2. Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology Moodle Series MOT21: Managing the blocks
After logging in Moodle, click on a course. In this case, we click on Demo Course.
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There are Blocks on the left and right side of the screen. Blocks usually display the latest or highlighted information,
or provide shortcuts to access different functions.
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To modify or add a block, click on Turn editing on to switch to editing mode.
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There are icons shown in each block.
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To move a block to other positions, click on the arrows to move up , down , left or right
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For example, if you click on the “right” arrow in the Activities block,…
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the block will be moved to the bottom of the right side of the screen.
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If you want to add a block, click on Add... in Blocks at the bottom right corner.
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There are different kinds of block for you to choose. In this case, we choose Quickmail.
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A Quickmail block will then be added.
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If you do not want students to view this block, click on the eye icon.
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If you want to delete this block, click on the X icon.
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Then the block will be deleted.
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You can collapse a block, e.g., Latest News, by clicking on the – icon on the top right corner of the block.
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The block will then be collapsed and only the header of this block will be shown.
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Note that the finished layout is personal and will only be shown on your computer.
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This learning series numbered MOT21-12.03.v1 of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and
Technology (LTTC) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-
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