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Pro Tips for a Professional Moodle Course Homepage

Students appreciate a Moodle course that has a professional look and is simple to navigate.

Moodle Best Practices

Checklist for Instructors: Semester Term Start Up

Add your own 'Getting Started' Information - Top of Course Homepage

Welcome Your Learners and Provide Important Information

The top of your Moodle course is the first thing students see when they access your course. It should give a description and objectives for the course and provide other information to help orient them to the course. This is your chance to welcome your students to your course community.

Would you feel more welcomed and confident to begin the course in Before or After below?

Before

Top of a Moodle course with only links to Announcements and Syllabus

After

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Organize Your Course Topics and Provide Prompts/Instructions

Adding headers and instructions so that the items in each module are organized can go a long way to ensuring students know what to do with those items. This presents an organized and professional front and makes each item within the module intentional.

Would you better know what to do with module items in the Before or After below? Which looks like the instructor took time and care in the items they're adding to their course?

Before

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After

Moodle module organized with headers