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My Moodle 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.
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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.


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.


==Enabling My Moodle==
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|[[File:26myhome1.png|thumb|My home]]
|[[File:26myhome2.png|thumb|Customising My home]]
|}


To enable My Moodle, click the "Force users to use My Moodle" checkbox in ''Administration > Appearance > My Moodle''.
The navigation block includes a My home link directly above or below the Site home link. Once a regular user is logged in, the My courses link will also take them to their My home page.


If the "My Moodle" is NOT forced as stated above, to get to your "My Moodle," do the following:
==Default home page==


Log in to your Moodle site.
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 ''Administration > Site administration > Appearance > Navigation''.
Type the word "my" at the end of the URL in the URL window.
Click your return button.


This will take you to your "My Moodle" Page.  
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 ''Administration > 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.


== Sticky blocks in My Moodle==
Users with the Site administrator role cannot set My home as their default home page.


An administrator can choose which blocks appear on the My Moodle page i.e. [[Sticky blocks|sticky blocks]] as follows:
==Setting the default My home page for new users==


# In ''Administration > Modules > Blocks > Sticky blocks'' (Moodle 1.9) or ''Administration > Appearance > Sticky blocks'' (Moodle 1.8) choose "My Moodle" from the drop-down "Page type to configure" menu. In Moodle 2.0, access ''Site administration > Appearance > Default My Moodle page''.
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:
# 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.


==Managing blocks==
# Access ''Administration > 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


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.
==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 ''Administration > 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]]
 
In addition, all blocks which may be added to a My home page have a ''myaddinstance'' capability (e.g. [[Capabilities/block/comments:myaddinstance|block/comments:myaddinstance]]) for controlling whether a user with a particular role can add the block.
 
==Preventing users from adding a block to their My home page==
 
By default, users can add many blocks to their My home page. An admin can prevent them from adding a particular block, such as the [[Online users block]], as follows:
 
# Go to ''Administration > Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles''
# Edit the authenticated user role and untick the [[Capabilities/block/online users:myaddinstance|Add a new online users block to the My home page capability]]
 
==Blocks not available on My home==
 
The following blocks may not be added to a user's My home page (because it wouldn't make sense):
 
*[[Course completion status block]]
*[[Course/site summary block]]
*[[Self completion block]]


==See also==
==See also==


* [[Development:My Moodle Dev Plans]]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un_pBYkeXXI My Home in Moodle 2.0 video]
* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=7309 My Moodle forum]
*[Moodle 2.0 My Home http://youtu.be/5hD6l3xdSMI] MoodleBites video on YouTube 


Using Moodle forum discussions:
Using Moodle forum discussions:
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=39161 Version 1.6 and My Moodle Page]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=77057 Extending "My Moodle"]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=135191 My Moodle Development Discussions - Purposes]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=168292 Latest news on My Moodle]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=168292 Latest news on My Moodle]


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Latest revision as of 01:17, 5 June 2014

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.

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. Once a regular user is logged in, the My courses link will also take them to their My home page.

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 Administration > 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 Administration > 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:

  1. Access Administration > Site administration > Appearance > Default My home page
  2. Select the required blocks from the "Add a block" drop-down menu. Configure each block as desired
  3. 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:

  1. Turn editing on for the front page
  2. Add the block to the front page
  3. Edit where the block appears and set the page contexts to 'Display throughout the entire site'
  4. 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:

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

My Moodle capabilities

In addition, all blocks which may be added to a My home page have a myaddinstance capability (e.g. block/comments:myaddinstance) for controlling whether a user with a particular role can add the block.

Preventing users from adding a block to their My home page

By default, users can add many blocks to their My home page. An admin can prevent them from adding a particular block, such as the Online users block, as follows:

  1. Go to Administration > Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles
  2. Edit the authenticated user role and untick the Add a new online users block to the My home page capability

Blocks not available on My home

The following blocks may not be added to a user's My home page (because it wouldn't make sense):

See also

Using Moodle forum discussions: