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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. Depending on the site settings for this block, categories and child courses may display under the main courses.
On the My home screen, the courses in the Navigation block are expanded by default (as in the screenshot below) whereas they are collapsed by default elsewhere in Moodle.
Users can customize their My home page and add and remove blocks by clicking the 'Customise this page' button (1) in the screenshot below:

New feature
in Moodle 2.8! Quick access to My home is available from the user menu top right of the screen once logged in:

User menu (new in 2.8)

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.

Resetting My home to default

If a user has customised their page and wish to revert back to the original settings, they can click the 'Reset page to default' button (2) after first clicking the 'Customise this page' button (1).

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:

Access Administration > 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

New in 2.8 Default blocks now include:

Calendar

Upcoming events block

My latest badges block

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 Manage My home page blocks capability

My Moodle capabilities

Manage My home page blocks (see above)
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. 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 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):

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-{{Moodle site - basic structure}}
+{{Site appearance}}
+==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 My Moodle (or My home) page==
+*My home usually has the [[Course overview block]] in the central column. Depending on the site settings for this block, categories and child courses may display under the main courses.
+*On the My home screen, the courses in the Navigation block are expanded by default (as in the screenshot below) whereas they are collapsed by default elsewhere in Moodle.
+*Users can customize their My home page and add and remove blocks by clicking the 'Customise this page' button (1) in the screenshot below:
-The '''My Moodle''' "dashboard" page is available for all users via the Navigation block.  This page displays links to courses the user is associated with and some information about each course such as upcoming assessment activities along with the due date and an indication if they have submitted or not and unread forum posts.
+[[File:NewMyhomePage.png|thumb|500px|center]]
-Users can customise the page blocks to show information relevant for them if they have been provided with the appropriate capability (see below).
-[[Image:mymoodlestudent.png|thumb|400px|center|Student My Moodle page]]
-==Setting your default home to==
+{{New features}}Quick access to My home is available from the user menu top right of the screen once logged in:
-When the Admin sets 'Default home page' via the Navigation to "User preference" 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.
-==Admin Options==
+[[File:usermenucloseup.png|thumb|center|User menu (new in 2.8)]]
-Administrators can set a default (and optionally force) site-wide layouts for My Moodle(via Site administration > Appearance > Default My Moodle page).
-The My Moodle page can be given more prominence when set as the main "home page" for users.  Administrators can set the default home page for users to either the Site Home page, The My Moodle page or allow users to choose their preference (via Site administration > Appearance > Navigation).
+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.
-My Moodle is one of the pages in Moodle that allow blocks to be placed in the middle column by default (this is a theme option).
+===Resetting My home to default===
-[[Image:mymoodle.png|thumb|400px|center|Setting My Moodle as the default page site-wide]]
+If a user has customised their page and wish to revert back to the original settings, they can click the 'Reset page to default' button ''(2)'' after first clicking the 'Customise this page' button ''(1)''.
-=== Sticky blocks in My Moodle===
+[[File:Resetdefault.png]]
-An administrator can choose which blocks appear on the My Moodle page i.e. [[Sticky blocks|sticky blocks]] as follows:
+==Default home page==
-# Access ''Site administration > Appearance > Default My Moodle 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''.
-# 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.
+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.
-{| class="nicetable"
+Users with the Site administrator role cannot set My home as their default home page.
-|-
-|[[Image:myMoodle02.png|thumb|250px|center|Accessing My Moodle page]]
-|[[Image:myMoodle03.png|thumb|250px|center|Editing My Moodle page]]
-|}
-===Managing blocks===
+==Setting the default My home page for new users==
-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.
+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 ''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
+'''New in 2.8''' Default blocks now include:
+:[[Calendar]]
+:[[Upcoming events block]]
+:[[My latest badges block]]
+==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==
-* [[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:
-* [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]
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+[[es:Mi hogar]]

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