Recipes for Student Success Using New Moodle Features 

• 2 cups Course Index
• 2 cups Course Menu
• 2 cups Blocks Drawer
• 1 cup User Menu
• 1 cup Dashboard

Cooking Tips: 

• Use the “Switch role to…” regularly to move between looking at your course as a student and viewing the course as an instructor.
• Explore the Dashboard and encourage students to do so as well to find a useful calendar with combined dates for all courses and “Learning with Moodle” resources.

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Step 2 → Move on to the central Course Menu directly at the top of the main page of Moodle. Click on each Course Menu heading to see what has moved to this new tabbed menu: settings, participants, grades, reports, and more. Choose “Course” to get back to your central, main view.

Step 3 → Add a visit to the Blocks Drawer or right sidebar menu to explore each major navigational component. Practice opening and closing the Blocks Drawer and click on “Add a block” to find out about the possible Block ingredients.

Step 4 →  Mix in the User Menu and the Edit Button at the top right of the course page.

• 2 cups Course Layout
• 1 cup Labels for Grouping
• 1 cup Course Index Drag & Drop
• 1 cup Block Drawer

Cooking Tips: 

• Consider the Quick Start Course Shell and adding it to a course you’ve copied or choosing it as a template when starting a Moodle course from scratch

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Step 2 → Add labels to organize and group content in your course. Since indenting is no longer an available ingredient in Moodle 4, labels can be helpful! TIP: If you use the Quick Start Course Shell, labels will already be included that you can duplicate and reuse across your course.

Step 3 → Mix in course items by moving items in your course easily through the Course Index

Step 4 → Use Blocks and the Block Drawer to your advantage to reorganize content from the main course view. The Text Block is the most customizable.

• Teaching with Moodle
• Workshop Recordings
• YouTube Channel
• Bootcamp Workshops

Cooking Tips:

• Choose from the menu above for continued learning options to dive into Moodle 4!

• Learning with Moodle: Student guide to using Moodle, will be updated in the Dashboard of every Moodle course in mid-August
• Teaching with Moodle: Self-paced guide in Moodle for instructors learning Moodle
• Workshop Recordings: Moodle 4 Playlist
• YouTube Channel: Just-in-time quick tutorial videos on different aspects of Moodle 4
• Bootcamp: New and returning instructors join us to get started or get refreshed in Moodle!