How to Organize Moodle: Create Categories, Add Courses & Customize Course Shell
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[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '6.560', 'text': 'hi everyone welcome back now that our Moodle\xa0\nsite is set up and ready for use we can now'}, {'start': '6.560', 'end': '14.400', 'text': "start creating our course categories as well as\xa0\nour courses now I'll be working on my subdomain"}, {'start': '14.400', 'end': '18.960', 'text': "so if you're working on your main domain\xa0\nit doesn't really matter as long as you"}, {'start': '18.960', 'end': '29.280', 'text': "can follow along first let's go to site\xa0\nadministration and then click on courses"}, {'start': '31.360', 'end': '38.640', 'text': 'once courses is open you can click on manage\xa0\ncourses and categories and here we will be'}, {'start': '38.640', 'end': '46.160', 'text': 'creating categories and courses now on your left\xa0\nwill be the categories and on your right will be'}, {'start': '46.160', 'end': '54.480', 'text': "the courses you'll see that there's a blue line\xa0\non the left of your category this indicates that"}, {'start': '54.480', 'end': '61.200', 'text': 'this category is active and once this category\xa0\nis active you will see all the courses within'}, {'start': '61.200', 'end': '68.640', 'text': 'that particular category if you want to create a\xa0\ncategory all you need to do is click on create new'}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '75.760', 'text': "category so we'll click on that it will then\xa0\npresent you with this window first we need to"}, {'start': '75.760', 'end': '84.560', 'text': 'specify in which parent category will this be now\xa0\nthe parent category determines the subcategories'}, {'start': '84.560', 'end': '90.080', 'text': 'so if you want to remove that you can click on\xa0\nthe X and it will be removed but now you need'}, {'start': '90.080', 'end': '97.040', 'text': "to select a parent category so you can select it\xa0\nfrom the drop-own list and you'll see there's a"}, {'start': '97.040', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'top and this means that this is the main category\xa0\nthis will this can become a parent category so'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '118.560', 'text': "I'll call this model basics 101 so that will be\xa0\nmy first category i can provide a category ID"}, {'start': '118.560', 'end': '126.400', 'text': "and I can provide a category description but I'll\xa0\nleave that for now I'll click on create category"}, {'start': '126.400', 'end': '134.560', 'text': "and there are categories created now you'll see\xa0\nthat this category is active and this one is not"}, {'start': '134.560', 'end': '141.840', 'text': "active now you'll see that next to the category\xa0\nthere's an eye icon if you click on that it will"}, {'start': '141.840', 'end': '148.960', 'text': 'hide this category but not only this category it\xa0\nwill also hide the courses within that category'}, {'start': '148.960', 'end': '155.360', 'text': 'so if you want to unhide it you just click on\xa0\nthe I again you can also move the category up'}, {'start': '155.360', 'end': '160.880', 'text': 'and down by clicking on the arrow if you click\xa0\non the arrow up arrow it will move it up if you'}, {'start': '160.880', 'end': '167.200', 'text': "click on the down arrow it will move it down\xa0\nso let's leave it on the top category there"}, {'start': '167.200', 'end': '173.600', 'text': "then there's the ellipsis there you can click\xa0\non that here you can view the category if you"}, {'start': '173.600', 'end': '178.960', 'text': "click on view you'll see you can now view that\xa0\nparticular category and once we create courses"}, {'start': '178.960', 'end': '186.080', 'text': "you will see all the courses in here I'll close\xa0\nthis you can also edit the category by clicking"}, {'start': '186.080', 'end': '192.080', 'text': "on edit and you'll be back on this screen you\xa0\ncan add your category ID or description if you"}, {'start': '192.080', 'end': '199.360', 'text': 'forgot it and then you can click on save again\xa0\nhere you can also create a