Changing Your Settings

Changing Your Settings

To adjust the course settings, click the Settings item located under Administration block.

Here you can set the course availability to students. Additionally you may add a short summary of the course, as well as change the number of topics.

Icons

Icon Explination

*Note: You must create groups and set the activity to group mode to have an impact on this. Once something is in group mode, the icon will look like groups.

Using the eye icons: When eye icon is "open" the item is visible and accessible to participants. When the icon is clicked the eye will "close‟ and the item becomes hidden and inaccessible to participants. This function is useful when you want to keep an item in your course (rather than deleting it), but do not want participants to have access to it.

Making a Course Visibile to Students

  1. Click on Settings under the Administration block. #1

  2. Under the Availability block, set the Availability drop-down to This course is available to students. #2

  3. Click on Save Changes

Note: Your course will remain in gray on the Moodle homepage until your next login.

Click Settings

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Changing the Number of Modules/Topics

Each Moodle course, by default, is created with 10 modules (topics). To change the number of modules, follow these steps:

  1. Click on Settings under the Administration panel. #1
  2. Under the Notes box, you will see a drop-down menu for Number of weeks/topics. Click on the menu and select the number of modules you want. #2
  3. Click on Save Changes

 

Click Settings

Number of Modules

Changing the Course Theme

Each Moodle course is created with the default Adelphi Moodle theme. To change the theme, follow these steps:

  1. Click on Settings under the Administration panel. #1
  2. Under the Notes box, you will see a drop-down menu for Force Theme. Click on the menu and select the desired theme. #2
  3. Click on Save Changes

 

Click Settings

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Changing the Course Description on the Moodle Homepage

  1. Click on Settings under the Administration panel. #1
  2. In the Notes box describe the course in no more than three sentences. #2
  3. Click on Save Changes

Click Settings

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