Moodle

Guidebook
Course Editor
Supplement
e-learning.dyslexiaaction.org.uk
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Contents Overview
Editing Basics..............................................................................................................3
Logging in...................................................................................................................3
How to add an assignment........................................................................................10
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How to add a quiz.......................................................................................................12
Using the Editor section............................................................................................14
Blocks.........................................................................................................................15

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Editing Basics

Logging in and finding content

1. Go to http://e-learning.dyslexiaaction.org.uk
2. Click login (top left hand corner), a grey screen will then appear and you
will need to enter your username and password.

Logging in

1. Username
Your username consists of the first letter of your first name and your last name.
E.g. somebody named Jane Smith will be ‘jsmith’.
2. Login
Type in your password and click here.
3. Lost password
Click here if you’re having trouble logging in, such as if you have forgotten your
password. You will be asked to enter either your username or email. You do not
need to enter both. Make sure you use the email address registered with
Dyslexia Action.

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Find the course you are editing through the course categories

Once in the area you need to be in click on the ‘Turn editing on’ which is found top right
hand corner just below the Dyslexia Action logo.

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You will now see the below symbols appear throughout the module

1. Click this icon to move item to anywhere on the page.

4. Click this icon to edit anything.

5. Click this icon to delete an item.

6. Click this icon to hide an item.

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You need to use a label to enter text for it to appear like below. Do not enter text within
the description (where the title of the topic is).

If you have a title for the text you are putting into your label then you must select
Heading 1 (1.) This will use our default setting for the titles throughout the whole of the
module. Then you need to use normal for the rest of the text, but do not adjust the font
or sizing as this are set to default also. Then you click ‘Save’

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To add a word, powerpoint or adobe item you need to use the ‘Link to a file or website’
option

If you have an item that you need to upload from your computer then you must scroll
down and hit the button as below.

If you have uploaded the file to the system already then you need just need to click
choose.

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The screen below will then appear

Or if you want to enter a website, then you can search by clicking ‘Search for webpage’
or just type the website in the box as below.

Next onto adding a new activity. To create a forum click as the below

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1. Name your forum

2. Forum Type we mostly stick to ‘Standard forum for general use’
3. Enter a description of what this forum is about.

1. You have three options, but if you choose either visible or separate then the
administrator or Moodle Support will need to group your students on the course
to enable this to work. No groups - there are no sub groups, everyone is part of
one big community. Separate groups - each group can only see their own group,
others are invisible Visible groups - each group works in their own group, but
can also see other groups.
2. Always needs to be ‘Show’
3. Finally click either to save.

Need to add in how to do Quiz-

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How to add an assignment

Then ensure the below settings are put into place

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How to add a quiz

More to come on this…..!

How to add feedback (Module

Evaluations)

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Then enter the below

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Using the Editor section

This box can be found throughout lots of things on Moodle – here is a breakdown of
what some of the buttons you need to know about may make a difference to you.
We must express that all font must be in Trebuchet (1.), the font size (2) must be
shown as below 1 (8 pt), and then (3.) must be changed as follows:-
a) Heading 1 as the main title of the module
b) Heading 2 as the title of the topic
c) Blank as below for all the rest of the text
d) Heading 3 for anything other than the above i.e if any needs to be
underlined
It is very important to use the above for consistency and also to help with the
text not appearing incorrectly.

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Blocks

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