new subcategory for'}, {'start': '199.360', 'end': '205.520', 'text': 'that category you can delete the category you\xa0\ncan specify permissions and we will deal with'}, {'start': '205.520', 'end': '213.120', 'text': 'this in later videos you can specify cohorts\xa0\nyou can filter this category you can restore'}, {'start': '213.120', 'end': '220.160', 'text': "course in this category and you can access the\xa0\ncontent bank of this category for now we'll"}, {'start': '220.160', 'end': '228.880', 'text': "create another category so let's click on create\xa0\na new category and we'll call that category model"}, {'start': '228.880', 'end': '241.440', 'text': "intermediate 101 and we'll click on create\xa0\ncategory that will create the category there"}, {'start': '241.440', 'end': '250.000', 'text': "you'll see what happened if we go back you'll\xa0\nsee that we didn't change the parent category"}, {'start': '250.000', 'end': '256.000', 'text': "if we don't change the parent category it will\xa0\nfall under the active category there we can then"}, {'start': '256.000', 'end': '262.800', 'text': "click on the X there and then choose stop click on\xa0\nsave changes and there you'll see there's our two"}, {'start': '262.800', 'end': '278.080', 'text': "categories let's create another category make sure\xa0\nthat you select top and then type model advance"}, {'start': '279.760', 'end': '288.160', 'text': '101 scroll down and click on create category\xa0\nso now we have our three categories now we'}, {'start': '288.160', 'end': '294.480', 'text': "don't need this category so I'll show you how\xa0\nto delete a category so click on the ellipses"}, {'start': '294.480', 'end': '300.480', 'text': 'and then click on delete this will ask you\xa0\nif you show you if you want to delete this'}, {'start': '300.480', 'end': '307.680', 'text': "I'll click on delete click on continue and\xa0\nthere our categories deleted so now we have"}, {'start': '307.680', 'end': '314.960', 'text': 'our three main categories there before we create\xa0\nour courses in our categories we need to set our'}, {'start': '314.960', 'end': '323.040', 'text': "default settings for our courses so let's click\xa0\non site administration and then click on courses"}, {'start': '323.040', 'end': '329.760', 'text': "and under default settings you'll see course\xa0\ndefault settings there's also default activity"}, {'start': '329.760', 'end': '336.000', 'text': "completion and there's also course custom\xa0\nfields we will deal with this in this video"}, {'start': '336.000', 'end': '342.080', 'text': "so let's click on course default settings here\xa0\nunder course default settings you'll see the"}, {'start': '342.080', 'end': '349.520', 'text': "visibility this is are you showing the course\xa0\nto participants while you're busy editing the"}, {'start': '349.520', 'end': '356.800', 'text': 'course or do you want to hide the course so a good\xa0\npractice will be to hide the course first and then'}, {'start': '356.800', 'end': '362.720', 'text': 'do your editing and once you the course is ready\xa0\nyou can publish the course so that this is good'}, {'start': '362.720', 'end': '368.560', 'text': "practice to first hide the course while you're\xa0\nbusy only you will see the course as the course"}, {'start': '368.560', 'end': '376.640', 'text': "creator or course administrator and the other\xa0\nusers won't see the course so hide it then enable"}, {'start': '376.640', 'end': '384.000', 'text': "download of course content do you want to enable\xa0\nthis or disable this it's up to you and if you're"}, {'start': '384.000', 'end': '391.360', 'text': "using the Moodle mobile app it's usually a good\xa0\nidea to allow this so that students can download"}, {'start': '391.360', 'end': '399.040', 'text': 'uh some of your content when they are in Wi-Fi\xa0\nrange then the number of participants per course'}, {'start': '399.040', 'end': '405.040', 'text': "how many participants do you want to see in the\xa0\ncourse the default value is 20 so I'll leave it"}, {'start': '405.040', 'end': '411.520', 'text': "on that then our course format this is the look\xa0\nand the feel of the course it's currently set