Computing
and Information Services

Creating and Using Resources

More Tutorials Are Available For:

• Managing Enrollment
• Managing Assignments

To create a banner-- or title-- for the top of your Moodle Page:

1. Make sure that you have Editing turned on.
2. In the section above your Week 1 or Topic 1 section, click on the "edit summary" icon ().
3. In the summary box, enter the text you want to appear (typically the title of the course.)
4. You can select the text you just typed and change the font, size, color, background color, etc.
5. If you have a graphic you'd like to appear next to-- or instead of-- the text, click on the "insert image" icon (). Browse to the file, upload it, select it, enter some alternate text for the image, and lick the OK button.
6. You can resize the image by clicking on it, then dragging one of its corners until the size is right.
7. When done, click the "Save changes" button.

1. Make sure you to a File in Moodle have Editing turned on.
2. From the "Add a resource" menu, choose "Upload a file."
3. Enter a name for this item.
4. Click on the "Browse" button, locate and select the file, and click on the "Open" button to upload it.
5. Click the "Save and return to course" button at the bottom of the page.

1. Make sure you have Editing turned on.
2. From the "Add a resource" menu, choose "Link to a file or website."
3. Enter a name for the new link.
4. Click on the button labeled "Choose or upload a file."
5. Find the file you want in the File Area list; click on the word "Choose" across from that file.
6. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the button labeled "Save and return to course."

1. Put aside your browser and locate the files on your local computer that you want to upload.
2. Select the folder (directory) or files that you want to upload.
3. Right-click on those files (on a Mac, control-click); from the drop-down menu, choose the option to compress those files into an archive. This will create a new "zip" file.
4. Go to your Moodle site; make sure Editing is turned on.
5. Under the "Administration" block, click on the "Files" link, to go to your Files area.
6. Click on the "Upload a File" button.
7. Click on the "Browse" button and browse to find the zip file you just made. Select it and click on the "Open" button.
8. Click on the "Upload this file" button. When it's complete, you should see the zip file listed in the file area.
9. Click on the "unzip" link across from the zip file.
10. When that's complete, you'll see a long report of the results; go to the bottom of that page and click the "OK" button.
11. You should see the files or folder(s) in your file area; you can delete the zip file from your file area, if you like.

1. Make sure you have Editing turned on.
2. From the "Add a resource" menu, choose "Display a directory."
3. Enter a name for the new link.
4. Click on the drop-down menu that says "Main file directory" and choose the directory you want to link to.
5. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the button labeled "Save and return to course."

1. Make sure you have Editing turned on.
2. From the "Add a resource" menu, choose "Link to a file or website."
3. Enter a name for the new link.
4. In the box labeled "Location," type or paste the address of the website you want to link to. (You can use the "Search for web page" button to find the page and copy the address.)
5. Choose whether you want the website to open up in a new window or in your Moodle page's window. (If you choose "new window," there are additional options to consider.)
6. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the button labeled "Save and return to course."

1. Use "Add a link to a website" to link to the YouTube page. Or...
2. Use "Compose a web page" and paste the YouTube embed tag into that page. Or...
3. Use "Insert a label" and past the YouTube embed tag into that label. (This embeds the video right into your site's main page.) Or...
4. Use the "FLV Player" function and paste in the URL of the YouTube page.