Title: 2.1 Moodle: Getting Started
Course: Certificate in Online Education

Logging In

To make full use of Moodle you will need an account (username and password). You should have been given a username and password to log in with, if now, or you've forgotten the details then please ask your course facilitator.

You can log into Moodle by clicking on the 'login' link in the top right. Depending on how your Moodle has been set up there may also be a login block to enter your login details.

Enter your username and password exactly as they have been given to you, remember that the usernames and passwords are case sensitive:

Once you have successfully logged in, you should see you name and a link to log out in the top right of every Moodle page:

Editing your profile

When you first log in, there will only be minimal information in your profile. You should update your profile with at least your email address and photo.

To edit your profile, click on you name in the top right of the any Moodle page:

Then select the 'edit profile' tab:

You can now update all your profile information, just edit the fields you'd like to update, then click on save changes at the bottom of the page.

It's important that the email address listed is correct and an account that you check regularly as this is where you'll receive update and notification emails.

It's also very helpful to upload a photo of yourself, and to encourage your students to do so too.

Finding courses

In Moodle courses are organised by categories, so you can create hierarchies of courses. These categories may reflect your organisation structure, for example, faculties, or they could be subject or topic based. For example, this is the course category structure from Mekelle University (http://www.mu.edu.et/elearning/):

Moodle offers a lot of flexibility in how the courses and categories may be presented to users, so you may find that the layout and structure of the Moodle you are using differs slightly to the images you see during this course. Here is one way in which the courses may be listed within a category:

Usually the Moodle homepage will show either a list of the categories or a list of the course available. When you find the course you would like to view, you may be based to enrol on the course to be able to access it:

Depending on how the course is set up, you may be able to log in as a guest, which means that you're not enrolled on the course, so can't fully participate in the course activities, but you can view and read all the content.