to"}, {'start': '411.520', 'end': '416.560', 'text': "the default as the custom section but if you\xa0\nclick the drop-own list you'll see there's a"}, {'start': '416.560', 'end': '422.960', 'text': "weekly section there's a single activity section\xa0\nas well as this show section so I'll leave it on"}, {'start': '422.960', 'end': '429.840', 'text': "custom sections but in subsequent videos I'll\xa0\nshow you how to install course formats from the"}, {'start': '429.840', 'end': '437.280', 'text': "Moodle plugins directory then the maximum number\xa0\nof sections is 52 I'll leave it on that and then"}, {'start': '437.280', 'end': '442.400', 'text': 'the number of sections that once you create\xa0\na course it will create the four sections for'}, {'start': '442.400', 'end': '451.200', 'text': 'you then hidden sections this is very important\xa0\nhidden sections are completely invisible or hidden'}, {'start': '451.200', 'end': '460.160', 'text': "sections are shown as not available so these are\xa0\nthe two options available if you hide an let's"}, {'start': '460.160', 'end': '467.360', 'text': 'say you hide a a quiz within your course should it\xa0\nbe completely invisible or should it just show as'}, {'start': '467.360', 'end': '474.080', 'text': "not available and I'll deal with this later in the\xa0\ncourse then the course layout show all sections on"}, {'start': '474.080', 'end': '481.760', 'text': "one page or show one section per page I'll leave\xa0\nit on that and then the course end date enabled"}, {'start': '481.760', 'end': '491.440', 'text': "by default I'll usually uncheck that if you're\xa0\nusing the weekly sections Moodle usually divides"}, {'start': '491.440', 'end': '499.920', 'text': "the course into weeks into 52 weeks and then\xa0\nthere's it's a good idea to turn this course end"}, {'start': '499.920', 'end': '507.520', 'text': "date on but since we're using custom sections I'll\xa0\nleave that off then the course duration you can"}, {'start': '507.520', 'end': '514.160', 'text': 'specify here the course duration and then under\xa0\nappearance you can specify if you want to force'}, {'start': '514.160', 'end': '521.520', 'text': "the language of the course and then the number\xa0\nof announcements I'll usually just select one"}, {'start': '521.520', 'end': '529.120', 'text': 'here and then show the gradebook\xa0\nto students i usually leave this on'}, {'start': '529.120', 'end': '536.880', 'text': "yes and show activity reports I'll also\xa0\nchoose yes and show activity dates yes"}, {'start': '537.920', 'end': '545.760', 'text': "so I'll deal with this in the course and I'll show\xa0\nyou where this is at then the file uploads if you"}, {'start': '545.760', 'end': '551.680', 'text': "are allowing students to upload files so let's say\xa0\nthey need to upload a video or presentation or any"}, {'start': '551.680', 'end': '562.400', 'text': 'documents you can specify the megabytes they need\xa0\nto upload how large the files can be and so forth'}, {'start': '562.400', 'end': '568.160', 'text': 'then completion tracking leave it on yes and then\xa0\nshow activity completion conditions leave it on'}, {'start': '568.160', 'end': '574.000', 'text': "yes and then groups if you're using groups but\xa0\nI'll deal with this within the course if you're"}, {'start': '574.000', 'end': '579.760', 'text': "using groups you can specify here separate groups\xa0\nand I'll leave it on separate groups force you'll"}, {'start': '579.760', 'end': '589.280', 'text': "leave on no then communication I'll usually\xa0\nleave it on none I'll click on save changes"}, {'start': '589.280', 'end': '596.560', 'text': 'and now from here onwards all the courses that we\xa0\nwill be creating will have the default settings'}, {'start': '596.560', 'end': '604.560', 'text': "and I'll show you all the settings within the\xa0\ncourse we are creating so we're now ready to set"}, {'start': '604.560', 'end': '612.080', 'text': "up our first course so let's click on courses\xa0\nand then click on manage courses so the first"}, {'start': '612.080', 'end': '618.720', 'text': "course we'll create is in the mood basics 101\xa0\ncategory so I'll click on that category to