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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

In Moodle

  • Open

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  • a Moodle window or tab
  • Go to

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  • your Dashboard 
  • Click the '

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6. Click on the 'Hamburger menu' Hamburger menu iconImage 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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  • hyperlink. 

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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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  • Click on Create link
  • 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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