows the course categories, right column shows all the courses under the selected category.
03:20	By default, it is showing courses under Miscellaneous category.
03:26	This view can be changed from the menu located at the right.
03:32	Click on the down arrow to see the options.
03:36	Now click on Course categories. This changes the view to show only the course categories.
03:45	Let us click on the arrow again and change the view to see only the courses. Click on Courses.
03:54	Notice that a new drop-down box has appeared now. This is the category drop-down.
04:02	Here, we can select the category for which we want to show the courses. Currently, it only has the Miscellaneous category.
04:13	Let us change the view back to Course categories and courses.
04:19	Now we will click on Create new category link to add a category.
04:26	Click on the Parent category dropdown box and select Top. Type: Mathematics in the Category name.
04:36	Category ID number is an optional field. This is for admin users to identify the course with offline courses.
04:47	If your college uses ID for categories, you can use that category ID here. This field is not visible to other Moodle users.
04:58	For now, I will leave Category ID as blank.
05:03	In the Description textbox, I will type- “All mathematics courses will be listed under this category.”
05:12	Then click on Create category button.
05:17	We are now in the Course categories and courses view.
05:22	Here we can see 2 categories now: Miscellaneous and Mathematics.
05:29	Let us organize these categories further. Let us have separate 1st year Maths courses and 2nd year Maths courses.
05:40	For this, we will create a subcategory called 1st Year Maths, inside the Mathematics category.
05:49	Click on Create new category link at the top of the listed categories.
05:56	Creation of the subcategory is same as that of a category.
06:02	Don’t select Top as the parent category.
06:06	Instead, select the category under which this subcategory should belong.
06:12	So here, we will type: 1st Year Maths in the category name.
06:18	After that, we’ll type a Description and click on Create category button.
06:26	Notice that the categories on the left are listed in a tree format.
06:32	A category which has subcategories has a toggle icon to expand and collapse it.
06:41	Notice 3 icons on the right of the category.
06:46	Hover over the icons to see what they are.
06:50	The eye is for hiding the category.
06:53	A hidden category will have the eye crossed to indicate the same.
07:00	The arrow is for moving the category up or down. It also has a settings gear icon which is a menu, as shown by the down arrow.
07:12	Click on the settings gear icon for Miscellaneous category. It has options such as Edit, Create new subcategory, Delete etc. related to the category.
07:28	Click elsewhere on the page to close this menu.
07:32	Let me collapse the navigation menu on the left for better view.
07:39	Next, click on the settings gear icon for Mathematics category.
07:45	Notice that there are 4 extra submenus here related to sorting of the subcategories.
07:54	All categories that have subcategories will have these menu items.
08:01	The number to the right of the gear icon indicates the number of courses in that category.
08:09	There are sorting options below the list of categories.
08:14	At the end, is the option to change the parent category of a subcategory.
08:21	To use this option, you have to check the check-box next to the subcategory you want to move.
08:29	Then select the new parent category and click on Move. We will not use this option right now.
08:38	This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
08:44	In this tutorial, we learnt about: Course category, how to create categories & subcategories, how to perform actions on categories.
08:57	Here is an assignment for you: Add a new subcategory 2nd Year Maths under Mathematics. Delete the category Miscellaneous.
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