make"}, {'start': '618.720', 'end': '625.760', 'text': "sure that it's active and you'll see it's active\xa0\nwhen you see the name of the category in the top"}, {'start': '625.760', 'end': '634.560', 'text': "bar there let's click on create a new course and\xa0\nthen you'll see the create new course window will"}, {'start': '634.560', 'end': '644.960', 'text': "open now the first thing we need to do is add\xa0\nthe course full name so I'll call this model"}, {'start': '647.360', 'end': '657.840', 'text': 'question bank 101 okay so this is my course name\xa0\nand then the short name should be unique so there'}, {'start': '657.840', 'end': '665.920', 'text': "shouldn't exist any other name as this short\xa0\nname for this course so I'll call it MDL and"}, {'start': '665.920', 'end': '677.120', 'text': 'then underscore and that Q for question and then B\xa0\nfor bank and then the 101 so I use underscores for'}, {'start': '677.120', 'end': '684.560', 'text': "um my short names then I'll make sure that it's\xa0\nin the correct course category so it's in Moodle"}, {'start': '684.560', 'end': '690.880', 'text': "Basics 101 if it's not in the correct category you\xa0\ncan click the drop-own list and select the correct"}, {'start': '690.880', 'end': '697.920', 'text': "category you'll see we've already set this in our\xa0\ncourse default settings in the previous video we"}, {'start': '697.920', 'end': '705.280', 'text': "set it to hide we There's also a course start date\xa0\nand a course end date remember we've unchecked"}, {'start': '705.280', 'end': '714.560', 'text': 'the course end date but if you know your course is\xa0\nstarting on the 12th of April 2025 you can set the'}, {'start': '714.560', 'end': '722.400', 'text': 'date but you need to make sure that you specify\xa0\nthe date and the time to make this active and then'}, {'start': '722.400', 'end': '731.840', 'text': 'you can also specify a course end date by enabling\xa0\nthis and then modifying the dates and the time'}, {'start': '731.840', 'end': '737.840', 'text': "then you can have a course ID but I'll leave\xa0\nit blank for now and usually I use the course"}, {'start': '737.840', 'end': '746.720', 'text': "short name as my course ID so I'll paste it in\xa0\nthere this is basically where if you're using LTI"}, {'start': '746.720', 'end': '755.200', 'text': 'integration uh you can pull information from the\xa0\ncourse ID okay or any other external integrations'}, {'start': '755.200', 'end': '762.000', 'text': "then we can specify a course description but\xa0\nI'll leave that blank for now as well as the"}, {'start': '762.000', 'end': '768.560', 'text': "course image I'll leave that blank for now so\xa0\nnow we come to the course format so currently"}, {'start': '768.560', 'end': '775.280', 'text': "we've set it in our default settings as the\xa0\nc the custom settings or the custom sections"}, {'start': '775.280', 'end': '782.160', 'text': 'but we can choose a different one here remember\xa0\nwe specified there should only be four sections'}, {'start': '782.160', 'end': '787.680', 'text': 'and this is fine and then hidden sections hidden\xa0\nsections are completely invisible and then course'}, {'start': '787.680', 'end': '796.240', 'text': 'layout show all course uh sections on one page and\xa0\nthen the appearance we do not force the language'}, {'start': '796.240', 'end': '800.880', 'text': 'the number of announcements is one and we show\xa0\nthe grade book the activity report as well as'}, {'start': '800.880', 'end': '807.440', 'text': "the activity dates then for our file upload\xa0\nI've specified it to 10 megabytes remember"}, {'start': '807.440', 'end': '814.000', 'text': "and then for my completion tracking I've said yes\xa0\nenable tracking and yes for activity completion"}, {'start': '814.000', 'end': '820.880', 'text': "conditions under groups we've set it to separate\xa0\ngroups so you'll see you don't have to complete"}, {'start': '820.880', 'end': '826.800', 'text': "anything here if you've already set it in\xa0\nyour course default settings then under tags"}, {'start': '826.800', 'end': '835.760', 'text': "I won't bother with tags now but you can add\xa0\ntags let's just