Moodle-Learning-Management-System/C2/Blocks-in-Admin-Dashboard/English-timed

Time	Narration
00:01	Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Blocks in Admin's Dashboard.
00:08	In this tutorial, we will learn how to add and delete blocks and set the Front page.
00:18	To record this tutorial, I am using: Ubuntu Linux OS 16.04,
00:26	Apache, MariaDB and PHP obtained through XAMPP 5.6.30,
00:35	Moodle 3.3 and Firefox web browser.
00:41	You may use any web browser of your choice. However, Internet Explorer should be avoided as it causes some display inconsistencies.
00:54	Learners of this tutorial should have basic knowledge of the Admin’s dashboard. If not, please refer to the relevant Moodle tutorials on this website.
01:08	Switch to the browser and open your Moodle site. Make sure that the XAMPP service is running.
01:17	Login with your admin username and password details.
01:22	We are now in the Admin’s dashboard.
01:26	Recall that Blocks serve a specific purpose or information and are found on all pages of Moodle.
01:38	Let us understand how we can work with Moodle Blocks now.
01:44	Depending on the theme used, blocks can be on the right side or on both sides.
01:52	Blocks contain information we want people to see whenever they log in.
01:58	There are many types of blocks available in Moodle. And, they can be moved or arranged easily as per our preferences.
02:09	We will now add a few blocks to our dashboard.
02:14	Click on the navigation menu on the left of the page.
02:19	Click on Customise this page button on the right hand side of the dashboard.
02:26	Notice that a new menu item Add a block is visible now. Click on Add a block.
02:35	A new pop-up window opens. We need to select the type of block that we want to add.
02:43	For example, click on Messages. You can see that the Messages block now appears in the dashboard.
02:53	Currently there are no messages.
02:56	By default, all new blocks get added to the right-most column.
03:02	Let us add one more block. Click on Add a block menu on the left.
03:09	Select HTML from the list of menu types. HTML block is a block where one can write custom HTML.
03:19	Using this, we can embed widgets such as Library widgets, News feeds, Twitter, Facebook etc.
03:30	Notice now that a NEW HTML BLOCK has been added below the Messages block.
03:37	Click on the gear icon in the HTML block. Then click on Configure (NEW HTML BLOCK) block.
03:46	Configure HTML block has 3 sections: Block settings , Where this block appears and On this page.
03:57	By default, the first section is expanded.
04:02	Click on Expand all to expand all the sections.
04:07	In the Block title, let’s type: “Things to do”.
04:12	Let us add some tasks for this admin user in the Content area.
04:19	Type the following: Create a new course, Create new users, Add users to the course.
04:30	The editor is an HTML editor and can be used like any other word processor or editor.
04:39	Scroll down to see the options under Where this block appears.
04:45	Under Default region, select Content. In Default weight, select -10 (minus ten).
04:54	The lower the weight of a block, the higher it will appear in that region. -10 (minus ten) is the lowest.
05:03	By selecting -10, I am ensuring that it is at the top of the content region.
05:12	This block will appear on the Admin’s dashboard.
05:17	Now comes the “On this page” section. This is where you can define the configuration for the page where this block was added.
05:28	In our case, this is the dashboard. This configuration will override the default configuration defined in the above section
05:40	that is, the Where this block appears section. Let us select Content in Region and -10 (minus ten) in Weight in this section.
05:53	Please note that depending on the type of the block, configuration settings will vary.
06:01	Click Save Changes to save the changes and go back to the dashboard.
06:07	See that the new HTML block with the title Things to do is now visible. And, it is the topmost block in the content region.
06:18	We can also change the position of a block by dragging it using the Move icon.
06:25	Let us move Things to do block below the Course Overview block by dragging and dropping it.
06:34	Let us see how this changes the configuration we set a few minutes back.
06:40	Click on the gear icon and then on Configure Things to do block. Then click on Expand All.
06:49	Scroll down to see “On this page” section. The weight has changed to -2 (minus two). The default weight, however, remains the same.
07:03	Click Cancel to go back to the dashboard.
07:07	We do not need this Learning Plans block. So let us delete it. Click on the gear icon and then on Delete Learning plans block.
07:19	Confirm pop-up window appears and prompts us to make sure about this deletion. Click on Yes button here.
07:29	Notice that the Learning Plans block is no longer available. We can always add this block later if required.
07:40	Let us now customize the front page of our Moodle installation.
07:46	Click on Site Administration link on the left menu.
07:51	Scroll down to locate Front Page settings in the Front page section. Click on it.
08:00	Let us change the Full Site Name to Digital India Learning Management System.
08:08	This is the text that appears at the top of every page above the breadcrumbs.
08:15	Short name is the text that appears in the title of the page.
08:20	Notice that the title of this page is Digital India LMS followed by the name of the page we are in.
08:29	Short name is also used as a logo text if we do not provide any logo image. We will leave it as it is.
08:40	Scroll down to see drop-downs for Front page items. These are the list of items that can be shown on the front page.
08:50	All visitors, whether they are logged in or not, can see these items.
08:57	The order is determined by a combination box. We will leave this as it is.
09:05	So, all users will be able to see the list of courses (if available) and nothing else.
09:13	Next is the Front page items when logged in. This is the list of items that can be shown to the users who are logged in.
09:24	Let us select Enrolled courses in the first drop-down.
09:29	We will leave the rest of the options with their default values.
09:35	Scroll down and click on Save Changes.
09:40	Let us now summarize.
09:43	In this tutorial, we learnt to add an HTML block called “Things to do” and specified where it should appear on the page.
09:54	We also set up the frontpage for guests and logged-in users.
10:00	Here is an assignment for you: Delete the Private files block . Add a new HTML block using the guidelines given in the Code files link.
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