Click on the 'Categories' tab. Below the list of current categories you will see a form to add a new category. Choose the 'parent' category in which your new category will be placed.
Adding categories is very simple:
- Go to Administration > Site administration > Courses > Create new category.
- Complete the details required and click 'Create category. ...
- Alternatively, you can go to Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories and click the link 'Create new category'.
How do I create a course category in Moodle?
From the Site Administration block, click Courses then "Add/edit courses". At the top of the "Course Categories" page is a text area and an "Add new category" button. Type the name of your new category in the text area and click the button. Moodle1.9
How do I edit a course category?
If a mistake was made, Click the course name. This will bring up the page for selecting a category to edit. The course can be selected in the Course categories drop box. Click the Edit this Category button to go to the Edit category settings section for editing the existing category.
How do I set up grade categories and grade items?
Also, all grade items and categories belong to at least one, permanent category: the course category. Select "Gradebook setup" from the gradebook dropdown menu. Click the "Add category" button near the bottom of the page. Give the grade category a meaningful name. Select grade category settings as appropriate.
How do I add a new category?
Click Add New Category. On the Add New Category page, add the Category Name, Category ID (If the ID is not required leave blank), and Description. Sub Categories can be set in the Parent category drop box. This is if the category is a sub category of an existing Category.
How do I change course category in Moodle?
Changing the Category for a Course in Moodle.log into the Moodle Dashboard.Click Courses on the left side in the Navigation Section. ... Click the Edit settings on the left in the Settings section.Find the course that requires the Category to be changed. ... Under the Category drop box select the appropriate category.More items...•
How do I add a sub category in Moodle?
Starting with Moodle 1.9, you can add sub-categories directly in the category you want it in. Simply enter the course category, Turn Editing On, and click 'Add a sub-category'.
What is the difference between course and category in Moodle?
A category is a top level of a top or subject. There can be numerous categories. Whereas a course is within a specific category. There can be numerous courses.
How do I show categories in Moodle?
You can also get the My courses link in the Navigation block to show categories by choosing Show course categories from Site admin>Appearance>Navigation.
What are course categories?
Course CategoriesIT. 836 Courses.Health. 412 Courses.Language. 206 Courses.Business. 1199 Courses.Management. 671 Courses.Personal Development. 700 Courses.Sales & Marketing. 247 Courses.Engineering & Construction. 623 Courses.More items...
How do I create a category in Moodle question bank?
Category Set Up and ManagementOpen the question bank. ... Click on the 'Categories' tab.Below the list of current categories you will see a form to add a new category.Choose the 'parent' category in which your new category will be placed. ... Type the name of your new question category in the text box.More items...•
How do I add a course to Moodle?
Create a new empty courseLog in with your administrator account.From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click Site administration.Click the Courses tab.Click Add a new course.Add your course details, using the icon for extra help.Click Save and display.Click Proceed to course content to add your teaching materials.
What is the default course format in Moodle?
Topics format The course is organised into topic sections that a teacher can give titles to. Each topic section consists of activities, resources and labels. In new installations of Moodle, this is the default format.
How do I delete a category in Moodle?
Removing or Deleting a CategoryLog into the Moodle Dashboard.Select the Courses link in the Navigation section in the left side bar. ... Find the X in the Edit column of the Course Categories for the Category that is to be deleted.More items...•
What is Moodle combo list?
The list that shows both course categories and the courses is called the combo list. You can configure the courses block to make it visible on the left or right of the screen in clean theme, as shown: The combo list gives your front page an organized appearance.
What is a course in Moodle?
A course in Moodle is an area where a teacher will add resources and activities for their students to complete. It might be a simple page with downloadable documents or it might be a complex set of tasks where learning progresses through interaction.
Adding a category
Most people organize their courses by department and college or by topic. Be sure to test the organizational scheme with a few users before entering a large number of courses, to save time in moving them later.
Adding sub course categories
Course sub-categories may be created by adding a new course category then using the "move category to" drop-down menu to move the category inside another category. Similarly, sub-sub-categories etc. may be created.
Hiding categories
Categories may be easily hidden or shown via Administration block > Courses > Add/edit courses. Click on the icon to show or hide a category. Hidden categories are only visible to site administrators.
Setting category depth
You can limit the number of categories that are displayed in the front page 'List of Categories' or 'Combo List' by adding the following line to your config.php:
Assigning users a role in a course category
To assign users a role in a course category, access Site Administration > Courses > Add/edit courses, click on the course category then click the 'Assign roles' link at top right of the page.
Creating a new role
As an administrator, go to Site administration > Users > Permissions > Define roles and click the "Add a new role" button.
Agreeing to policies on behalf of the child
If the parent has been given the Capabilities/tool/policy:acceptbehalf then they can click on the child's profile, click the Policies and agreements link and agree to the policies there:
Adding the Mentees Block
This block needs to be added so parents can see links to their child's profile.
How a parent sees their child's activities
Once the mentees block has been added, a parent/mentor sees the link to any children/mentees they are responsible for.
What is the default course category in Moodle?
The default course category on a new Moodle site is "Miscellaneous" (although this can be renamed) A Course creator, Administrator or Manager can put all courses in the Miscellaneous category. However, teachers and students will find it easier to find their classes if they are organized in descriptive categories.