move up to where you see the"}, {'start': '835.760', 'end': '841.360', 'text': "course description so I have prepared a course\xa0\ndescription I'll just paste it in here so here"}, {'start': '841.360', 'end': '848.960', 'text': "I'll just give a breakdown or an overview of the\xa0\ncourse what it entails and the students can see"}, {'start': '848.960', 'end': '860.640', 'text': "then for my course image usually I go to PIXABAY\xa0\nI'll just go to PIXABAY and here I'll search for"}, {'start': '860.640', 'end': '873.600', 'text': "course image or you can type in a theme so I'll\xa0\nuse any one of these images so let's use okay"}, {'start': '873.600', 'end': '882.880', 'text': "let's use this image here or rather use this image\xa0\nokay so I'll click on that I'll then click on"}, {'start': '882.880', 'end': '896.240', 'text': "download i can choose a size dimension so I'll\xa0\nleave it on 1280960 I'll download that so once"}, {'start': '896.240', 'end': '902.400', 'text': "it's downloaded I'll go to my course I'll either\xa0\nclick on the plus here or click on the arrow"}, {'start': '902.400', 'end': '911.440', 'text': "pointing down then I'll go to upload file choose\xa0\na file and then I'll select that particular file"}, {'start': '911.440', 'end': '918.080', 'text': "I'll upload that and then I'll scroll down if\xa0\nI'm happy with everything I'll click on save"}, {'start': '918.080', 'end': '929.840', 'text': "and display and there our course is created so\xa0\nwe see four sections and there's our course name"}, {'start': '929.840', 'end': '937.760', 'text': "now if you go to my courses you'll see that the\xa0\ncourse there's my course with my course image as"}, {'start': '937.760', 'end': '944.000', 'text': "well as my course name and you'll see that it's\xa0\nhidden from students and this is how easy it is"}, {'start': '944.000', 'end': '949.440', 'text': "to set up your course remember if you've set\xa0\nthe default course settings there's not much"}, {'start': '949.440', 'end': '957.280', 'text': "you need to do with setting up or creating the\xa0\ncourse now that we've set up our course let's"}, {'start': '957.280', 'end': '962.800', 'text': "go through the features here within the course\xa0\nnow remember I've I referred to it as a course"}, {'start': '962.800', 'end': '969.120', 'text': "but it's actually a course shell because we don't\xa0\nhave any activities or anything in the course in"}, {'start': '969.120', 'end': '976.320', 'text': "this course shell yet so it's called the course\xa0\nshell so on your left here you'll see the menus"}, {'start': '976.320', 'end': '984.720', 'text': "and you'll see the menu items corresponds to this\xa0\nsection here so new section this is the first one"}, {'start': '984.720', 'end': '991.200', 'text': 'second one third one and fourth one and we have\xa0\na general section uh with the announcement there'}, {'start': '991.200', 'end': '999.200', 'text': "when you click on settings you'll see you go\xa0\nback to the course settings where we added the"}, {'start': '999.200', 'end': '1007.040', 'text': "description and added the image the course image\xa0\nand course formats so that's the settings tab if"}, {'start': '1007.040', 'end': '1014.400', 'text': "you click on the participants tab you'll see you\xa0\nwill be able to see all your participants that is"}, {'start': '1014.400', 'end': '1022.880', 'text': "enrolled in the course you'll see you can filter\xa0\ndown from A to Z first name and last name you can"}, {'start': '1022.880', 'end': '1031.600', 'text': 'also clear filters and apply filters then next\xa0\nto it is your grades the greater report shows you'}, {'start': '1031.600', 'end': '1037.120', 'text': "what the student the student's name the student's\xa0\nemail address and the total in the course but you"}, {'start': '1037.120', 'end': '1045.520', 'text': 'can also drill down to grade history overview\xa0\nreport single view grade summary and user report'}, {'start': '1045.520', 'end': '1051.280', 'text': 'you can also go into the gradebook setup but this\xa0\nwe will deal with in other videos course grade'}, {'start': '1051.280', 'end': '1060.160', 'text': 'settings preferences