1. Teacher quick guide

Course set up

A course is a space on a Moodle site where teachers can add learning materials for their students. A teacher may have more than one course and a course may include more than one teacher and more than one group of learners.

By default, a regular teacher can't add a new course.

Example of a Moodle course using the Boost theme


Example of a Moodle course with a Navigation block and Administration block

A course can display its materials in a number of ways or 'formats', for example in weekly sections or named topic sections. You can show all the sections at once or just reveal one at a time.

Course sections may be renamed by turning on the editing and clicking the configuration icon underneath the section name. Sections may also be moved by drag and drop and sections added or removed by clicking the + or - underneath the bottom section.

You can also add elements, known as 'blocks', to the right, left , or both sides of your central learning area, depending on your theme. For more information see Blocks. Remember that blocks will not display in the Moodle Mobile app so, think carefully about which blocks you really need.