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Customise your personal My home page by adding an empty block which you can use for key links, personal information or a widget.
This refers to Moodle 4.3.8 from September 2020 onwards from August 2024 onwards
How to add a custom HTML block to your Dashboard or module page
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How to create a Favourites/Bookmarks block on your Dashboard Dashboard
Preliminary - if you want to add a URL
- Browse to the Moodle category or frequently used website you want to link to
- Select the URL in the browser address bar and copy that URL
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- a Moodle window or tab
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- your Dashboard
- Click the '
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6. Click on the 'Hamburger menu' Image Removedin the top right hand corner then select the Add a block option
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7. Select HTML from the menu
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8. Wait for the screen to refresh and then scroll down to the bottom of the right-hand column again, where you will see (new HTML block)
9. Click on the 'Actions' icon (the cogwheel) for that block and select the 'Configure (new HTML block) block' option
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- Edit mode' toggle switch to turn editing on, located at the top right of the page.
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- On your dashboard, click 'Add a block' which is located in the central content area.
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- In the Add a block menu choose the Text option
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- The Block settings window will appear. Within the 'Text block title' enter the name of your block. Within the 'Content' window enter
10. Give it a Block title (e.g., Favourites, My Links or Key Links)
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- the text you want to turn into a
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- Highlight the text you want to
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- turn into a hyperlink and then press the link button (or alternatively, highlight the text and use the keyboard shortcut ctrl K).
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- Paste the URL that you copied at the beginning (or type in a URL
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14. If you want the link to open the website in another window tick the 'Open in new window' box
15. Click 'Create link'
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- or link to an email address)
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- Create and select text and add links for
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- other websites or categories you would like to link to in your
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- block
- Click on Save changes
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- Remember to click on the toggle switch at the top right of the page to turn off editing when you've finished making the block
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