How to add a category to a course?
Adding categories is very simple: Go to Administration > Site administration > Courses > Add a category. Complete the details required and click 'Create category.'. Alternatively, you can go to Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories and click the link 'Create new category'. If you are on the category page (or you ...
How to move categories in Google Slides?
You can move categories up or down by clicking the up/down arrow next to the category you wish to move. You can bulk move categories by checking the box to the left of their name and then by selecting from the dropdown 'Move selected categories to' .
How do I get the parent category name?
I'm hoping someone can help me with a PHP question. I am a developer, but have no experience with PHP.
Re: How do I get the parent category name?
Not sure about this...but you may find something related in the moodle/course/catagory.php which you may be able to fish out and use.
Re: How do I get the parent category name?
Thanks for the reply. I did have a look to see how the templates are built and it was after seeing things like $heading etc. that I got it into my head that it would be really simple to display the root categories. Silly me.
Re: How do I get the parent category name?
You might like to look at Transient a Moodle 1.9 theme, which I made, that adds all the categories and courses into a menu. The php from that will give you an idea how it works. Also...depending on which Moodle version you are using, but the Moodle 2 versions offer a better solution as you can adapt the outputrenderer.php code to add to your theme.
Re: How do I get the parent category name?
Thank you for taking the time to reply. Unfortunately we are still using 1.9.
Re: How do I get the parent category name?
In the course_categories table there is a column named path. This field shows the way from the current category to up to its root category including all the parent's ids. For example if the category id is 123 and you can see the following in the path field: /14/72/123 then it means that the parent's category id is 72, the root category id is 14.
How to edit a grade category in Google Classroom?
To edit a grade category: Select "Gradebook setup" from the gradebook dropdown menu. Click the edit icon opposite the grade category you wish to edit. After editing the grade category, click the "Save changes" button . Editing a grade category.
What is a grade category?
A grade category has its own aggregated grade which is calculated from its grade items. There is no limit to the level of nesting of categories (a category may belong to another category). However, each grade item may belong to only one category. Also, all grade items and categories belong to at least one, permanent category: the course category.
Adding A Category
Editing A Category
- Moodle1.9 You can edit a category in Moodle 1.9, which gives you access to change the Parent category (if applicable), change the name of the cateory, add or edit the course category description, and force a theme for the category (if enabled in Administration block > Appearance > Themes > Theme Settings). If the category is visible, the course cat...
Adding Sub Course Categories
- Course sub-categories may be created by adding a new course category then using the "move category to" drop-down menu to move the category inside another category. Similarly, sub-sub-categories etc. may be created. Moodle1.9 Starting with Moodle 1.9, you can add sub-categories directly in the category you want it in. Simply enter the course category, Turn Editing On, and clic…
Hiding Categories
- Categories may be easily hidden or shown via Administration block > Courses > Add/edit courses. Click on the icon to show or hide a category. Hidden categories are only visible to site administrators. By default, all courses inside a hidden category are not available for students to access, but you can go to Administration > Front Page >Front Page Settingsand click the checkb…
Setting Category Depth
- You can limit the number of categories that are displayed in the front page 'List of Categories' or 'Combo List' by adding the following line to your config.php: $CFG->max_category_depth = n; Where n is the maximum number of categories you wish to display.
Assigning Users A Role in A Course Category
- To assign users a role in a course category, access Site Administration > Courses > Add/edit courses, click on the course category then click the 'Assign roles' link at top right of the page.
Adding A Category
Most people organize their courses by department and college or by topic. Be sure to test the organizational scheme with a few users before entering a large number of courses, to save time in moving them later. Adding categories is very simple: 1. Go to Administration > Site administration > Courses > Create new category 2. Co…
Editing Or Moving A Category
- You can edit the details of a course category by clicking the actions icon next to its name in Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories.and selecting 'Edit'.
- You can move categories up or down by clicking the up/down arrow next to the category you wish to move. You can bulk move categories by checking the box to the left of their name an…
- You can edit the details of a course category by clicking the actions icon next to its name in Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories.and selecting 'Edit'.
- You can move categories up or down by clicking the up/down arrow next to the category you wish to move. You can bulk move categories by checking the box to the left of their name and then by select...
Adding Sub-Categories
- Sometimes it might be useful to have a sub-category of a course. For example, you might have a category "Science" and wish to have sub-categories "Biology", "Chemistry" and "Physics".
Hiding Categories
- Categories may be easily hidden or shown via Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categoriesand clicking the 'eye' icon of the category you wish to hide. Hidden categories...
Sorting Categories
- Categories may be sorted by ascending/descending names or ID numbers from Administration>Site administration>Courses>Manage courses and categories Courses within categories may also be sorted. See Adding a new course
Setting Category Depth
- You can limit the number of categories that are displayed in the front page 'List of Categories' or 'Combo List' from Administration>Site administration>Front page>Front page settingsDeeper level categories will appear as links and the user can expand them.
Assigning Users A Role in A Course Category
- To assign a Manager at the Category level, see Assign Manager role at category level. To enrol teacher or students roles category wide, see Category enrolments.
See Also
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Course and category management] Using Moodle forum discussions: 1. Course Summary Sometimes Not Appearing 2. Allowing teachers to put courses in categories
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