Everyone in Moodle has their own personal and customizable home page called the dashboard. The dashboard provides an overview of the courses you are enrolled in, and when you click on one of these courses it will take you directly into that class.
If you go into a class there are a few ways to get back to the Moodle Dashboard: The TRU Moodle icon, the TRU crest, the Navigation drawer, in a course breadcrumb trail and in the user menu at the top right of the page next to your name.
Here you can view an orientation video. Please note that the interface shown in the video may look slightly different from what you currently see in Moodle due to a recent update.
If you have any questions or are unable to find something in your current Moodle interface, please contact us at moodlesupport@tru.ca. We are here to help.
Frequently Asked Questions
Click on your course name to go directly into your course.
- Click the toggle button, to the right of Edit mode, in top right of the page. Note: when it turns dark blue, this indicates that it has been activated.
- An option will appear at the top of the Dashboard to add a block.
- You are also be able to move blocks around on your dashboard. To move blocks around hover your mouse cursor over the crosshair icon until your mouse cursor displays as the crosshair icon then click an drag the block to where you want it to display.
Organize your courses using the “Sort by last accessed” option. This makes it easier to access the courses you’ve most recently viewed.
To add the Course overview block to your dashboard select add a block (the instructions to enable add a block are above, under “How do I customize my dashboard?”) and select Course overview.
This will add this block to the bottom of your Dashboard.
The Course overview block has displays three drop-downs:
- an option to sort by all, in progress, future, past, starred or removed from view
- an option to search
- an option to display courses by the last access or by name
- an option to display course by cards, summar or list view
Take the time to play around with the filters on the left and right side of the course overview block. We recommend doing this until you are happy with the way you access and view your courses.
The dashboard can be quickly accessed in 2 different ways within Moodle:
- The TRU Moodle icon
- The TRU crest
You can set them as your favorite!
- To set a course as a favorite go to the Course overview block (instructions on how to add the course overview block above, under “How can I add the Course overview block to my dashboard and organize it so it makes sense to me?”) , select the three vertical bullets for the course that you would like to favorite and select Star this course.
- Once you do this, you can then filter by starred courses in the course overview block. Moodle will remember your setting change and display all your starred courses the next time you visit your dashboard.
Caution
It is really easy in step 1 to select Remove from view rather than Star this course. If you are unable to find a course on your dashboard this is likely what happened. Do not worry! See the next question Where did my course(s) go?
If we had to guess, we would guess:
You accidentally removed courses from your view. If you do this by accident though, it’s okay, simply set the course filter to Removed from view to see the course.
Then add it back to your dashboard.
If you have upcoming classes and you want to see if these course shells were automatically created, in the course overview on the Dashboard, set the course filter to Future. See below.
Reminder
Only classes entered in Banner have automatic course creation! So, if your course will not be reflected in Banner you can request a course. See below or Requesting a course (Campus Faculty Only) for details on how to accomplish this.
If you don’t see your upcoming courses in the future filter of the course overview block, don’t panic!
If you are the course instructor, search for your course in Moodle. If you locate it, but are not enrolled in the class, please email moodlesupport@tru.ca and ask us to add you as the teacher. This likely happened as, while the course was input into Banner, the instructor field was left blank.
If your course will not appear in Banner (or you need to request a course for any other reason), you can ask us to create a new course structure for you by selecting the “Request a Course” option, which appears at the top of your screen under the Quick Links menu.
However, when you request your course, please include as much information as possible in the “Additional Information” field, including the reason why you need this course. Also indicate whether this course will not appear in Banner, whether you need it as a trial course, etc. We need these details to approve your request and ensure that your course does not already exist in Moodle!