Administering your Moodle Site

In the upper-right corner, there is a drop-down menu Switch role to. You can use this drop-down menu to quickly see what your Moodle site looks like from a student's perspective versus your instructor's view. The main difference will be that a student cannot see this drop-down, the button called Turn Editing On, or the Administration block, the places where you will administer your Moodle site from.

Your main administration tool is the Turn Editing On button. This will show you the icons and drop-down menus needed to add, modify, or remove content from your site. The icons will allow you to move, hide, or delete items that you have inserted via the drop-down menus. The Add a Resource drop-down menu will allow you to add text, links, files, etc. The Add an Activity drop-down menu will allow you to add assignments, discussion forums, quizzes, etc.

Another important site administration tool is the Administration block in the left-hand column. The Settings link will let you set a weekly or topical format to your site, make groups available, make your course available to students, etc. The Grades link is your gradebook. The Questions link is how you start to make online quizzes. The Files link is where your uploaded content can be managed from (added, renamed, deleted, etc.).