This refers to Moodle 4.3 from August 2024 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

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 a Moodle window or tab
• Go to your Dashboard 
• Click the 'Edit mode' toggle switch to turn editing on, located at the top right of the page.

• On your dashboard, click 'Add a block' which is located in the central content area.

• In the Add a block menu choose the Text option

• The Block settings window will appear. Within the 'Text block title' enter the name of your block. Within the 'Content' window enter the text you want to turn into a hyperlink. 

• 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). 

• Paste the URL that you copied at the beginning (or type in a URL or link to an email address)

• Click on Create link

• Create and select text and add links for other websites or categories you would like to link to in your block 
• 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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