Moodle/C2/Front-page-settings/English
Title of the script: Moodle 4.5 – Front page settings
Author: Nancy Varkey
Keywords: moodle, moodle lms, lms, learning management system, educational lms, open-source lms, moodle administrator login, site home configuration, customize moodle front page, front page settings moodle, edit moodle site homepage, moodle front page content, verify front page display
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| Slide: Title: Moodle 4.5 – Front page settings | Welcome to this spoken tutorial on Moodle 4.5 – Front Page Settings. |
| Slide: Learning Objectives | In this tutorial, we will learn:
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| Slide: Target Audience | This tutorial is for Site administrators who want to customize the landing page of their Moodle site. |
| 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 will log in as the Admin user. |
| Click on Home Moodle Home Page (Admin login) | Let us begin with the layout of the Front page of Moodle.
Click on Home. |
| Screen: Moodle Home Page (Admin login) | The Front page is the first thing users see when they access your Moodle site.
It provides navigation and general site information. |
| Point to the top bar >> Site administration >> Point to General >> Scroll down and point to Site Home >> Point to Site home settings >> click on it | From the top menu-bar, click on Site administration.
Under General, scroll down to Site home, Site home settings. |
| Site home settings form | Here, we can customize what logged in users and non-logged in users see. |
| Point to the "Full site name" and "Short name" fields
Type "Full site name" as “Edupyramids by Spoken Tutorial” Type "Short name" as “Edupyramids” |
First, enter the Full site name and a Short name.
These names will appear in the browser tab. |
| Show “Front page” dropdown options
Select List of courses, Announcements, Course search box |
Next, choose what should appear on the Site home i.e. the Front page before login.
You can display List of courses, Announcements, Course search box or None. |
| Show "Front page dropdown options when logged in"
Select Announcements, List of courses, Enrolled courses, Course search box |
Similarly, select what appears after login.
You can display Announcements, List of Courses, Enrolled courses, Course search box or None. |
| Show "Add custom content" checkbox | If you check Add custom content, you can add custom content or welcome messages at the top of the Front page. |
| Scroll and show “Default site home role” | Scroll down to the Default site home role.
Here, you can choose the default role assigned to users when they visit the Front page. By default, this is set to Authenticated user on site home. |
| Scroll to bottom and click “Save changes” | After making all the changes, click Save changes. |
| Show updated Front page view Point to the full site name and the short name next to Home Point to the URL name also Scroll down also to show the page | Now click on Home.
Your Moodle Front page is now configured as per your inputs. You can revisit these settings anytime for more changes. |
| Logout | I’ll log out now to show the Front page without login. |
| Login >> click on Home | Login once again and click on Home. |
| Turn Edit Mode slider ON | Turn Edit Mode on. |
| Click gear icon | Click on the gear icon below Home.
Edit section settings page opens. |
| Type “Introduction” | In the Section name field, type “Introduction”. |
| Type "Welcome to Edupyramids Moodle portal!" | In the Description field, type a suitable introductory text for your portal. |
| Click on Save Changes. | Click on Save Changes. |
| View these changes on the Front page. | |
| Logout | You can also logout and view the changes. |
| So, that’s a quick overview of the Front Page! | |
| Slide: Summary
<Can display on the screen for 5 secs. No need of audio> To summarise, in this tutorial, we learnt:
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Here is the summary of this tutorial. |
| Slide: Assignment
<Can display on the screen for 5 secs. No need of audio> As an assignment:
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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 Pvt. Ltd., SINE, IIT Bombay.
Thank you for watching! |
