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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 Moodle is a dashboard interface that can be used to show Moodle site users only the courses that they are currently enrolled in, or are teaching.
+{{Site appearance}}
+==My home==
-==Activating My Moodle==
+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.)
-To enable the My Moodle dashboard (in Moodle 1.7+) so that students only see the courses that they are enrolled in, you must:
-. Login as a site admin.
+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.
-. Locate the '''Site Administration''' block on Moodle's home page.
-. Click on '''Appearances''' and scroll down the menu that appears and click on the '''My Moodle''' link.
-. You may also allow users to create and configure their own sideblocks on the '''My Moodle''' dashboard by making sure the button in the upper right-hand side of the page is set to '''Blocks editing on'''. If it is currently set to '''Blocks editing off''', just click on it to make this change.
-. Check the box near the '''Force users to use My Moodle''' field and click '''Save changes''' at the bottom of the page.
-== Sticky blocks in My Moodle ==
+{| class="wikitable"
-You can also specify which sideblocks will appear when users login and are automatically taken to the '''My Moodle''' dashboard:
+|-
+|[[Image:myMoodle02.png|thumb|250px|center|My home]]
+|[[Image:myMoodle03.png|thumb|250px|center|Customising My home]]
+|}
-. Login as a site admin.
+The navigation block includes a My home link directly above or below the Site home link.
-. Locate the '''Site Administration''' block on Moodle's home page.
-. Click on '''Appearances''' and scroll down the menu that appears and click on the '''Sticky blocks''' link.
+==Default home page==
-. Locate the '''Page type to configure''' drop-down menu and select '''My Moodle'''.
-. Select the desired block from the '''Add...''' drop-down menu that appears within the '''Blocks''' sideblock. Configure each block as desired. Each block may also be placed using the arrow icons in the block header.
+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 [[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:
+# 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
+==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 [[Capabilities/moodle/my:manageblocks|Manage My home page blocks capability]]
+==My Moodle capabilities==
+* [[Capabilities/moodle/my:manageblocks|Manage My home page blocks]] (see above)
+* [[Capabilities/moodle/my:configsyspages|Configure system templates for My home pages]]
+==See also==
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_pBYkeXXI My Home in Moodle 2.0 video]
+Using Moodle forum discussions:
+* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=168292 Latest news on My Moodle]
+[[eu:Nire_Moodle]]
+[[fr:Mon Moodle]]
+[[de:Meine Startseite]]

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