Keywords: orientation, navigate, access, find, understand, structure, breadcrumb trail, crumbtrail
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What is it?
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Navigation in Moodle is supported by several features.
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The Dashboard
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- your profile block (where you can update your profile picture and add further information for your peers to see).
- a link to MyFeedback, where you can view, download and reflect on feedback from all your Moodle courses on one page.
- your calendar, where all of the due dates for assessments and other events will appear from across all your Moodle courses.
- your UCL Moodle messages from other students and staff.
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Why use it?
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The Footer The Moodle footer includes essential navigation links, copyright details, and other universally useful links. It neatly covers four main areas, allowing you to swiftly navigate to key pages:
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Why use it?
Using the navigation features in Moodle makes it easy to search and move between pages in Moodle, in various courses and activities. You can also use the back button to navigate, which is why it is important for accessibility, as an editor that
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you always open links in the same window,
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except if providing help information specific to that page.
Who can use it?
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Everyone can use the
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navigation features in Moodle.
Before I start...
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Using a departmental course template
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makes it easier for both students and staff to navigate
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since they will be familiar with the layout of the course from other courses they use.
Meeting the Baseline
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Baseline
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The UCL E-Learning Baseline suggests the following
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for Structure :
- 1.3 Include navigation aids: to help students navigate you should ensure the
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- Course Index shows clear titles for all course sections (topics).
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How do I...?
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Navigate to a course?
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Navigate to a course?
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The My courses page lists all the courses you are enrolled on as a tutor, administrator or student. Hidden courses are not visible to students and will appear to staff at the bottom of the
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courses list.
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- search for courses using the search box at the top of
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- the My courses page or on the right hand side in the Dashboard.
- Within My Courses, you also have the option to toggle between courses categorised as "In Progress", "Future", "Past", "Starred", or "All Courses".
- Once you've pinpointed the course you're interested in, click on the course tile/card to access it. The course homepage, which serves as the primary webpage for the course, will then be displayed. Refer to M42-M01 - Moodle course structure for more information on the layout of a Moodle course.
Navigate within a course and other areas of Moodle
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Use the breadcrumb trail at the top of every page, which tells you where you are within Moodle and lets you navigate back to a parent page, such as your course homepage, or My Home page.
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On the course homepage, you will find a 'Course Index'. This is a navigational tool that provides a structured overview of the course content. It lists all the sections and activities within the course, and you can click on any item in the index to navigate directly to that part of the course.
When you are engaged in Moodle activities, a breadcrumb trail will be visible at the top of the page. This feature indicates your current location within the course and allows you to navigate back to previous sections of the course or the course homepage.
- To return to the course homepage, click on the short course name (in the example above this
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- is "Class and Conflict in World Cinema").
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- breadcrumb trail always takes you to
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- the course homepage.
- The Course Index (to the left
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- of the main content) provides links
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- to
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- other sections and activities in the course.
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- on the course page, you will always see the "Home" and My courses" links in the top
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- navigation bar so you can return to your dashboard or course listings, at any point.
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| Further guidance on Navigation is available from moodledocs See Moodle docs. If you find any inaccurate or missing information you can even update this yourself (it's a communal wiki). If you have a specific question about the tool please contact the Digital Education team. |
Caution
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The navigation block doesn't display course sections by default. It is recommended that course editors modify the navigation block settings, so it displays course sections to students and staff alike.
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Examples and case studies
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Questions and Answers
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How do I display all course sections in the navigation block?
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Questions & Answers
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Further information
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