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My home

My home is a customisable "dashboard" page for providing users with links to their courses and activities within them, such as unread forum posts and upcoming assignments. (The name 'My Moodle' was used in the admin menu in earlier versions of Moodle.)

My home usually has the Course overview block in the central column. Users can customize their My home page and add and remove blocks by clicking the 'Customise this page' button.

My home	Customising My home

The navigation block includes a My home link directly above or below the Site home link.

Default home page

An administrator can set My home as the default home page for all logged-in users by selecting 'My home' as default home page in Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Navigation.

If 'User preference' is selected as default home page, each user needs to navigate to either the 'Home Page' or the 'My home' page then via the Settings > My profile settings click the "Make this my default home page" link. Note that this option only appears on the page that is not their current default home page. Once selected, Moodle will remember which page to present them each time they log on.

Users with the Site administrator role cannot set My home as their default home page.

Setting the default My home page for new users

An administrator or manager (or other user with the capability moodle/my:configsyspages) can set which content (course overview, calendar, blocks) appears on the My home page for new users as follows:

Access Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Default My home page
Select the required blocks from the "Add a block" drop-down menu. Configure each block as desired
Reposition blocks using the arrow icons in the block headers

Adding a block to the My home page for all users

An administrator can add a new block to the My home page for all existing users (not only new users) as follows:

Turn editing on for the front page
Add the block to the front page
Edit where the block appears and set the page contexts to 'Display throughout the entire site'
Go to your My home page and again edit where the block appears and set 'Display on page types' to 'My home page'

Preventing users from customizing their My home page

By default, users can customize their My home page and add blocks. An admin can prevent this as follows:

Go to Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles
Edit the authenticated user role and untick the Manage My home page blocks capability

My Moodle capabilities

Manage My home page blocks (see above)
Configure system templates for My home pages

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+==My home==
-== ==P. Garcia Technology Resource Page== ==
+My home is a customisable "dashboard" page for providing users with links to their courses and activities within them, such as unread forum posts and upcoming assignments. (The name 'My Moodle' was used in the admin menu in earlier versions of Moodle.)
+My home usually has the [[Course overview block]] in the central column. Users can customize their My home page and add and remove blocks by clicking the 'Customise this page' button.
-My Moodle or My home is a customisable "dashboard" page for providing users with links to their courses and activities within them, such as unread forum posts and upcoming assignments. (The name 'My Moodle' was used in the admin menu in earlier versions of Moodle.)
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+|[[Image:myMoodle02.png|thumb|250px|center|My home]]
+|[[Image:myMoodle03.png|thumb|250px|center|Customising My home]]
+|}
 The navigation block includes a My home link directly above or below the Site home link.
+==Default home page==
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+An administrator can set My home as the default home page for all logged-in users by selecting 'My home' as default home page in ''Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Navigation''.
-==Site administration settings==
+If 'User preference' is selected as default home page, each user needs to navigate to either the 'Home Page' or the 'My home' page then via the ''Settings > My profile settings'' click the "Make this my default home page" link. Note that this option only appears on the page that is not their current default home page.  Once selected, Moodle will remember which page to present them each time they log on.
-===Default home page===
+Users with the Site administrator role cannot set My home as their default home page.
-An administrator can set My home as the default home page for all logged-in users by selecting 'My Moodle' as default home page in ''Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Navigation''.
+==Setting the default My home page for new users==
-If 'User preference' is selected as default home page, each user needs to navigate to either the 'Home Page' or the 'My home' page then via the ''Settings > My profile settings'' click the "Make this my default home page" link. Note that this option only appears on the page that is not their current default home page.  Once selected, Moodle will remember which page to present them each time they log on.
+An administrator or manager (or other user with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/my:configsyspages|moodle/my:configsyspages]]) can set which content (course overview, calendar, blocks) appears on the My home page for new users as follows:
-Users with the Site administrator role cannot set My Moodle as their default home page.
+# Access ''Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Default My home page''
+# Select the required blocks from the "Add a block" drop-down menu. [[Block settings|Configure]] each block as desired
+# Reposition blocks using the arrow icons in the block headers
-===Setting the default My Moodle page===
+==Adding a block to the My home page for all users==
-An administrator or manager (or other user with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/my:configsyspages|moodle/my:configsyspages]]) can set which content (course overview, calendar, blocks) appears on the My Moodle page for all users as follows:
+An administrator can add a new block to the My home page for all existing users (not only new users) as follows:
-# Access ''Settings > Site administration > Appearance > Default My Moodle page''.
+# Turn editing on for the front page
-# Select the required blocks from the "Add a block" drop-down menu. [[Block settings|Configure]] each block as desired.
+# Add the block to the front page
-# Reposition blocks using the arrow icons in the block headers.
+# Edit where the block appears and set the page contexts to 'Display throughout the entire site'
+# Go to your My home page and again edit where the block appears and set 'Display on page types' to 'My home page'
+==Preventing users from customizing their My home page==
-{| class="nicetable"
+By default, users can customize their My home page and add blocks. An admin can prevent this as follows:
-|-
-|[[Image:myMoodle02.png|thumb|250px|center|Accessing My Moodle page]]
-|[[Image:myMoodle03.png|thumb|250px|center|Editing My Moodle page]]
-|}
-===Managing blocks===
-By default, users are allowed to add blocks to their My Moodle page. This can be prevented by editing the [[Authenticated user|authenticated user]] role and changing the [[Capabilities/moodle/my:manageblocks|moodle/my:manageblocks]] capability from allow to not set.
+# Go to ''Settings > Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles''
+# Edit the authenticated user role and untick the [[Capabilities/moodle/my:manageblocks|Manage My home page blocks capability]]
 ==My Moodle capabilities==
-* [[Capabilities/moodle/my:manageblocks|Manage My Moodle page blocks]] (see above)
+* [[Capabilities/moodle/my:manageblocks|Manage My home page blocks]] (see above)
-* [[Capabilities/moodle/my:configsyspages|Configure system templates for My Moodle pages]]
+* [[Capabilities/moodle/my:configsyspages|Configure system templates for My home pages]]
 ==See also==
-* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=7309 My Moodle forum]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_pBYkeXXI My Home in Moodle 2.0 video]
 Using Moodle forum discussions:

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