scales grade letters import\xa0\nand export then if you click on reports you will'}, 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on you'll see the pencil icons\xa0\nnext to the elements that I can change you will"}, {'start': '1114.720', 'end': '1122.240', 'text': 'also see add an activity or resource where you\xa0\ncan click on to add an activity or a resource'}, {'start': '1122.240', 'end': '1128.880', 'text': 'if you want to do bulk actions within the course\xa0\nyou can click on bulk action and these tick boxes'}, {'start': '1128.880', 'end': '1137.200', 'text': "becomes available you'll also see the bar here at\xa0\nthe bottom where you can select all you can make"}, {'start': '1137.200', 'end': '1144.960', 'text': 'it available or unavailable for students you can\xa0\nduplicate certain sections you can move it around'}, {'start': '1144.960', 'end': '1153.120', 'text': 'or you can delete it if you want to exit the\xa0\nbulk action menu you click on the X here and'}, {'start': '1153.120', 'end': '1159.760', 'text': "it will return to our normal state if you want to\xa0\nmove things around you'll see if you hover over a"}, {'start': '1159.760', 'end': '1166.960', 'text': 'section it becomes like a crosshair you can then\xa0\nclick and drag to where you want to place it that'}, {'start': '1166.960', 'end': '1174.800', 'text': 'section will then end up here if you want to add\xa0\nmore sections you can click on add more sections'}, {'start': '1174.800', 'end': '1182.240', 'text': 'and it will add another one so each time you\xa0\nclick on add a section it will add a section'}, {'start': '1182.240', 'end': '1190.400', 'text': "so now we have 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven sections if we\xa0\nadd a section one more section we'll have eight"}, {'start': '1190.400', 'end': '1194.880', 'text': "so if you want to delete a section so let's\xa0\nsay I want to delete this section with all"}, {'start': '1194.880', 'end': '1201.600', 'text': 'the activities in it i can click on the ellipses\xa0\nand then I can click on delete i can also click'}, {'start': '1201.600', 'end': '1208.080', 'text': 'on view which will only show me that particular\xa0\nsection i can click on edit settings if I go to'}, {'start': '1208.080', 'end': '1214.320', 'text': 'edit settings I can change the name of the section\xa0\ni can provide a description i can also restrict'}, {'start': '1214.320', 'end': '1221.920', 'text': 'access to users so if you want to go back to your\xa0\ncourse you click on the breadcrumb then under the'}, {'start': '1221.920', 'end': '1230.880', 'text': 'ellipses is also highlight this section duplicate\xa0\nthis section hide it move it delete it or use the'}, {'start': '1230.880', 'end': '1236.160', 'text': 'permalink where it provides you with a link where\xa0\nyou can share it with students and they can click'}, {'start': '1236.160', 'end': '1241.200', 'text': "on it so let's see the permalink they can cop\xa0\nyou can copy this link and you can share it"}, {'start': '1241.200', 'end': '1247.600', 'text': 'with your students and they can use that link\xa0\num with their locking details to access this'}, {'start': '1247.600', 'end': '1254.080', 'text': "course now on your right you'll see there's\xa0\na draw here if you click on it it will open"}, {'start': '1254.080', 'end': '1261.360', 'text': 'the drawer here and here when we in edit mode we\xa0\ncan add blocks now that you know all the course'}, {'start': '1261.360', 'end': '1269.840', 'text': "features let's go and change the look and the feel\xa0\nof this course shell so open a new tab and go to"}, {'start': '1269.840', 'end': '1277.280', 'text': 'moodle.org press enter on\xa0\nyour keyboard you will be'}, {'start': '1277.280', 'end': '1280.800', 'text': 'presented with the homepage of model.org click on'}, {'start': '1280.800', 'end': '1289.120', 'text': 'plugins and then in the plugins type\xa0\nclick on the drop-own list to where you'}, {'start': '1289.120', 'end': '1296.320', 'text': 'see plug-in type any and then scroll\xa0\ndown to where you see course formats'}, {'start': '1296.320', 'end': '1302.800', 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