A Moodle User – Steps to follow…

• Enter the web address for the Moodle site.
• Login by entering your login name and password used when registering.
• Complete your profile if this is the first time you are using Moodle. You can upload a photo of yourself or an icon (avatar). Select update profile when finished.
• Selecting Home will take you to the Moodle Home page where your courses will be listed
• Once logged in, the Home page will list all courses that you are currently enrolled in. You may also see the latest news, if any.
• To select a course simply click on it.
• The middle column will contain an introduction to the course and details of the course. Here you will find the various course components such as Forums, Assignments, Links etc.
• The left and right columns contain the event, time, people and function tools.O
• On entering any course, you should first check the Latest News, to see if there are any important events and also check to see if there are any Upcoming Events are listed.
• If you wish to hide all but the current lesson/week module, click on the box to the right of the content.
• Click on the Assignment links to complete the assignments.
• The Moodle calendar shows all Moodle Global, course, group and student events. Students can enter user events. Clicking on labels will toggle the visibility of that type of events.
• Putting the mouse on any date will open up an event pop up for that date.
• You can click on the date or on the month to get a complete listing. You can select the calendar preferences by clicking on the preferences button.
• The Administrative block allows you to change passwords.
• The People block allows you to see details of all participants in your course and also to edit your profile.
• The Forum tool allows you to see all the forums for the course and allow you to subscribe and participate in the forum. You can click on a forum to read the threads there.
• The assignment tool allows you to submit your assignment as a single file.