How to move items around the Moodle page

This refers to Moodle 4.1 from December 2023 onwards

How to move items around the Moodle page

1. Enable editing using the slider in the top right corner.

2. There are then a few different ways to move an resource / activity / topic. These are:

a) Hover over the item or topic you would like to move. Your cursor will switch to become 'Crossed arrows'. When it does, click and drag the item / topic into position.

b) (Topic section only) Alternatively, you can move sections in the 'Navigation menu', you can click on the 'Crossed arrows' icon and drag the topic into place.

c)

i) Alternatively, click on 'Three dots' next to the topic or item and select 'Move'.

ii) A menu will appear. Select where you would like to move the item to. You may need to expand topics.

3. When you have finished, disable editing using the slider in the top right corner.

Editing icons

'Cross / Crossed arrows': Click on and hold down this icon to drag items around the page

'Pencil': This will edit the title of the resource. Make sure you press Enter to save your changes.

Click on the 'Three dots' to the right of a particular resource or activity and it will give you the following options  - 

• Edit settings: This will give you access to the full range of settings for the resource or activity.
• Move:  This will allow you select from a list where to move the resource / activity to.
• Move right: This will indent an item towards the right hand side. (Once the 'Move right' option is used, the 'Move left' option will be added to the 'Three dots' drop-down menu)
• Hide: This makes the item unavailable to students. (The other options are Show to make it fully visible or Make available which hides it in that particular spot but makes it possible to link to from elsewhere in the module, in the way that orphaned activities used to be linkable: now called stealth activity.)
• Duplicate: This copies the item, which will then appear below. This is useful for creating multiple items that might share similar information.
• Assign roles: By assigning a role to a user in a context, you are granting them the permissions contained in that role, for the current context and all lower contexts. For example, if a user is assigned the role of student in a module, they will also have the role of student for all activities and blocks within the module .
• Delete: This removes the item. Be sure that you wish to delete the item, as it can be retrieved only for a limited time after deletion. It is kept for 24 in the Recycle bin and after that time is gone for good (please contact learnng-technologies@nottingham.ac.uk with any problems)

To restore an item from the Recycle bin

If an item is accidentally deleted, wait a few minutes for it to appear in the Recycle bin.

1. Click the 'More' menu and select 'Recycle bin'.

2. In the Recycle bin, you will see the deleted item(s)

3. In the 'Restore' column, click on the 'Arrow' icon to restore on the page.

4. The item will reappear at the bottom of the section it was deleted from.

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