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 3.4 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 Dashboard 

• 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

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

• Click on the Hamburger menu in the top right hand corner then select the "add a block" option
  
  

• Select HTML from the menu

• 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

• 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
• Select the text
• Click the link icon (a chain link) (see illustration above)

• 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

• Create and select text and add links for other websites or categories you would like to link to in your Key Links block 
• Finally click Save changes

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