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 from August 2024 onwards    .4 from July 2018 onwards

How to add a custom HTML block to your Dashboard or module page

You can use a HTML block on your Dashboard to hold anything from links to widgets.

One of the commonest uses for this might be to create a Quick Links block on your Dashboard for links to frequently-visited modules, activities, school categories or to external websites.

How to create a Favourites/Bookmarks block on your

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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 another a Moodle window or tab
• Go to Dashboard
• Click “Customise this page” on top right OR on a module click Turn Editing On (top right)

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• your Dashboard 
• Click the '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

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• Select HTML from the menu

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• 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)
• Click on the Actions icon (the cogwheel)  for that block and select the Configure (new HTML block) block option

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• Give it a Block title (e.g., Favourites, My Links or Key Links)
• In the Content box create the text you want to turn into a text link, e.g.  School of Economics or Workspace

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• hyperlink. 

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• Highlight the text you want to 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 )
• If you want the link to open the website in another window tick the Open in new window box
• 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 other websites other websites or categories you would like to link to in your Key Links block 
• Finally click Save changes

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• Click on Save changes
• 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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