Intro to Using the Moodle
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Logging In and Getting Started
First, you'll need to log in. If you look in the upper right hand corner, you'll see "You are currently using guest access (Login)". Click on "(Login)" and then enter your username and password.
If you've forgotten them, there's a "Yes, help me log in" button that will help you find your username and/or password.
If you've never created an account, you'll need to do that first. On the right hand side, click the "Create new account" button. Once you've created an account, you'll receive an e-mail with a link to confirm your account creation. Congratulations, you have an account. However, that account needs to have its privileges added by hand. E-mail Kay, Paul, or Charlie to have your account upgraded with instructor privileges.
Once you've clicked into the course you want to edit, you need to turn editing on. Do this by clicking the "Turn editing on" button in the top right, as shown below. You'll need to do this each time you log in.
Editing a Section Title
Most times, Kay already does this for workshops. To update the text for a section, click on the edit icon (
) next to the section summary as shown below.
This will bring up a new window where you can change the text and formatting for the summary displayed at the top of that section. Usually, just the date is listed. Other content is done with the steps shown below.
Creating New Content
New Label
A new page will open with a box for you to type the label text into. The format Kay follows is to type the topic for a presentation, a dash, and then the name of the person who presented the topic. You can change the size of the font with the drop down menus. Alternatively, to switch to editing the HTML directly, click on this (
) icon. In HTML mode, you can add a line break to make sure your label isn't squished up against the bottom of whatever is above it. Do this by typing "<br />". Clicking the button again will return you to WYSIWYG mode. Warning: switching back to WYSIWYG mode may undo some of your changes, and will always undo whatever formatting you've done to make the HTML look pretty!
New Link
To create a link to a website, click on the "Add a resource..." menu and this time, select "Link to a file or website". You'll be prompted first for the name of the link. This will be text that the user will click on to follow the link.
The field below it, Summary, won't show up anywhere that users see. Kay usually leaves it blank. You could enter metadata here if you wanted to. Scroll down to the field below it, the Location. Type the full URL for the website here.
You can ignore the rest of the fields on the page. Just scroll to the bottom and click "Save changes".
New File
Uploading a new file is slightly more complicated but not by much. It starts out the same way as creating a new link: click on the "Add a resource..." menu and again select "Link to a file or website". Fill out the name of the link again and then scroll down to Location. Instead of typing out the file location, click on the "Choose or upload a file..." button. A new window will pop up. On the right side of the window will be a button with "Upload a file". Clicking on it will cause a new window to load in the pop up.
Click the "Browse" button to select a file from your hard drive, then click "Upload this file". You'll be returned to the previous screen, and this time, your new file should show up on the list. Find it and then move the cursor to the right to click on "Choose" for your file.
The pop up will close and you should be returned to the regular window. (If not, find the correct tab in your web browser and click on it.) You can now scroll to the bottom and click the "Save changes" button.
