Topic summary
In a Moodle course, course contents are organized into sections. The first section is General section, which appears in all Moodle courses. It is then followed by 1 to 52 sections as defined in the course setting. Each section corresponds to a topic or a week, depending on the course format. Section summary is a short description about its section. It is placed just below the section name.
To edit section summary in the course home page
- Turn on “Edit mode” if you have not already done so.
- Click the edit icon
next to the section (Topic/Week). - Select “Edit topic” to enter the edit page of section summary.
- Input content in the summary box.
- Click “Save Changes“.
Text and media area
Text and media area provide an easy way to put additional information or descriptions anywhere within a section. They may also be placeholders for images to be shown directly on the course home page.
To add a Text and media area in a section
- Turn on “Edit mode” if you have not already done so.
- Click “Add an activity or resource” and select “Text and media area”.
- Enter and format text in the WYSIWYG editor.
- Add a link to the text by highlighting the text, and then clicking Insert/edit link button. Enter the URL in the pop-up window and then press “Create link”.
- Add an image by clicking Insert/edit image button. In the pop-up window, Enter the image URL, or click “Browse repositories…” to upload a file from your computer. Click “Save image” for saving the file.
- Click “Save and return to course” to add text or media in a section.